In addition to bodhran and pennywhistles, I also play clarinet. In fact, clarinet is my main instrument. Recently, the vibes player in my jazz trio, who goes to a local synagogue, got some members of his cengreation to form a klezmer band.

Now, the heart and soul of klezmer is clarinet, eh? He asked me, the token Presbyterian in the group, to play. I went to our last Kletztette rehearsal wearing my black Stillwater kilt. They dug it, bigtime.

the kilted klezmer clarinetist. Oyyyy, ve.