[PW] Ebony slang for Clarinet

Edith Bailes edieb at suscom-maine.net
Wed Jul 11 13:21:23 PDT 2007


Was it perhaps Hoagy Carmichael?

Edie in Maine
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What was the surname of the 19th-20th century composer who, during the 
1940s, composed a clarinet concerto for jazz musician Woody Herman, with 
the one-word title of the piece being derived from a jazz slang term for 
the clarinet?




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