Vassar Clements Musical artist

Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 – August 16, 2005) was a Grammy Award- winning American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical traditions.

Personal facts

Vassar Clements
Birth dateApril 25, 1928
Date of deathAugust 16, 2005
Hometown
Kinard Florida

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BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Country music
Bluegrass music
instrument
Banjo
Cello
Double bass
Fiddle
Guitar
Mandolin
Viola

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External resources

  1. http://frobbi.org/audio/VassarClements-LastChance-1976-1.mp3
  2. http://frobbi.org/audio/VassarClements-LastChance-1976-2.mp3
  3. http://frobbi.org/audio/VassarClements-LastChance-1976-3.mp3
  4. http://frobbi.org/audio/VassarClements-LastChance-1976-4.mp3
  5. http://frobbi.org/audio/VassarClements-LastChance-1976-5.mp3
  6. http://frobbi.org/culpeper.html
  7. http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/folklife
  8. http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050817/NEWS/508170324/1011/NEWS01
  9. http://www.vassarclements.com/bio.html
  10. http://www.vassarclements.com/tourdates_2004.html