Jonathan Stout: Pre-Bebop Jazz Guitarist (and JGO member)

[AllanAllen]

[ruger9]

Loved that! You don't see clarinet enough in the 3- and 4-piece combos. What a lovely instrument, I actually love it more than sax for SWING.

[jameslovestal]

Loved that! You don't see clarinet enough in the 3- and 4-piece combos. What a lovely instrument, I actually love it more than sax for SWING.

I agree. Nice to see a clarinet in a swing setting, but not an only Django music type setting.

[Oscar67]

Loved that! You don't see clarinet enough in the 3- and 4-piece combos. What a lovely instrument, I actually love it more than sax for SWING.

Check out Martin Taylor’s album Two For The Road with Alan Barnes.

[Cunamara]

I like the clarinet for bebop and more modern styles, too. Beautiful instrument that too often gets unfairly relegated to "period" music such as swing, early Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman stuff. I get that the sax fingering is easier, but I just like the sound of the clarinet better (especially than tenor sax, my least favorite instrument in jazz).

[sgosnell]

Howard Alden has recorded with Anat Cohen on clarinet. Videos on YouTube. Good stuff. He has also recorded with Ken Peplowski, also good stuff. The guitar and clarinet go well together, starting in about 1939 and continuing til now.

[jameslovestal]

I saw them a few times when they were on this tour.

[campusfive]

Hey Seattle-area folks:

I'm teaching at Matt Munisteri's "Red Hot Strings" camp in Port Townsend, WA May 14-18.
After the camp, I'll be in Seattle for a few shows.

For anybody on this board, I'd highlight the Sunday 5/19 show, since it'll be the only gig outside of a swing dance setting. Fretboard Journal head honcho Jason Verlinde actually recommended the venue to me, so I think it'll be a great show.


And the rest of the shows:

[sgosnell]

I like Jonathon Doyle's playing a lot. I'm not sure if he's still based out of Austin, because I haven't heard much about him lately. He's done some work with Joel Paterson in a quartet with guitar, and with other bands with guitar, so he's not unfamiliar with it. I would love to see that gig, but Seattle is much too far and snaky for me, way down here on the third coast. It would be nice if someone could do a video of any of your appearances, but that might not be possible. Good luck up there.