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Further Trivia: Celebrities who also played the clarinet

Author: ruben
Date: 2016-07-26 13:42

Here is a short list of famous people who besides their main occupation, also played the clarinet. Please feel free to add some names.
King Sihanouk of Cambodia. The king played jazz clarinet and saxophone and played with the likes of Lionel Hampton. The latter composed a piece in honor of the potentate: "The King and I".
Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve. He studied the clarinet at Julliard, but must have found it too taxing.
Arthur Jensen. A famous and controversial Berkeley psychologist who wrote the hotly-contested: "the Bell Curve". Not about a clarinet bell.
Steven Spielberg, the film director. Spielberg actually plays clarinet on the soundtrack to his film 'Jaws". Did he adapt a special embouchure for "Jaws"?
Woody Allen, of course, with his Albert system clarinet and woody tone.
Paul Hindemith. Hindemith composed for and played practically everything.
John Adams, arguably the world's most often played living composer. Adams actually started out as a professional clarinetist
Emile Zola! Zola was reported to be a rather poor clarinetist, but loved the instrument, which he referred to as : "l'instrument qui représent le mieux l'amour sensuel" (no translation required).

Looking forward to having my friends on the B Board complete the list.

rubengreenbergparisfrance@gmail.com

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