<P> While the bass clarinet was seldom heard in early jazz compositions, a bass clarinet solo by Wilbur Sweatman can be heard on his 1924 recording "Battleship Kate" and a bass clarinet solo by Omer Simeon can be heard in the 1926 recording "Someday Sweetheart" by Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers . Additionally, Benny Goodman recorded with the instrument a few times early in his career . </P> <P> Harry Carney, Duke Ellington's baritone saxophonist for 47 years, played bass clarinet in some of Ellington's arrangements, first recording with it on "Saddest Tale" in 1934 . He was featured soloist on many Ellington recordings, including 27 titles on bass clarinet . </P> <P> The first jazz album on which the leader solely played bass clarinet was Great Ideas of Western Mann (1957) by Herbie Mann, better known as a flautist . However, avant - garde musician Eric Dolphy (1928--1964) was the first major jazz soloist on the instrument, and established much of the vocabulary and technique used by later performers . He used the entire range of the instrument in his solos . Bennie Maupin emerged in the late 1960s as a primary player of the instrument, playing on Miles Davis's seminal record Bitches Brew as well as several records with Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi group . His style resembles Dolphy's in its use of advanced harmonies . </P> <P> While the bass clarinet has been used often since Dolphy, it is typically used by a saxophonist or clarinetist as a second or third instrument; such musicians include David Murray, Marcus Miller, John Surman, John Gilmore, Bob Mintzer, John Coltrane (to whom Dolphy's mother left some of Dolphy's instruments including his bass clarinet), Brian Landrus, James Carter, Steve Buckley, Andy Biskin, Don Byron, Julian Siegel, Gunter Hampel, Michel Portal, and Chris Potter . Very few performers have used the instrument exclusively, but such performers include Berlin - based bass clarinetist Rudi Mahall, and French bass clarinetists Louis Sclavis and Denis Colin . Klezmer clarinetist Giora Feidman is known for idiosyncratic use of the bass clarinet on some klezmer and jazz tunes . </P>

Who introduced the bass clarinet as a solo instrument in jazz