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Vito is a brand name for Leblanc USA, now part of Conn-Selmer USA. The Vito name was used for student through professional (Yanagisawa baritone saxophone) instruments. Leblanc USA was formed in 1946 by Vito Pascucci, and the French woodwind manufacturer, G. Leblanc Cie of France. To meet high demand, Leblanc USA started to manufacture clarinets ...
A Clarinet Serenade for the Kitchen Maid by Karl Heyden This article lists notable musicians who have played the clarinet . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
After briefly sourcing its Vito saxophones from Holton, Leblanc imported Beaugnier saxophone parts to be assembled in Kenosha and sold under the Vito brand. By the late 1950s Vito saxophones were also assembled from parts supplied by the Art Best Manufacturing Company of Nogales, Arizona, with some differences from the Beaugnier designs. The ...
Raised in a musical family, he launched his professional career at age of 8 in Los Angeles, playing clarinet for the L.A. County Parks and Recreation Youth Orchestra.. Gross studied clarinet with Phil Sobel and Vito Susca, and saxophone with Ronnie Lang and John
John Wallace Carter (September 24, 1929 – March 31, 1991) was an American jazz clarinet, saxophone, and flute player. [1] He is noted for the acclaimed Roots and Folklore series, a five-album concept album set inspired by African American life and experiences.
According to his colleagues, Burke's only non-musical form of employment was the management of a "Rabais" shop at 906 Bourbon Street.According to friend Al Rose, a Rabais shop is "not as high flown as an antique store nor as disreputable as a junk Shop" [8] It is a personal collection that the owner makes semi-available to the public for sale.
While most jazz clarinet players did not adapt to this change, DeFranco successfully continued to play clarinet exclusively, and was one of the few bebop clarinetists. [4] In 1950, DeFranco spent a year with Count Basie's septet. [2] He then led a small combo in the early 1950s which included pianist Sonny Clark and guitarist Tal Farlow.
He won the DownBeat critics poll for clarinetist in 1955, [4] 1957, [5] 1958 [6] and 1959. [7] He was known for a more "cool" style on the instrument than his peer Buddy DeFranco, who often played a more aggressive bebop style. Despite this, he remained relatively little-known, as the clarinet had been in eclipse in jazz since the emergence of ...