This is FRESH AIR. In modern jazz and improvised music, there are many single-instrument choirs, such as saxophone quartets and brass ensembles. Also, bands have clarinets. Germany's The Clarinet Trio ...
Think clarinet and what comes to mind? Licorice stick? Marching-band music? Benny Goodman? Sure, all those things, and probably a lot more to the many who suffered through clarinet lessons at age 10 ...