Alex (and others), here's a rarity, Art Pepper on clarinet. Not exactly the most accomplished clarinetist, but always with that fantastic sense of swing that he had in spades which, for a nice relaxed tune like this, renders moot any limitations on the instrument. Two different takes of the same tune from one of my favorite records:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLc1mfuf6zTgipDQ_MPPkbVgugTVUH2w8i&v=FpDcFkdATbI
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLc1mfuf6zTgipDQ_MPPkbVgugTVUH2w8i&v=cZSKf8s8NfY
The current reigning king of the clarinet. Eddie Daniels is an amazing virtuoso on multiple woodwinds who has focused on the clarinet in recent years and can play in any genre from Classical to Jazz to fusion. Beautiful player and, like Michael Brecker on the tenor, and putting stylistic preferences aside, possibly the greatest virtuoso to ever play jazz clarinet. I admit that I don't always like his very "noty" style, but I post it to show what is possible on the instrument:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sfeoqVulAXg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7SdCFoReTSY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj3wSASuSp0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLc1mfuf6zTgipDQ_MPPkbVgugTVUH2w8i&v=FpDcFkdATbI
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLc1mfuf6zTgipDQ_MPPkbVgugTVUH2w8i&v=cZSKf8s8NfY
The current reigning king of the clarinet. Eddie Daniels is an amazing virtuoso on multiple woodwinds who has focused on the clarinet in recent years and can play in any genre from Classical to Jazz to fusion. Beautiful player and, like Michael Brecker on the tenor, and putting stylistic preferences aside, possibly the greatest virtuoso to ever play jazz clarinet. I admit that I don't always like his very "noty" style, but I post it to show what is possible on the instrument:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sfeoqVulAXg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7SdCFoReTSY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj3wSASuSp0