Abe Most

Abe Most (left) with Pete Ponti, Sid Jacobs and Jimmy Norton, Hickory House , New York, circa June 1947.
Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .

Abraham Elijah "Abe" Most (* 27. February 1920 in New York City ; † 10. October 2002 in Los Angeles ) was an American clarinetist and alto saxophonist of the swing jazz .

Abe Most is the older brother of the flautist Sam Most . After private instrumental training, he began his musical career in 1939 as a saxophonist in the Big Band of Les Brown , where he worked for two years; then he did his military service from 1942 to 1945. In 1946 he was briefly with Tommy Dorsey , led his own quartet and moved to Los Angeles in the late 1940s to work as a studio musician. a. with Pete Rugolo (1952), Lyle Murphy (1955) or Billy Bean (1958). In addition, Most often played in local clubs (occasionally with his brother) and jazz festivals. Recordings under his own name were rarely made; he led sessions for the small labels Superior (1946), Trend (1954), Annunciata (1978) and Camard (1984). In his recordings, he revived the music of Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman . In 1985, he took with The World's Greatest Jazz Band to Yank Lawson on. Most recently his album I Love You Much too Much , u. a. with Jake Hanna . In the mid-1990s he was part of the A Tribute to Artie Shaw tour.

In 1986 he received the Emeritus Award from NARAS.

Discographic notes

Abe Most (Trend, 1954)
Mister Clarinet (Liberty, 1955)
The Most (Abe, That Is) (SRI Jazz, 1978)
Swing Low Sweet Clarinet (Camard, 1984)
Live! (Camard, 1995)

Lexigraphic entries

Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .

Individual evidence

↑ Notes at Jazzdisco.org (accessed on August 10, 2010)
↑ Scott Yanow : Portrait in Allmusic (accessed August 10, 2010)
↑ OUR MUSIC. In: flatfoot-stompers.de. Archived from the original on March 30, 2010 ; Retrieved February 3, 2014 .
↑ Abe Most - Clarinet Virtuoso - NEW CD! I Love You Much Too Much. In: pacbell.net. Archived from the original on March 6, 2011 ; accessed on February 3, 2014 .

personal data
SURNAME	Most, Abe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Most, Abraham Elijah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American clarinetist and swing jazz alto saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	October 10, 2002
Place of death	los Angeles

[jazzdisco-1] Notes at Jazzdisco.org (accessed on August 10, 2010)

[yanow-2] Scott Yanow : Portrait in Allmusic (accessed August 10, 2010)

[flatfoot-3] OUR MUSIC. In: flatfoot-stompers.de. Archived from the original on March 30, 2010 ; Retrieved February 3, 2014 .

[pacbell-4] Abe Most - Clarinet Virtuoso - NEW CD! I Love You Much Too Much. In: pacbell.net. Archived from the original on March 6, 2011 ; accessed on February 3, 2014 .