Bass clarinet and a bass clarinet solo by Omer Simeon can be heard in the 1926 recording "Someday Sweetheart" by Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers. Additionally, Benny Goodman recorded with the instrument a few times early in his career. Harry Carney, Duke Ellington's baritone saxophonist for 47 years, played bass clarinet in some of Ellington's arrangements, first recording with it on "Saddest Tale" in 1934. He was featured soloist on many Ellington recordings, including 27 titles on bass clarinet. The first jazz album on which the leader solely played bass clarinet was "Great Ideas of Western Mann" (1957) by
Marshall Goodman and friend Michael Happoldt. Goodman and Happoldt also conducted the reunion of LBDA in 2012. 2012: Goodman programmed drums and scratched on Slightly Stoopid’s album "Top of the World" and performed scratches live with band on numerous occasions in 2012 and 2013, including the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Show and the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Gibson Amphitheatre. In November 2016, Goodman was elected city councilmember for the City of La Palma, California. Goodman is a Vic Firth artist and uses the following drumsticks: He also uses: Marshall Goodman Marshall Goodman (born January 31, 1971), known professionally as Ras MG