Earlier this year his contributions to a tape by the Vibrating Skull Trio knocked me out; his overblown lines push things into the red and pulse with intense energy. I’m even more impressed after ...

John McCowen's Solo Contra presents an EP-length, finely-sketched portrait of a rarely heard instrument: the contrabass clarinet. It also marks the most recent stage in an eclectic path through music ...

I first heard Paul Hoskin's annual solo concert on contrabass clarinet at a Pioneer Square loft in the late 1990s. There wasn't much to see, only the outline of a lanky, swaying scarecrow grappling a ...