The Gramercy Five was a group organized by a player of it who covered "Stardust" and "Begin the Beguine."
The piece Stranger on the Shore was composed for this instrument by Acker Bilk. Another player of it, Lorenzo Tio, wrote the basis for what would become "Mood Indigo," whose original recording features Barney Bigard playing this instrument at its lowest pitch. Sidney Bechet played this instrument early in his career, while another player of it recorded the four-part series Summer Sequence as well as covering Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance." The Gramercy Five was a group organized by a player of it who covered "Stardust" and "Begin the Beguine." That man, (*) Artie Shaw, was a rival of another player of this instrument who covered "Swing, Swing, Swing" and was also called "The King of Swing." Woody Herman and Benny Goodman both played, for 10 points, what single reed instrument which has a glissando at the beginning of Rhapsody in Blue?
The piece Stranger on the Shore was composed for this instrument by Acker Bilk.
clarinet [do not accept or prompt on "saxophone"]