From Bechet to Batiste,' a history of jazz clarinet in New Orleans, at the Old U.S. Mint on Saturday, April 5, 2014. (Keith Spera / NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) On Saturday, April 5, the options ...

Clarinetist and music historian Michael White lost a treasury of New Orleans jazz artifacts in the Katrina flood. The 30 years of collected knowledge now resides in his memory and his music ...

Great to read the article on New Orleans (“New Orleans True Royalty,” by Christopher Reynolds, April 7), especially about Doreen Ketchens, an incredible jazz clarinet player, and her group.

Around dusk on April 2, as he plans to do every evening as long the coronavirus shutdown continues, New Orleans jazz clarinetist Tim Laughlin stepped out onto his Royal Street balcony and played ...

This week, Riverwalk Jazz spotlights the rich legacy of jazz clarinet players from the Crescent City. The sound of New Orleans jazz is unique. The distinctive New Orleans clarinet sound blends with ...

Pete Fountain, the goateed clarinetist who became a global ambassador of New Orleans jazz with his flawlessly slippery technique and joyful sound, died Saturday of heart failure while in hospice ...

The hauntingly beautiful 'wailing' sounds of early New Orleans jazz clarinets, often featured in brass bands or jazz funerals, are one of the most distinctive instrument styles in American music.

The resulting fusion created the characteristic sound of early New Orleans jazz: a three-horn front line typically consisting of cornet, clarinet, and trombone collectively improvising in a ...