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Jason Stein, bass clarinetist, Ann Arbor, MI

Jason Stein

Big black-stick master opens Edgefest

by Piotr Michalowski

posted 10/11/2009

The bass clarinet is not an instrument that readily comes to mind in a discussion of jazz; indeed, most people have probably not even seen one. This big, curved low version of the standard clarinet is relatively young. Adolph Sax, the same man who created the saxophone, invented the modern version in 1838. It is an extremely versatile instrument, with a broad

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