Who's Your Favorite Female Alto Clarinet Jazz Musician Male Vocali

[JSngry]

Looking for recommendations.

[Larry Kart]

Christine Jorgensen

[JSngry]

Well, yeah, obivously. But who else?

[A Lark Ascending]

Not sure he fits the female criteria, but probabl;y hit all the other bases at some point in his career:

Not sure if she played music but if she did, well:

[papsrus]

I'm sure you know of her already, and I'm sure Larry must, but Matana Roberts' "Chicago Project" (with Fred Anderson sitting in on three tracks) is a disc I've always enjoyed, as are her "Sticks and Stones" discs. Connected with the AACM, her recorded output's a little thin. Seems like she's kicking around out West lately and immersed in 'Coin Coin,' a multimedia project focused on the South during slavery. I've heard/seen nothing of that.

Her blog.

[AllenLowe]

Billy Tipton.

[Dave James]

Billy Tipton.

[Guest Bill Barton]

And a third vote for Billy Tipton... (S)he pretty much covered all the bases although the resulting music was - um - less than transcendent.

[JSngry]

[Spontooneous]

Aww, guys, we've been over this before. I'm only interested in the ones who have albums produced by Mutt Lange.

[danasgoodstuff]

I met a female alto clarinet player when I was working in a record store some time back, always wondered what happened to her...

[AllenLowe]

I hate to break bad news, but there's a web site they named in honor of her passing:

~Death-by-Clarinet

Give me music or give me death