He is now principal clarinettist of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
The Ambrose band included the American clarinettist Danny Polo.
Like most young clarinettists in the late 1960s and '70s, he was trained classically.
I start as a pianist, you start as a clarinettist.
Next, there is the question of precisely what pitches the clarinettist should be playing.
Reflecting on a flute sound ' devoid of expression', he contemplates the possibility that the flutist, unlike the lamenting clarinettist, or the soulful violinist, routinely plays dead.
After the intermission there is a brief jam session of jazz music led by a clarinettist as the orchestra members return.
The oboist finally managed to repair a defect of his instrument, but the clarinettist, because of a broken key spring only pretended to be playing.
