List of clarinetists

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This article lists notable musicians who have played the clarinet. {{dynamic list}}

==Classical clarinetists==

{{Div col|colwidth=18em}} * Laver Bariu * Ernest Ačkun * Luís Afonso * Cristiano Alves * Michel Arrignon * Dimitri Ashkenazy * Kinan Azmeh * Alexander Bader * Carl Baermann * Heinrich Baermann * József Balogh * Cristo Barrios * Luigi Bassi * Simeon Bellison * Kalman Berkes * Friedrich Berr * Julian Bliss * Kalman Bloch * Walter Boeykens * Henri Bok * Daniel Bonade * Tara Bouman * Naftule Brandwein * Shirley Brill * Bruno Brun * Jack Brymer * Lars Kristian Brynildsen * Nicola Bulfone * Ovanir Buosi * Sérgio Burgani * Louis Cahuzac * David Campbell * James Campbell * Alessandro Carbonare * Radovan Cavallin * Ernesto Cavallini * Florent Charpentier * Jonathan Cohler * Larry Combs * Jean-Noël Crocq * Gervase de Peyer * Hans Deinzer * Guy Deplus * Charles Draper * Stanley Drucker * Eli Eban * Anton Eberst * Julian Egerton * Fredrik Fors * Alan Frank * Rupert Fankhauser * Thomas Friedli * Mariano Frogioni * Martin Fröst * Wenzel Fuchs * Peter Geisler * Anthony Gigliotti * Bruno di Girolamo * Johannes Gmeinder * Jose Gonzalez Granero * Ante Grgin * Sabine Grofmeier * Alan Hacker * Chen Halevi * Norman Hallam * Burt Hara * Russell Harlow * David Hattner * Richard Haynes * Johann Simon Hermstedt * Janet Hilton * Johann Hindler * Helmut Hödl * Emma Johnson * Nicola Jürgensen * Sharon Kam * Reginald Kell * Murray Khouri * Thea King * Dieter Klöcker * Howard Klug * Béla Kovács * Wolfgang Kornberger * Kari Kriikku * Alison Lambert * Andrey Laukhin * Colin Lawson * Andreas Lehnert * Karl Leister * Michel Lethiec * Lorin Levee * Robert Lindemann * Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr * John Mahon * Jon Manasse * Sebastian Manz * Robert Marcellus * Michele Marelli * Andrew Marriner * Pascual Martínez-Forteza * Lawrence Maxey * Marco Antonio Mazzini * William McColl * Anthony McGill * Ralph McLane * Jacques Meertens * Douglas Metcalf * Paul Meyer * Sabine Meyer * Wolfgang Meyer * Lev Mikhailov * Pascal Moraguès * Ricardo Morales * Ivan Mozgovenko * Richard Mühlfeld * Elad Navon * Charles Neidich * Tale Ognenovski * Sean Osborn * Andreas Ottensamer * Ernst Ottensamer * Karen Palacios * Edward Palanker * Antony Pay * Nicolai Pfeffer * Thomas Piercy * Frank Pilato * George Pieterson * Viktor Polatschek * Manfred Preis * Alfred Prinz * Simon Reitmaier * Håkan Rosengren * Luis Rossi * Sergei Rozanov * Hubert Salmhofer * Louis Sclavis * Peter Schmidl * Michael Seaver * Raphaël Sévère * David Shifrin * Mark Simpson * Vladimir Sokolov * Nikola Srdić * Anton Stadler * Milenko Stefanović * Karl-Heinz Steffens * Suzanne Stephens * Richard Stoltzman * Peter Sunman * David Tape * Jens Thoben * Frederick Thurston * Alison Turriff * Annelien Van Wauwe * Jean-François Verdier * Richard Sidney Walthew * Bernard Walton * David Weber * Pamela Weston * Michael Whight * Jörg Widmann * Leopold Wlach * Harold Wright * John Bruce Yeh * Michele Zukovsky {{Div col end}}

==Jazz and pop clarinetists==  {{Div col|colwidth=18em}} * Muhal Richard Abrams (1930–2017) * George Adams (1940–1992) * Woody Allen (born 1935) * Sophie Alour (born 1974) * Lloyd Arntzen (born 1927) * Georgie Auld (1919–1990) * Nailor Azevedo (also known as Proveta) * Paulo Moura (1932–2010) * Buster Bailey (1902–1967) * Craig Ball * Eddie Barefield (1909–1991) * Alan Barnes (born 1959) * Emile Barnes (1892–1970) * John Barnes (1932–2022) * Gary Bartz (born 1940) * Alvin Batiste (1932–2007) * Heinie Beau (1911–1987) * Sidney Bechet (1897–1959) * Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman (1883–1974) * Sidney Beckerman (1919–2007) * Han Bennink (born 1942) * Derek Bermel (born 1967) * Barney Bigard (1906–1980) * Acker Bilk (1929–2014) * Chris Biscoe (born 1947) * Andy Biskin * Dan Block * Hamiet Bluiett (1940–2018) * Anthony Braxton (born 1945) * Peter Brötzmann (1941–2023) * Pud Brown (1917–1996) * Sandy Brown (1929–1975) * Albert Burbank (1902–1976) * Don Byron (born 1958) * Ernie Caceres (1911–1971) * Happy Caldwell (1903–1978) * Harry Carney (1910–1974) * Benny Carter (1907–2003) * Daniel Carter (born 1945) * James Carter (born 1969) * John Carter (1929–1991) * John Casimir (1898–1963) * George Cassidy (1936 - 2023) * Evan Christopher (born 1969) * Rod Cless (1907–1944) * Tony Coe (1934–2023) * Anat Cohen (born 1975) * Randolph Colville (1942–2004) * Louis Cottrell Jr. (1911–1978) * Hank D'Amico (1915–1965) * Eddie Daniels (born 1941) * John Dankworth (1927–2010) * Joe Darensbourg (1906–1985) * Kenny Davern (1935–2006) * Paul Dean (clarinetist) (born 1966) * Buddy DeFranco (1923–2014) * Tobias Delius (born 1964) * Big Eye Louis Nelson Deslile (1885–1949) * Simon Flem Devold (1929–2015) * Johnny Dodds (1892–1940) * Klaus Doldinger (born 1936) * Eric Dolphy (1928–1964) * Arne Domnérus (1924–2008) * Jimmy Dorsey (1904–1957) * Tommy Douglas (clarinetist) (1911–1965) * Paquito D'Rivera (born 1948) * Gerd Dudek (1938–2022) * Paul Dunmall (born 1953) * Kai Fagaschinski (born 1974) * Wally Fawkes (1924–2023) * Irving Fazola (1912–1949) * Buddy Featherstonhaugh (1909–1976) * Giora Feidman (born 1936) * John Fernandes * Pete Fountain (1930–2016) * Bud Freeman (1906–1991) * Chico Freeman (born 1949) * Victor Goines (born 1961) * Jimmy Giuffre (1921–2008) * German Goldenshtayn (Klezmer) (1934–2006) * Benny Goodman (1909–1986) * Edmond Hall (1901–1967) * Jimmy Hamilton (1917–1994) * Arville Harris (1904–1954) * Bob Helm (1914–2003) * Woody Herman (1913–1987) * Peanuts Hucko (1918–2003) * Dink Johnson (1892–1954) * Theo Jörgensmann (1948–2025) * Mustafa Kandirali (1930–2020) * David Krakauer (born 1956) * Doreen Ketchens (born 1966) * John LaPorta (1920–2004) * Prince Lasha (1929–2008) * Matt Lavelle (bass clarinet) (born 1970) * Margot Leverett * Walt Levinsky (1929–1999) * George Lewis (1900–1969) * Ted Lewis (1891–1971) * Joe Maneri (1927–2009) * Michael Marcus (born 1952) * Joe Marsala (1907–1978) * Stan McDonald (1935–2021) * Hal McKusick (1924–2012) * Mezz Mezzrow (1899–1972) * Jean-Christian Michel (born 1938) * Marcus Miller (born 1959) * Gabriele Mirabassi (born 1967) * Gussie Mueller (1890–1965) * David Murray (born 1955) * Don Murray (1904–1929) * Phil Nimmons (1923–2024) * Jimmie Noone (1895–1944) * Alcide Nunez (1884–1934) * Sean O'Boyle (born 1963) * Tale Ognenovski (1922–2012) * Sal Pace (1906–1982) * Ivo Papazov (born 1952) * Art Pepper (1925–1982) * Ken Peplowski (born 1959) * Sid Phillips (1907–1973) * Michel Portal (born 1935) * Doug Richford (1920–1987) * Sammy Rimington (born 1942) * Perry Robinson (1938–2018) * Leon Roppolo (1902–1943) * Ned Rothenberg (born 1956) * Harold Rubin (1932–2020) * Pee Wee Russell (1906–1969) * Dan St. Marseille (born 1962) * Tom Sancton (born 1949) * Louis Sclavis (born 1953) * Tony Scott (1921–2007) * Artie Shaw (1910–2004) * Harry Shields (1899–1971) * Larry Shields (1893–1953) * Omer Simeon (1902–1959) * Bill Smith (1926–2020) * Chris Speed (born 1967) * S. Frederick Starr (born 1940) * Milenko Stefanović (1930–2022) * Richard Stoltzman (born 1942) * Wilbur Sweatman (1882–1961) * Antti Sarpila (born 1964) * Monty Sunshine (1928–2010) * Dave Tarras (1897–1989) * Frank Teschemacher (1906–1932) * Theo Travis (born 1964) * Shankar Tucker (born 1987) * Allan Vache (born 1953) * Ken Vandermark (born 1964) * Oliver Weindling (born 1955) * Michael White (born 1954) * Hans Olof (Putte) Wickman (1924–2006) * Bob Wilber (1928–2019) * Lester Young (1900–1959) * Evan Ziporyn (born 1959) {{Div col end}}

==See also== {{Portal|Music}} *Lists of musicians

==References== {{reflist}} {{Clarinet}}

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