instrument marshal royal
The clarinet is a musical - instrument family belonging to the group known as the woodwind instruments . It has a single - reed mouthpiece , a straight cylindrical tube with an almost cylindrical bore , and a flared bell . A person who plays a clarinet is called a " clarinetist " ( sometimes spelled " clarinettist "). Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the more general category of wind instruments . There are two main types of woodwind instruments : flutes and reed instruments ( otherwise called reed pipes ). What differentiates these instruments from other wind instruments is the way in which they produce their sound . Examples are a ___MASK64___ , a bassoon and a piccolo . Marshal Royal , Jr . ( sometimes known as Marshall Royal ; May 12 , 1912 -- May 9 , 1995 ) was an American clarinettist and alto saxophonist best known for his work with Count Basie , with whose band he played for nearly twenty years . William James " Count " Basie ( August 21 , 1904  April 26 , 1984 ) was an American jazz pianist , organist , bandleader , and composer . His mother taught him to play the ___MASK67___ and he started performing in his teens . Dropping out of school , he learned to operate lights for vaudeville and to improvise accompaniment for silent films at a local movie theater in his home town of Red Bank , New Jersey . By 16 years old , he increasingly played jazz ___MASK67___ at parties , resorts and other venues . In 1924 , he went to Harlem , where his performing career expanded ; he toured with groups to the major jazz cities of Chicago , St . Louis and Kansas City . In 1929 he joined Bennie Moten ' s band in Kansas City , and played with them until Moten ' s death in 1935 .