Spencer Clark

If anything, Spencer Clark is a near mystical figure whose talents would greatly inspire later generations of multi-instrumentalists in creative music. He was an early master of the bass saxophone, thus a hero to many reed players who have set out to conquer instrumental territories at the extreme ranges of pitch. Clark also ignored traditional boundaries within instrument families that might keep a drummer playing only percussion instruments or a brass player from puckering up his lips. Clark was a string player, including mandolin as one of his earliest instruments and strin...