The electric guitar had Jimi Hendrix. The trumpet had Harry James. The clarinet had Benny Goodman. Every instrument has had a pioneer that pushed the envelope and made it conscious in the mainstream. Toots Thieleman on the harmonica. Arnold Jacobs on the tuba. And the bassoon...has somehow survived without a prominent figure leading the way.…

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