From the early days of the brass bands in New Orleans, to the hot jazz of the Roaring Twenties in Chicago, a key figure in the musical progression was the fluid toned, amazingly versatile clarinetist, ...

Program notes in French by Jean-Pierre Daubresse, with English translation by Don Waterhouse, on container. Performer(s): Johnny Dodds, clarinet ; accompanied by The Dixieland Jug Blowers ; Johnny ...

Riverwalk Jazz this week pays tribute to first-generation jazzman and clarinet pioneer Johnny Dodds. Present-day New Orleans-based clarinet star Evan Christopher joins the Jim Cullum Jazz Band to ...