He studied clarinet and piano before settling on saxophone at sixteen.

Lawrence studied clarinet in his youth before switching to saxophone.

At age 9, he began studying classical clarinet and continued to age 17.

He studied contra-bass clarinet, double bass and conducting, with a focus on 20th century French music.

He further studied clarinet at the Juilliard School from 1943 to 1944.

He began studying clarinet at age 11, and played in bands and orchestras into college.

Basically a self-taught musician, John picked up guitar in 1966, after having studied clarinet for a period of time.

He studied guitar and clarinet as a child, and sang in his church choir.

At this same age, she began to study clarinet, and then learnt to play the trumpet.

He studied clarinet under his father from age four.