<P> The first jazz album on which the leader solely played bass clarinet was Great Ideas of Western Mann ( 1957 ) by Herbie Mann , better known as a flautist . However , avant - garde musician Eric Dolphy ( 1928 -- 1964 ) was the first major jazz soloist on the instrument , and established much of the vocabulary and technique used by later performers . He used the entire range of the instrument in his solos . Bennie Maupin emerged in the late 1960s as a primary player of the instrument , playing on Miles Davis 's seminal record Bitches Brew as well as several records with Herbie Hancock 's Mwandishi group . His style resembles Dolphy 's in its use of advanced harmonies . </P>
<P> The first jazz album on which the leader solely played bass clarinet was Great Ideas of Western Mann ( 1957 ) by Herbie Mann , better known as a flautist . However , avant - garde musician Eric Dolphy ( 1928 -- 1964 ) was the first major jazz soloist on the instrument , and established much of the vocabulary and technique used by later performers . He used the entire range of the instrument in his solos . Bennie Maupin emerged in the late 1960s as a primary player of the instrument , playing on Miles Davis 's seminal record Bitches Brew as well as several records with Herbie Hancock 's Mwandishi group . His style resembles Dolphy 's in its use of advanced harmonies . </P>
who introduced the bass clarinet as a solo instrument in jazz
who introduced the bass clarinet as a solo instrument in jazz
Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann