Wayfinders

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When the clarinet faded from favour as a frontline jazz instrument the music lost a singularly expressive array of colours. As Jon Hunt shows here, the clarinet is capable of mimicking the human voice just as well as a saxophone, but often in a more disquieting way, and if you want to emphasise eerie, ghostly qualities it is perfect. Although Mark Shepard (double bass) and Ronny Ferella (drums) are equal