Though many have tried to argue the opposite to Nathan Tokunaga, the clarinet is a key instrument played in classic jazz ensembles — and he wants to educate others on just that. Tokunaga, a first year ...

Today, the Spotlight shines on clarinetist Glenn Dickson and electronic musician Bob Familiar. When a cutting-edge klezmer artist meets a former rock synthesist, you might expect creative tension.

Nathan Tokunaga, who graduated from Belmont’s Carlmont High School this year, recently received the YoungArts Award. Past recipients include musicians Jon Batiste and Terence Blanchard. Courtesy High ...

Griffin Woodard is a composer, bass clarinetist, and bandleader who believes in the transformative power of music. As an instrumentalist, Woodard’s primary focus is playing the bass clarinet in a jazz ...

Clarinetist Ken Peplowski returns to the Attucks Jazz Club! “Brilliantly entertaining” (DownBeat), Peplowski has been hailed by the BBC as “arguably the greatest living jazz clarinetist.” Hearing this ...