wilbur sweatman was the first musician to play as a major jazz soloist on the bass clarinet.
wilbur sweatman was the first musician to play as a major jazz soloist on the bass clarinet.
who was the first musician to play as a major jazz soloist on the bass clarinet?
wilbur sweatman
the first jazz album on which the leader solely played bass clarinet was "great ideas of western mann" (1957) by herbie mann, better known as a flautist. however, avant-garde musician eric dolphy (1928–1964) was the first major jazz soloist on the instrument, and established much of the vocabulary and technique used by later performers. he used the entire range of the instrument in his solos. bennie maupin emerged in the late 1960s as a primary player of the instrument, playing on miles davis's seminal record "bitches brew" as well as several records with herbie hancock's mwandishi group. his style resembles dolphy's in its use of advanced harmonies.
bass clarinet
bullet::::- david lang: "press release" for solo bass clarinet (1991) (for evan ziporyn)









































bullet::::- donald martino: triple concerto for clarinet, bass clarinet, and contrabass clarinet.









































bullet::::- thea musgrave: concerto for bass clarinet and orchestra.









































bullet::::- jonathan russell:









































bullet::::- bass clarinet concerto (2014)









































bullet::::- double bass-clarinet concerto.









































bullet::::- karlheinz stockhausen:









































bullet::::- "in freundschaft" for unaccompanied bass clarinet,









































bullet::::- "libra" for bass clarinet and electronic music (a separable component of "sirius")









































bullet::::- "" for unaccompanied bass clarinet.









































bullet::::- benjamin staern: "worried souls": concerto for clarinet/bass clarinet and symphony orchestra (2012).
bass clarinet