List of clarinetists

This article lists notable musicians who have played the clarinet.

Classical clarinetists

• Laver Bariu
• Ernest Ačkun
• Luís Afonso
• Cristiano Alves
• Michel Arrignon
• Dimitri Ashkenazy
• Kinan Azmeh
• Alexander Bader
• Carl Baermann
• Heinrich Baermann
• József Balogh
• Cristo Barrios
• Luigi Bassi
• Simeon Bellison
• Kalman Berkes
• Friedrich Berr
• Julian Bliss
• Kalman Bloch
• Walter Boeykens
• Henri Bok
• Daniel Bonade
• Tara Bouman
• Naftule Brandwein
• Shirley Brill
• Bruno Brun
• Jack Brymer
• Lars Kristian Brynildsen
• Nicola Bulfone
• Ovanir Buosi
• Sérgio Burgani
• Louis Cahuzac
• David Campbell
• James Campbell
• Alessandro Carbonare
• Radovan Cavallin
• Ernesto Cavallini
• Florent Charpentier
• Jonathan Cohler
• Larry Combs
• Jean-Noël Crocq
• Gervase de Peyer
• Hans Deinzer
• Guy Deplus
• Charles Draper
• Stanley Drucker
• Eli Eban
• Anton Eberst
• Julian Egerton
• Fredrik Fors
• Alan Frank
• Rupert Fankhauser
• Thomas Friedli
• Mariano Frogioni
• Martin Fröst
• Wenzel Fuchs
• Peter Geisler
• Anthony Gigliotti
• Bruno di Girolamo
• Johannes Gmeinder
• Jose Gonzalez Granero
• Ante Grgin
• Sabine Grofmeier
• Alan Hacker
• Chen Halevi
• Norman Hallam
• Burt Hara
• Russell Harlow
• David Hattner
• Richard Haynes
• Johann Simon Hermstedt
• Janet Hilton
• Johann Hindler
• Helmut Hödl
• Emma Johnson
• Nicola Jürgensen
• Sharon Kam
• Reginald Kell
• Murray Khouri
• Thea King
• Dieter Klöcker
• Howard Klug
• Béla Kovács
• Wolfgang Kornberger
• Kari Kriikku
• Alison Lambert
• Andrey Laukhin
• Colin Lawson
• Andreas Lehnert
• Karl Leister
• Michel Lethiec
• Lorin Levee
• Robert Lindemann
• Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr
• John Mahon
• Jon Manasse
• Sebastian Manz
• Robert Marcellus
• Michele Marelli
• Andrew Marriner
• Pascual Martínez-Forteza
• Lawrence Maxey
• Marco Antonio Mazzini
• William McColl
• Anthony McGill
• Ralph McLane
• Jacques Meertens
• Douglas Metcalf
• Paul Meyer
• Sabine Meyer
• Wolfgang Meyer
• Lev Mikhailov
• Pascal Moraguès
• Ricardo Morales
• Ivan Mozgovenko
• Richard Mühlfeld
• Elad Navon
• Charles Neidich
• Tale Ognenovski
• Sean Osborn
• Andreas Ottensamer
• Ernst Ottensamer
• Karen Palacios
• Edward Palanker
• Antony Pay
• Nicolai Pfeffer
• Thomas Piercy
• Frank Pilato
• George Pieterson
• Viktor Polatschek
• Manfred Preis
• Alfred Prinz
• Simon Reitmaier
• HÃ¥kan Rosengren
• Luis Rossi
• Sergei Rozanov
• Hubert Salmhofer
• Louis Sclavis
• Peter Schmidl
• Michael Seaver
• Raphaël Sévère
• David Shifrin
• Mark Simpson
• Vladimir Sokolov
• Nikola Srdić
• Anton Stadler
• Milenko Stefanović
• Karl-Heinz Steffens
• Suzanne Stephens
• Richard Stoltzman
• Peter Sunman
• Jens Thoben
• Frederick Thurston
• Alison Turriff
• Annelien Van Wauwe
• Jean-François Verdier
• Richard Sidney Walthew
• Bernard Walton
• David Weber
• Pamela Weston
• Michael Whight
• Jörg Widmann
• Leopold Wlach
• Harold Wright
• John Bruce Yeh
• Michele Zukovsky

Jazz and pop clarinetists

• Muhal Richard Abrams (1930–2017)
• George Adams (1940–1992)
• Woody Allen (born 1935)
• Sophie Alour (born 1974)
• Lloyd Arntzen (born 1927)
• Georgie Auld (1919–1990)
• Nailor Azevedo (also known as Proveta)
• Paulo Moura (1932–2010)
• Buster Bailey (1902–1967)
• Craig Ball
• Eddie Barefield (1909–1991)
• Alan Barnes (born 1959)
• Emile Barnes (1892–1970)
• John Barnes (1932–2022)
• Gary Bartz (born 1940)
• Alvin Batiste (1932–2007)
• Heinie Beau (1911–1987)
• Sidney Bechet (1897–1959)
• Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman (1883–1974)
• Sidney Beckerman (1919–2007)
• Han Bennink (born 1942)
• Derek Bermel (born 1967)
• Barney Bigard (1906–1980)
• Acker Bilk (1929–2014)
• Chris Biscoe (born 1947)
• Andy Biskin
• Dan Block
• Hamiet Bluiett (1940–2018)
• Anthony Braxton (born 1945)
• Peter Brötzmann (1941–2023)
• Pud Brown (1917–1996)
• Sandy Brown (1929–1975)
• Albert Burbank (1902–1976)
• Don Byron (born 1958)
• Ernie Caceres (1911–1971)
• Happy Caldwell (1903–1978)
• Harry Carney (1910–1974)
• Benny Carter (1907–2003)
• Daniel Carter (born 1945)
• James Carter (born 1969)
• John Carter (1929–1991)
• John Casimir (1898–1963)
• George Cassidy (1936 - 2023)
• Evan Christopher (born 1969)
• Rod Cless (1907–1944)
• Tony Coe (1934–2023)
• Anat Cohen (born 1975)
• Randolph Colville (1942–2004)
• Louis Cottrell Jr. (1911–1978)
• Hank D'Amico (1915–1965)
• Eddie Daniels (born 1941)
• John Dankworth (1927–2010)
• Joe Darensbourg (1906–1985)
• Kenny Davern (1935–2006)
• Paul Dean (clarinetist) (born 1966)
• Buddy DeFranco (1923–2014)
• Tobias Delius (born 1964)
• Big Eye Louis Nelson Deslile (1885–1949)
• Simon Flem Devold (1929–2015)
• Johnny Dodds (1892–1940)
• Klaus Doldinger (born 1936)
• Eric Dolphy (1928–1964)
• Arne Domnérus (1924–2008)
• Jimmy Dorsey (1904–1957)
• Tommy Douglas (clarinetist) (1911–1965)
• Paquito D'Rivera (born 1948)
• Gerd Dudek (1938–2022)
• Paul Dunmall (born 1953)
• Kai Fagaschinski (born 1974)
• Wally Fawkes (1924–2023)
• Irving Fazola (1912–1949)
• Buddy Featherstonhaugh (1909–1976)
• Giora Feidman (born 1936)
• John Fernandes
• Pete Fountain (1930–2016)
• Bud Freeman (1906–1991)
• Chico Freeman (born 1949)
• Victor Goines (born 1961)
• Jimmy Giuffre (1921–2008)
• German Goldenshtayn (Klezmer) (1934–2006)
• Benny Goodman (1909–1986)
• Edmond Hall (1901–1967)
• Jimmy Hamilton (1917–1994)
• Arville Harris (1904–1954)
• Bob Helm (1914–2003)
• Woody Herman (1913–1987)
• Peanuts Hucko (1918–2003)
• Dink Johnson (1892–1954)
• Theo Jörgensmann (1948–2025)
• Mustafa Kandirali (1930–2020)
• David Krakauer (born 1956)
• Doreen Ketchens (born 1966)
• John LaPorta (1920–2004)
• Prince Lasha (1929–2008)
• Matt Lavelle (bass clarinet) (born 1970)
• Margot Leverett
• Walt Levinsky (1929–1999)
• George Lewis (1900–1969)
• Ted Lewis (1891–1971)
• Joe Maneri (1927–2009)
• Michael Marcus (born 1952)
• Joe Marsala (1907–1978)
• Stan McDonald (1935–2021)
• Hal McKusick (1924–2012)
• Mezz Mezzrow (1899–1972)
• Jean-Christian Michel (born 1938)
• Marcus Miller (born 1959)
• Gabriele Mirabassi (born 1967)
• Gussie Mueller (1890–1965)
• David Murray (born 1955)
• Don Murray (1904–1929)
• Phil Nimmons (1923–2024)
• Jimmie Noone (1895–1944)
• Alcide Nunez (1884–1934)
• Sean O'Boyle (born 1963)
• Tale Ognenovski (1922–2012)
• Sal Pace (1906–1982)
• Ivo Papazov (born 1952)
• Art Pepper (1925–1982)
• Ken Peplowski (born 1959)
• Sid Phillips (1907–1973)
• Michel Portal (born 1935)
• Doug Richford (1920–1987)
• Sammy Rimington (born 1942)
• Perry Robinson (1938–2018)
• Leon Roppolo (1902–1943)
• Ned Rothenberg (born 1956)
• Harold Rubin (1932–2020)
• Pee Wee Russell (1906–1969)
• Dan St. Marseille (born 1962)
• Tom Sancton (born 1949)
• Louis Sclavis (born 1953)
• Tony Scott (1921–2007)
• Artie Shaw (1910–2004)
• Harry Shields (1899–1971)
• Larry Shields (1893–1953)
• Omer Simeon (1902–1959)
• Bill Smith (1926–2020)
• Chris Speed (born 1967)
• S. Frederick Starr (born 1940)
• Milenko Stefanović (1930–2022)
• Richard Stoltzman (born 1942)
• Wilbur Sweatman (1882–1961)
• Antti Sarpila (born 1964)
• Monty Sunshine (1928–2010)
• Dave Tarras (1897–1989)
• Frank Teschemacher (1906–1932)
• Theo Travis (born 1964)
• Shankar Tucker (born 1987)
• Allan Vache (born 1953)
• Ken Vandermark (born 1964)
• Oliver Weindling (born 1955)
• Michael White (born 1954)
• Hans Olof (Putte) Wickman (1924–2006)
• Bob Wilber (1928–2019)
• Lester Young (1900–1959)
• Evan Ziporyn (born 1959)

See also

• Lists of musicians

References