

Clarinet Gone Wild: Sidney Bechet and the Soprano Sax
There comes a time in every saxophone player's life where they pick up a clarinet and, without hesitation, put it back down again. All kidding aside, the clarinet is a demanding instrument. As a saxophonist, I see playing the clarinet as one of the great challenges in life...like summiting Everest, or base jumping the Grand Canyon (I don't know...do people do that?). Its a historically beautiful and expressive instrument, and like few others, is as appropriate in Mozart as it