This issue's articles include:

Let's dance

Thirty years on from Benny Goodman's death, we take an in-depth look at his famous solo from 'Let's Dance'

Luca Luciano

Precision engineering

We hear from D'Addario, now a major player in the reeds market about their latest manufacturing techniques

Kristen McKeon

The mighty Cannonball

The life and times of the great jazz alto saxophone player, Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley

Kenneth Morris

An alternative to wood

Can hard rubber clarinets be as good as wooden ones?

Lesley Craven

The Harle-Mule connection

The strange story of a precious hand-signed LP that turned up in a London charity shop

Elisabeth Michel

Flying solo

Janet Hilton tells the stories behind the music on her new CD of works for solo clarinet

Janet Hilton

Fun for four

A guided tour of the music for saxophone quartet available in the CASSGB library

Stephanie Reeve

Creating a concerto

Composer Patrick Hawes on writing a new clarinet concerto for Emma Johnson

Patrick Hawes