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Three Clarinets, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012

The 3 Clarinets — (left to right) Evan Christopher, Ken Peplowski and Anat Cohen — play on the Harbor Stage at the Newport Jazz Festival.
Erik Jacobs for NPR
The 3 Clarinets — (left to right) Evan Christopher, Ken Peplowski and Anat Cohen — play on the Harbor Stage at the Newport Jazz Festival.

The name of the band refers to Ken Peplowski, a Swing-era specialist; Evan Christopher, a living historian of the New Orleans Creole clarinet; and Anat Cohen — what doesn't she do? They're not the only ones on stage, of course — they'll be backed by a band which knows the time-honored and broad-shouldered methods of swing. This reedy convocation on the state of the clarinet today was put together for Newport, and — on the birthday anniversary of Louis Armstrong — was filled with ad lib fireworks.

Personnel

  • Ken Peplowski, clarinet
  • Evan Christopher, clarinet
  • Anat Cohen, clarinet
  • Howard Alden, guitar
  • Ehud Asherie, piano
  • Greg Cohen, bass
  • Joey Baron, drums
  • Lewis Nash, drums
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