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- Person
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- United States
- Active from
- 1922-12-08
- Active to
- 2019-05-16
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Sol Yaged (December 8, 1922 - May 16, 2019) was an American jazz clarinetist who was strongly influenced by Benny Goodman. Yaged was born in Brooklyn, New York and began playing the clarinet at the age of 12 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 City nightclubs, such as Jimmy Ryan's and the Swing Club. After serving in the Army for three years during World
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- human
- Given name
- Sol
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- clarinet
- Conflict
- World War II
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- Sol Yaged.jpg
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- 2019-05-11
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- 1922-12-08
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