Sol Yaged (December 8, 1922 – May 11, 2019) was an American

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clarinetist who was strongly influenced by

Benny Goodman Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing". From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His co ...

Life and career

Yaged was born in

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, New York and began playing the clarinet at the age of 12 after hearing Goodman's broadcasts for Nabisco in 1935. He studied under a clarinetist for the

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but turned down a classical career to play jazz in New York City nightclubs, such as Jimmy Ryan's and the Swing Club. After serving in the Army for three years during World War II, Yaged played clarinet with professional groups continuously for over 70 years, with such musicians as

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, and

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. Beginning in the 1960s, he began working primarily as an ensemble leader in New York City. In the 1990s he worked in Felix Endico's swing band. Yaged served as a consultant on Benny Goodman's musical style for the 1956 film, ''

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''. From 1996–97, he worked under the musical direction of bandleader Jack Vartan at the Stony Hill Inn,

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, 1956) * ''Jazz at the Metropole'' (

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, 1961) * ''One More Time'' (Lane, 1967) * ''Your Wish Is My Command'' ( Pine Hill Records, 2019)

As sideman

* 1955 ''Horn o' Plenty'',

Charlie Shavers Charles James Shavers (August 3, 1920 – July 8, 1971) was an American jazz trumpeter who played with Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams, Tommy Dorsey, and Billie Holiday. He ...

* 1957 ''Stormy Weather'',

* 1968 ''The Music Room'', Doug Duke * 1997 ''Personal Choice'',

* 1997 ''The Tenor for All Seasons: 1958–1959'',

* 2005 ''The Very Best of the Cole Porter Songbook'',

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References

External links

* Sol Yaged at Allmusic (cache)
All About Jazz website
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