Clarinetist, composer, novelist and teacher Ron Odrich has played and recorded with Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Phil Woods, Buddy DeFranco, Eddie Daniels and other jazz greats. He studied with Lennie Tristano and a list of outstanding clarinet teachers; Sal Amato, Jimmy Abato, Kal Opperman, Robert Marcellus, Daniel Bonade and David Weber. After a tenure as soloist in the “Crew Chiefs” jazz quintet attached to the Air Force Band “Airmen of Note,” Ron went on to perform with the Vinnie Burke Quartet, Clark Terry (small and large orchestras), as a musician-actor in the original Broadway cast of “Lenny” and his own quartet. His first album was with jazz greats Vinnie Burke and Chris Connors in 1955, and his 1978 solo album “Blackstick” was given a four star rating by DownBeat magazine. Ron was a featured soloist in Carnegie Hall for the Glenn Gould memorial concert in 1997. Ron also has had a long-standing relationship with Gerry Mulligan both as a close friend and as a musician. He appeared with Gerry in several venues including a special concert at Northwestern University. There they delighted the audience with Gerry’s original piano-less quartet pieces combining Ron on bass clarinet and Gerry on baritone sax as the two melodic voices. They were planning a duo CD at the time of Gerry’s passing. His CD “Visions”, including “Furtive Visions”, by Leonard Bernstein, Ron Odrich and Larry Falon also featured Lew Soloff and was well received.