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Celebrating Duke's Birthday Part 2: Clarinet Thing Plays Ellington at Musically Minded Academy
Courtesy of Jim Bennett | Posted on April 19, 2017
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Musically Minded Academy
5776 Broadway
Oakland, CA
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When
Sat, April 29, 2017
8:00 pm
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On Duke Ellington’s 118th birthday, Clarinet Thing concludes our two week celebration of his musical legacy, as part of the In The Moment Concert Series at Musically Minded Academy in Oakland.
Clarinet Thing is a quartet of renowned jazz clarinetists featuring Sheldon Brown, Beth Custer, Ben Goldberg, Harvey Wainapel. Clarinet Thing performs arrangements of unusual jazz works and originals on the entire family of clarinets, from the small Eb clarinet up to the large contra alto clarinet. Clarinet and jazz enthusiasts of all ages abound at their concerts. All members have been regaled in the press and in 2011, Goldberg was named the ‘#1 Rising Star Clarinetist’ by the Downbeat Magazine’s Critic’s Poll....