Louis Cottrell and Paul Barnes

Some examples of how the great clarinet players of New Orleans sounded.
Everyone had his own personal style as unique as his fingerprints or the way he talked.
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Emile Barnes	Paul Barnes	Sidney Bechet	Barney Bigard
Albert Burbank	Raymond Burke	Louis Cottrell	Joe Darensbourg
Johnny Dodds	Irving Fazola	Israel Gorman	Frank Goudie
Edmond Hall	Herb Hall	Darnell Howard	Willie Humphrey
George Lewis	Mezz Mezzrow	Albert Nicholas	Jimmie Noone
Alcide Nuñez	Tony Parenti	Alphonse Picou	Leon Roppolo
Larry Shields	Omer Simeon