cl, *1922 US, Brooklyn
Jazz
A.k.a. Solomon Yaged
American jazz clarinetist. Born : December 08, 1922 in New York City, New York. Yaged was strongly influenced by Benny Goodman's playing style. He began playing clarinet at the age of 12 after hearing Goodman's broadcasts in 1935. He studied under a clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic, but turned down a classical career to play jazz in New York nightclubs. Yaged has played clarinet continuously, with such musicians as Phil Napoleon, Coleman Hawkins, Henry "Red" Allen, and Jack Teagarden. In 1956, he served as a consultant on Benny Goodman's musical style for The Benny Goodman Story. Beginning in the 1960s, he began working primarily as an ensemble leader, working in New York City. In the 1990s he worked in Felix Endico's swing band. From 1996-97, he worked under the musical direction of bandleader [Jack Vartan at the Stony Hill Inn, Bergen County, New Jersey with the Jack Vartan 14pc. Swing Big Band.
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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It Might As Well Be Swing | Sol Yaged | 2018 | Album |
One More Time - Jack Bari Presents Sol Yaged And His Quartet Live At The Gaslight Club | Sol Yaged | 1967 | Album |
Jazz At The Metropole | Sol Yaged / Coleman Hawkins | 1962 | Album |
Cole Porter Swings Easy In Stereo | Larry Clinton, Bob Haggart, Cozy Cole, Charlie Shavers, Sam Taylor, Buddy Weed, Sol Yaged, Barry Galbraith, Urbie Green | 1961 | Album |
It Might As Well Be Swing | Sol Yaged | 1956 | Album |
Easy Living | Sol Yaged | Single | |
Jack Bari Presents Sol Yaged And His Quartet Live At The Gaslight Club | Sol Yaged | Album | |
Do You Know How It Feels To Be Lonely / One More Time | Sol Yaged | Single | |
Jack Bari Presents Sol Yaged And His Trio "Live" At The Gaslight Club | Sol Yaged | Album |