im a new one to jazz, only been listening for about 6 months, so im still learning!!!!

ive been listening to duke ellington and dizzy gillespie mainly, i heard a artie shaw track on the radio the other day i think it was called `clarinet concerto no.1`, can anyone give me some idea where i might be able to find it on cd????? also if you have any reccomendations as to different artists i should track down please let me know!!

cheers

joshua

The Artie Shaw piece you referenced is available on most compilation cd`s by him. For other great clarinetists, try Benny Goodman, Woody Herman and Les Brown. There are plenty more, but they are a great start. Start with some of the earlier Goodman, the quartet. Then his earlier orchestra... these will give you a really nice arrangement of players that eventually went on to lead their own bands. Enjoy the journey, it`s a great one.