Excellent or Good Rating in the Woodwind Category: Sydney Profant (bass clarinet solo); Jeremiah Pope (clarinet solo). Excellent or Good Rating in the Brass Category: Devin Curtis (trombone solo ...

Dolphy was a pioneer of utilizing the bass clarinet as a solo jazz instrument ... and after a few years went to the U.S. Naval School of Music. In 1958, Dolphy joined the Chico Hamilton Quintet ...

It just so physical, and that physicality of it really grabbed me when I was a child…You can’t play bass clarinet without being aware of his music and without having that kind of influence you.

I played Bass Clarinet occasionally in school orchestra ... and getting lots of opportunities to perform solo and play great chamber music. I then moved to London to study at the Royal College ...