He is now principal clarinetist of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
The Ambrose band included the American clarinetist Danny Polo.
Like most young clarinetists in the late 1960s and '70s, he was trained classically.
The late clarinetist displayed an impossibly round, mellow tone from the top to the bottom of the clarinet.
Growing up, he trained as a classical flutist and clarinetist.
He said he was cuing the principal clarinetist.
I had also heard he had been a professional clarinetist, which was oddly reassuring.
