Karel Velebny | SHQ (All About Jazz)
Multi-instrumentalist Karel Velebny was known as the father of modern jazz in the former Czechoslovakia. Besides playing the tenor sax, bass clarinet and vibes, he was also a composer, arranger, teacher, and the leader of Studio 5: one of the leading bands in the 60's. He died in 1989.

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Al Gallodoro dies at 95 (The Daily Star)
Al Gallodoro, whose career playing saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet spanned nine decades, died Saturday. The 27-year Oneonta resident had performed as recently as last month, and had shows scheduled for later this month and for late November.

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Saint Ann Parish in Cleveland Heights Starts Music Program with CIM Students (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Saint Ann Church in Cleveland Heights. OH has started a music program that features three musicians from the Cleveland Institute of Music: Ariel Clayton, violin, and Jay Dubin, clarinet, with guest violinist, Caroline Goulding. Jim Bockhoff is the cantor. Mimi Lam, organist and pianist. Bill and Tiffany Laufer, filmmakers with Laufer Film, are coordinators as is the Pastor Father Deogratias ...

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Four to receive honorary doctorate degrees from UI (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
The University of Iowa will award honorary doctorate degrees to four individuals for extraordinary and sustained achievements in their respective fields: television journalist and author Tom Brokaw, Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, noted pathologist and medical researcher Johan Hultin and clarinet legend and former UI School of Music director Himie Voxman.

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