HOWARD, DARNELL

HOWARD, DARNELL. Jazz clarinetist (25 July c 1892 in Chicago, Illinois; 2 September 1966 in San Francisco, California). He came from a musical family: his father, Sam Howard , played violin, cornet, and piano, and his mother played piano. He began violin study when he was seven years old. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Chicago, Illinois. He played with Clarence Jones (1912) during his high-school years, then began playing professionally in 1913 with...