The bass clarinet is typically an instrument that comes in the key of B flat, but [Jered] wanted one that was a minor third lower. Building a traditional clarinet is not exactly the easiest ...

The music includes a variety of world influences, from Harlem to Africa and India, within a contemporary setting—featuring powerful doses of Maupin's masterly bass clarinet, the inspired playing of ...

Since the end of the big band era, the clarinet has taken a backseat to the sexier saxophone. But in the Bay Area, the oft-overlooked instrument is having a moment.

When Ambler died last year, he willed the bass clarinet to Stevens. The instrument is "the Stradivarius of bass clarinets," Stevens says. "It's been very well-cared for.

Eric Allan Dolphy was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s. He was also the ...