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clarinet

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The clarinet tag encompasses music prominently featuring this versatile woodwind instrument, known for its warm, rich tone and wide range spanning jazz, classical, and folk traditions. From the swing era's smooth melodies to orchestral compositions and traditional klezmer music, the clarinet adapts to countless musical contexts with distinctive expressiveness. Its sound evokes both nostalgic elegance and spirited improvisation across diverse cultural landscapes.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
14		1940	Buster Bailey	Buster Bailey's Seems Like A Month Of Sundays (Since I Saw You Saturday Night)	clarinet jazz
45		1945	Johnny Dodds	King of the New-Orleans Clarinet (1926-1938)	clarinet jazz
1		1947-08	Benny Goodman	Benny Goodman : Still Treasures	clarinet jazz
30		1952	Carl Maria von Weber	WEBER: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 and 2	classical
73		1955	Benny Goodman	B.G. In Hi-Fi	big band clarinet jazz swing
17		1958	Buster Bailey	Jazz Foundations Vol. 10	clarinet jazz
42		1958	Benny Goodman	Benny Rides Again	clarinet jazz
62		1961	Benny Goodman	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (Giants of Jazz)	clarinet jazz
46		1962	Johnny Dodds	New Orleans Stomp: 1926-1927	clarinet jazz
96		1963	Artie Shaw	The Essential Artie Shaw	big band clarinet instrumental jazz oldies swing	big band # 29
44		1963	Jimmy Giuffre	Free Fall	jazz
40		1968	Johnny Dodds	Johnny Dodds	clarinet jazz
84		1971	Benny Goodman	The Best Of Benny Goodman	jazz swing big band	swing # 55 big band # 87
3		1974	Sidney Bechet	Jam Session	clarinet dixieland instrumental jazz new orleans oldies swing	dixieland # 49
93		1975	Benny Goodman	Runnin' Wild	clarinet classical jazz
70		1976	Acker Bilk	The Best Of	clarinet easy listening instrumental oldies
83		1976	Johannes Brahms	Clarinet Quintet B Minor Op. 115, String Quartet B flat Major Op.67
21		1977	Various Artists	Kings of Clarinet	clarinet
71		1977	Johannes Brahms	Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: I. Allegro
65		1978	Duke Ellington	Ring Dem Bells	clarinet easy listening instrumental jazz oldies piano
86		1978	Fausto Papetti	Bonjour France	clarinet easy listening instrumental italian pop
58		1980	Sidney Bechet	Ken Burns Jazz Series: Sidney Bechet	clarinet instrumental jazz new orleans oldies swing
51		1982	Andrew Marriner	MOZART: Clarinet Concerto K. 622 / Clarinet Quintet, K. 581
75		1983	Johannes Brahms	Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas	clarinet
66		1984	Benny Goodman	Together Again	american clarinet instrumental jazz swing
63		1985	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Mozart: Klarinettenkonzert & Sinfonia Concertante	clarinet classical
23		1986	Glenn Miller	Greatest Hits	big band jazz swing	swing # 31 big band # 96
9		1986	Richard Stoltzman	Music for Wind Instruments	clarinet classical
52		1988	Sidney Bechet	SIdney Bechet 1932 - 1952 Original Recordings	clarinet dixieland instrumental jazz new orleans oldies swing	dixieland # 63
91		1988	John Surman	Private City	jazz
34		1989-07-25	Peter Bastian & Stig Møller	Forest Walk	clarinet
22		1990-01-15	Giora Feidman	The Magic Of The Klezmer	klezmer	klezmer # 61
89		1991	Johnny Dodds	Myth of New Orleans	clarinet jazz traditional jazz	traditional jazz # 91
79		1992	Sidney Bechet	The Collection	clarinet dixieland instrumental jazz new orleans oldies swing	new orleans # 11 dixieland # 80
10		1992	Johnny Dodds	1923-1929	clarinet jazz
36		1992	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	MOZART: Clarinet Quintets	clarinet classical
54		1992	Benny Goodman	The Greatest Jazz Clarinet	clarinet jazz
78		1992	Don Byron	Tuskegee Experiments	clarinet contemporary jazz jazz
18		1992	Johnny Dodds	1926 - 1940, Part One CD 2
31		1993	Giora Feidman	Magic of the Klezmer	klezmer	klezmer # 72
24		1993	Bernhard Henrik Crusell	CRUSELL: Clarinet Concertos	classical
26		1993	Charlie Christian	Guitar & Bass	clarinet jazz jazz guitar
67		1993	Acker Bilk	Reflections	easy listening
13		1993	Bernhard Henrik Crusell	Crusell, B.H.: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1-3
48		1994	Acker Bilk	Songbook	clarinet jazz
64		1995	Don Byron	Music for Six Musicians	clarinet composer jazz klezmer modern jazz	modern jazz # 10
33		1997	Jimmie Noone	Apex of New Orleans Jazz	clarinet jazz
92		1997-01-27	Acker Bilk	Stranger on the Shore: The Best of Acker Bilk	clarinet instrumental
19		1998	Richard Stoltzman	Danza Latina	clarinet classical
85		1999	Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman	The Complete Recordings 1941-1947	big band clarinet female vocalists jazz oldies trombone	trombone # 84
60		1999	Richard Stoltzman	WorldBeat Bach	clarinet classical
80		2000	Ot Azoj	Klezmer For Kishinev	balkan clarinet jewish klezmer	jewish # 48
50		2000	Fausto Papetti	In a Sentimental Mood	clarinet easy listening instrumental italian
76		2000	Krzysztof Penderecki	Sextet & Clarinet Quartet etc.	contemporary classical
61		2001	Johannes Brahms	Brahms: Sonatas for clarinet and piano Op. 120	clarinet classical piano
55		2002	Paquito D'Rivera	Historia Del Soldado	afro-cuban bebop clarinet cuban funk jazz latin post-bop	afro-cuban # 63
99		2002	Benny Goodman	Benny Goodman	jazz swing	swing # 70
56		2002-02-19	Louis Sclavis	Dans La Nuit	clarinet france french jazz
4		2003	Acker Bilk	Boaters, Bowlers and Bowties
68		2003-10-07	Louis Sclavis	Napoli's Walls	clarinet jazz
25		2004-07	Gianluigi Trovesi & Gianni Coscia	Round About Weill	clarinet contemporary classical
74		2005	Paquito D'Rivera	Portraits of Cuba	afro-cuban bebop clarinet cuban funk jazz latin post-bop	cuban # 13 afro-cuban # 77
97		2005	Tony Scott	Music For Zen Meditation And Other Joys	clarinet instrumental meditation wood and string	meditation # 15 wood and string # 95
57		2006	Robert Schumann	Schumann: Works for Clarinet and Piano	clarinet classical
8		2006-04-18	Tango Saloon	Tango Saloon	accordion ambient bass clarinet electronic piano progressive rock tango trombone	trombone # 32
53		2006-05-22	Eddie Daniels	The Five Seasons	clarinet jazz
7		2007	Buddy DeFranco	Wholly Cats	clarinet jazz
41		2007	Alvin Batiste	Marsalis Music Honors Alvin Batiste	jazz clarinet
81		2007-06-17	June Madrona	A Long And Ugly Road (European edition)	folk acoustic alternative indie pop lo-fi new weird america singer-songwriter pop indie folk americana	strings # 2 flute # 18 alternative folk # 26 seattle # 29 harp # 51 new weird america # 64 banjo # 74 washington # 85
16		2007-10-25	Walter Boeykens	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Clarinet Concerto in A KV 622 & Clarinet Quintet in A KV 5
87		2007-11-13	Cars & Trains	Rusty String	ambient americana clarinet downtempo electronic electronica folk folktronica hip-hop indie rock indietronica viola	viola # 90
88		2008	The Tango Saloon	Transylvania	accordion ambient bass clarinet electronic piano progressive rock rock tango trombone	accordion # 77 trombone # 87
38		2008-03-25	Randy Newman	Leatherheads	clarinet jazz male vocalists pop singer-songwriter soundtrack
77		2009	Yom	Prière	clarinet classical duo jazz organ world	duo # 38 organ # 51
59		2009	Vandermark 5	Annular Gift	clarinet jazz jazz rock meditation swing
90		2009	Various Artists	THE ART OF THE CLARINET	clarinet
49		2010-04-13	Anat Cohen	Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard	clarinet
39		2011	Wilful Missing	Molehills out of Mountains	alt-country americana clarinet folk
47		2011-10-11	3 Cohens	Family	clarinet
37		2011-11-21	Golfam Khayam	Narrante	chamber jazz clarinet classical farsi iran iranian jazz persian	chamber jazz # 59
6		2013	Sabine Meyer	Mozart: Serenades, Quintets, etc.
5		2013-02-13	Hans Mortelmans & Groep	Zand	belgian clarinet easy listening folk male vocalists
69		2013-06-02	Alban Berg	The Art of the CLARINET	clarinet
28		2015	Louis Spohr	SPOHR: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 / Potpourri, Op. 80
94		2016	wacław zimpel	Lines	clarinet classical electronic jazz
98		2017	The Most	At Once	clarinet flute math rock	flute # 88
82		2020-10-09	The Most	Of What We Have	art rock clarinet indie rock post-punk
100		2021-03-12	Pino Palladino	Notes With Attachments	bass clarinet funk horn instrumental neo-soul percussion	bass # 68 percussion # 96 horn # 100
95		2021-04-02	BRUIT ≤	The Machine is burning and now everyone knows it could happen again	clarinet piano post-rock vibraphone	vibraphone # 91
12			Bryan Crumpler	Bryan Crumpler, Clarinet		sonata # 61
27			Wouter Bruys	Taiga	instrumental ambient soundtrack	waltz # 60
43			Biltone	Through the invisible landscape	acoustic clarinet double bass singer-songwriter	double bass # 83
2			Domenico Cimarosa	Portraits - The Clarinet Album	clarinet classical
11			Wouter Bruys	Igor	acid jazz acoustic alternative alternative rock ambient australian bass blues brazil british chanson chillout choir choral clarinet classic rock classical downtempo easy listening electroclash electronic electronica emo ethnic female vocalists folk french french pop fusion hip-hop indie rock indietronica instrumental jazz latin lo-fi lounge new age new wave norwegian orchestral piano pop post-punk post-rock progressive rock rock shoegaze singer-songwriter soul soundtrack spanish surf svenskt swedish tango trance trip-hop world
15			Jimmie Noone	Complete Jazz Series 1934 - 1940	clarinet jazz
20			Wouter Bruys	Dokter de Ramlaan	acid jazz acoustic alternative alternative rock ambient australian baroque pop bass blues british chamber pop chanson chillout choir choral clarinet classic rock country downtempo easy listening electro electroclash electronic electronica emo female vocalists folk french french pop funk fusion hip-hop house indie pop indie rock indietronica instrumental jazz latin lo-fi new age new wave noise noise rock norwegian piano pop post-punk post-rock progressive rock rock shoegaze singer-songwriter soul soundtrack spanish surf svenskt swedish tango trance trip-hop world
29			Vassilis Saleas	Litany - Vassilis Saleas plays Mikis Theodorakis	clarinet
32			Basavilbaso Cesar Lerner/Marcelo Moguilevsky	Klezmer en Buenos Aires	clarinet folk jewish klezmer
35			Benny Goodman & His Orchestra	Ridin' High	jazz swing
72			Vassilis Saleas	Orama - Vassilis Saleas plays Vangelis	clarinet

Related genres

• jazz
• classical
• instrumental
• piano
• oldies
• swing
• easy listening
• trombone
• bass
• folk