Clarinetist Information
This article lists notable musicians who have played the clarinet.
Classical clarinetists
- Ernest Ačkun
- Luís Afonso
- Cristiano Alves
- Chen Halevi
- Michel Arrignon
- Alexander Bader
- Kinan Azmeh
- József Balogh
- Luigi Bassi (clarinetist)
- Simeon Bellison
- Kálmán Berkes
- Julian Bliss
- David Blumberg
- Walter Boeykens
- Henri Bok
- Daniel Bonade
- Tara Bouman
- Naftule Brandwein
- Bruno Brun
- Jack Brymer
- Lars Kristian Holm Brynildsen
- Nicola Bulfone
- Ovanir Buosi
- Sérgio Burgani
- Louis Cahuzac
- David Campbell
- James Campbell
- Alessandro Carbonare
- Ernesto Cavallini
- Florent Charpentier
- Larry Combs
- Louis Cottrell, Jr.
- Jean-Noël Crocq
- Philippe Cuper
- Hans Deinzer
- Guy Deplus
- Charles Draper
- Stanley Drucker
- Eli Eban
- Anton Eberst
- Julian Egerton
- Fredrik Fors
- Rupert Fankhauser
- Thomas Friedli
- Mariano Frogioni
- Martin Fröst
- Wenzel Fuchs
- Peter Geisler
- Anthony Gigliotti
- Bruno di Girolamo
- Johannes Gmeinder
- Ante Grgin
- Russell Harlow
- Johann Hindler
- Helmut Hödl
- Emma Johnson
- Sharon Kam
- Reginald Kell
- Thea King
- Dieter Klöcker
- Howard Klug
- Bil Jackson
- Béla Kovács
- Wolfgang Kornberger
- Kari Kriikku
- Alison Lambert
- Andrey Laukhin
- Andreas Lehnert
- Karl Leister
- Michel Lethiec
- Lorin Levee
- Robert Lindemann
- Jon Manasse
- Sebastian Manz
- Robert Marcellus
- Andrew Marriner
- Lawrence Maxey
- Marco Antonio Mazzini
- Anthony McGill
- Ralph McLane
- Jacques Meertens
- Paul Meyer
- Sabine Meyer
- Wolfgang Meyer
- Lev Mikhailov
- Pascal Moragues
- Ricardo Morales
- Charles Neidich
- Tale Ognenovski
- Sean Osborn
- Ernst Ottensamer
- Edward Palanker
- Antony Pay
- Gervase de Peyer
- Thomas Piercy
- George Pieterson
- Robert Plane
- Manfred Preis
- Luis Rossi
- Sergey Rozanov
- Hubert Salmhofer
- Louis Sclavis
- Peter Schmidl
- David Shifrin
- Mark Simpson
- Vladimir Sokolov
- Nikola Srdić
- Anton Stadler
- Milenko Stefanović
- Karl-Heinz Steffens
- / Suzanne Stephens
- Richard Stoltzman
- Frederick Thurston
- Alison Turriff
- Joaquin Valdepeñas
- Jean-François Verdier
- Bernard Walton
- David Weber
- Harold Wright
- John Bruce Yeh
- Michele Zukovsky
Jazz and pop clarinetists
- Muhal Richard Abrams
- George Adams
- Pete Allen
- Woody Allen
- Lloyd Arntzen
- Georgie Auld
- Nailor Azevedo (also known as Proveta)
- Paulo Moura
- Buster Bailey (1902-1967)
- Craig Ball
- Eddie Barefield
- Alan Barnes (born 1959)
- Emile Barnes
- John Barnes
- Gary Bartz
- Alvin Batiste (1932-2007)
- Heinie Beau
- Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
- Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman (1883-1974)
- Sidney Beckerman (1919-2007)
- Han Bennink
- Derek Bermel
- Barney Bigard (1906-1980)
- Acker Bilk (born 1929)
- Chris Biscoe
- Andy Biskin
- Dan Block
- Hamiet Bluiett
- Anthony Braxton
- Peter Brotzmann
- Pud Brown
- Sandy Brown
- Albert Burbank
- Don Byron (born 1958)
- Ernie Caceres
- Happy Caldwell
- Harry Carney
- Benny Carter
- Daniel Carter
- James Carter
- John Carter
- John Casimir (clarinetist)
- Evan Christopher
- Rod Cless
- Tony Coe
- Anat Cohen
- Randolph Colville
- Hank D'Amico
- Eddie Daniels (born 1941)
- John Dankworth
- Joe Darensbourg
- Kenny Davern
- Nathan Davis (saxophonist) - bass clarinet, multi-instrumentalist
- Paul Dean (clarinetist)
- Buddy DeFranco
- Tobias Delius
- Big Eye Louis Nelson Deslile
- Johnny Dodds (1892-1940)
- Klaus Doldinger
- Eric Dolphy (1928-1964)
- Arne Domnerus
- Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957)
- Tommy Douglas (clarinetist)
- Paquito D'Rivera
- Gerd Dudek
- Paul Dunmall
- Kai Fagaschinski
- Wally Fawkes
- Irving Fazola
- Buddy Featherstonhaugh
- Giora Feidman
- Pete Fountain
- Bud Freeman
- Chico Freeman
- Victor Goines
- Jimmy Giuffre
- / German Goldenshtayn (Klezmer)
- Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
- Edmond Hall (1901-1967)
- Jimmy Hamilton
- Alfred Harth
- Bob Helm
- Woody Herman
- Peanuts Hucko
- Dink Johnson (1892-1954)
- Theo Jörgensmann (born 1948)
- David Krakauer
- Mustafa Kandirali (born 1930)
- John LaPorta
- Prince Lasha
- Margot Leverett
- Walt Levinsky (1929-1999)
- George Lewis (1900-1969)
- Ted Lewis (1891-1971)
- Matt Lavelle (bass clarinet)
- Joe Maneri
- Joe Marsala
- Stan McDonald
- Hal McKusick
- Mezz Mezzrow
- Jean-Christian Michel
- Marcus Miller (born 1959)
- Gabriele Mirabassi
- Gussie Mueller
- David Murray
- Don Murray (1904-1929)
- Phil Nimmons
- Jimmy Noone (1895-1944)
- Alcide Nunez (1884-1934)
- Sean O'Boyle (composer) (born 1963)
- Tale Ognenovski
- Ken Peplowski
- Sid Phillips (1907-1973)
- Michel Portal (born 1935)
- Perry Robinson
- Ned Rothenberg
- Harold Rubin (born 1932)
- Pee Wee Russell (1906-1969)
- Dan St. Marseille (born 1962)
- Louis Sclavis
- Tony Scott (1921-2007)
- Artie Shaw (1910-2004)
- Harry Shields (1899-1971)
- Larry Shields (1893-1953)
- Omer Simeon (1902-1959)
- Bill Smith
- Chris Speed
- S. Frederick Starr (born 1940)
- Milenko Stefanović (born 1930)
- Richard Stoltzman
- Wilber Sweatman (1882-1961)
- Antti Sarpila
- Monty Sunshine (born 1928)
- Dave Tarras (1897-1989)
- Ken Vandermark
- Oliver Weindling (born 1955)
- Michael White
- Hans Olof (Putte) Wickman
- Bob Wilber
- Lester Young
- Evan Ziporyn
- Kyuhyun (born 1988)
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