The ability to play the clarinet is the ability to overcome the imperfections of the instrument. There's no such thing as a perfect clarinet, never was and never will be.

He later insisted that all these genres had been of great value to him professionally. In 1976 as part of the Yehudi Menuhin Music Guide seried he wrote a book on the clarinet which was publiJack Brymerd in the UK the US and in translation in France and Germany. 'Why are you playing it mezzo-forte?' 'Because Strauss told me to' Brymer retorted.

He was also associated with several chamber music ensembles maintained a lifelong pleasure in playing jazz. John (Jack) Alexander Brymer OBE (27 January 1915 – 15 September 2003) was an English clarinettist. He was a frequent broadcaster both as a player and a presenter and made recordings of solo works and with orchestras and smaller ensembles notably of Mozart pieces.