Sometimes words fail, and music must take their place when we shout for joy or cry out in agony. The clarinet is an instrument singularly ca...

Sidney Bechet * Blue Horizon Sidney Bechet, clarinet Sidney de Paris, trumpet Vic Dickenson, trombone Art Hodes, piano George 'Pop...

Best known for his intense rivalry with Benny Goodman, his succession of marriages to beautiful Hollywood starlets, his temper towards fans,...