Ian Wheeler obituary

Creative and original clarinettist in British traditional jazzRated by his peers as one of the most creative and original reeds players in UK traditional jazz, Ian Wheeler, who has died aged 80, excelled on the clarinet, soprano and alto saxophones, and, more surprisingly perhaps, on blues harmonica and guitar. Best known for his lengthy stints with the bands of the trumpeter Ken Colyer and the trombonist Chris Barber, Wheeler stayed close to purist diktats in his approach to improvisation, yet ...

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