Archive: Bill Smith: Musical Gemini - Living 50 Years of Jazz

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Channel: UW Video · 2014 · Education

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Bill Smith boasts two musical personalities. Upon Reflection host Marcia Alvar looks into Smith's roles as both the professor emeritus at the University of Washington School of Music and a freelance jazz clarinetist. They discuss his career as a part of many different musical genres, the cyclical nature of jazz's popularity and also view performance clips in this 1995 interview.

Marcia Alvar, host
Bill Smith, jazz clarinetist
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