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Three Clarinets Live From Newport

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

Three Clarinets, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012

August 4, 2012Ken Peplowski, Evan Christopher and Anat Cohen are three of the today's top practitioners of the licorice stick. Backed by a band proficient in time-honored and broad-shouldered styles of the Swing Era, this reedy convocation generates plenty of fireworks.

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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About The Festival

The Newport Jazz Festival, was founded by jazz pianist George Wein in 1954 as the first outdoor music festival of its kind devoted entirely to jazz, and is now universally acknowledged as the grandfather of all jazz festivals. For information on attending this year's Festival, visit their official website.

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NPR Music's coverage of the Newport Jazz Festival is supported by the Argus Fund.

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