Sol Yaged

Sol Yaged (b. December 8, 1922) is an American jazz clarinetist strongly influenced by Benny Goodman.

Yaged was born in New York City, and began playing clarinet after hearing Goodman's broadcasts for Nabisco in 1935. He studied under a clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic, but turned down a classical career to play jazz in New York nightclubs such as Jimmy Ryan's and the Swing Club. After serving in the Army in World War II, Yaged played with Phil Napoleon, Coleman Hawkins, Red Allen, and Jack Teagarden. After the 1950s Yaged worked primarily as an ensemble leader, working for decades on the New York jazz scene. In the 1990s he worked in Felix Endico's Swing Band.

Yaged was a consultant on Benny Goodman's musical style for the 1956 biopic "The Benny Goodman Story".

Discography

*"It Might as Well Be Swing" (Herald Records, 1956)
*"Jazz at the Metropole" (Philips Records, 1961)
*"JACK BARI presents SOL YAGED and his trio LIVE AT THE GASLIGHT CLUB" (Lane Records, 1966)
*"One More Time" (Lane Records, 1967)

References

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wifrxq85ldke~T1 Sol Yaged] at Allmusic