Guillaume Nouaux - Guillaume Nouaux & the Clarinet Kings (2019)

Inspired by a record store find many years ago Guillaume Nouaux has finally brought his most ambitious project to fruition. The inspirational records were two volumes titled Zutty Singleton and the Clarinet Kings, featuring the drummer with the clarinet wizards of his day. As a drummer who has had the opportunity to play with a host of today’s greatest clarinetists Guillaume Nouaux wondered how tough it would be to gather them all on one record. Perhaps surprisingly herding jazz cats was more pleasure than pain and he recruited no less than eleven clarinetists for this double disc.

They are; Evan Christopher, Antti Sarpila, Frank Roberscheuten, Engelbert Wrobel, Aurélie Tropez, Lars Frank, Eiji Hanaoka, Jean-François Bonnel, David Lukàcs, Jérôme Gatius, Esaie Cid. Most are from the European classic jazz scene but several came from other continents.