Klarinet Archive - Posting 000485.txt from 1995/06

From: Ronald Atienza <RATIENZA@-----.EDU>
Subj: Clarinetists who "double" on sax
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 17:00:52 -0400

> >As I am sure most of you know, Eddie Daniels is one hellava
> >tenor sax player. He won an international competition several
> >years back in Vienna, if I recall. Branford Marsalis also
> >started on clarinet. Can anyone think of any others?

> But I thought I had read on the back of one of his albums that Eddie Daniels
> actually started on sax and had picked up clarinet as a secondary instrument.

Indeed, I've read that Eddie Daniels first contact was with the sax,
but he took clarinet lessons as a child, entered a performing arts
high school as a clarinet major, and earned his advanced degree in
clarinet performance.

He may have started on sax, but the overwhelming influence on him
came from his years of clarinet playing.

As to other saxophonists who started on clarinet: Phil Woods, Paquito
D'Rivera, Walt Parazaider. Also, Ramon Ricker at Eastman and Eugene
Rousseau earned their advanced academic degrees in clarinet.

My contribution to bandwidth,
Ron Atienza