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Birth name
  
Rod Cless

Role
  
Musical Artist

Origin
  
Iowa

Genres
  
Jazz

Instruments
  
saxophone clarinet

Name
  
Rod Cless


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Born
  
May 20, 1907 (
1907-05-20
)

Died
  
December 8, 1944, New York City, New York, United States

Similar People
  
Art Hodes, Muggsy Spanier, George Brunies, Max Kaminsky, Frank Teschemacher

Associated acts
  
Art Hodes, Muggsy Spanier

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George Roderick "Rod" Cless (May 20, 1907, Lenox, Iowa – December 8, 1944, New York City) was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, perhaps best known for his work on sixteen Muggsy Spanier tunes for Bluebird Records. Additionally, Cless worked with other artists such as Frank Teschemacher, Charles Pierce, Gene Krupa, Art Hodes, Bobby Hackett, Max Kaminsky and Mezz Mezzrow.

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Death

Walking home from the last night of a job at the Pied Piper (where he played alongside his friend Max Kaminsky) in December 1944, Cless fell over the balcony of his apartment building and died four days later at 37.

Select discography

With Art Hodes

  • Sittin' In (Blue Note)
  • The Funky Piano Of Art Hodes (Blue Note)
  • Art Hodes And His Chicagoans, The Best In 2 Beat (Blue Note)
  • The Complete Art Hodes Blue Note Sessions (Blue Note)
  • With Muggsy Spanier

  • Relaxin' at the Touro (Bluebird)
  • At the Jazz Band Ball:Chicago/New York Dixieland (Bluebird)
  • The Great 16!, (originally recorded on Bluebird and reissued by RCA Victor Jazz Classics)
  • With the Rod Cless Quartet

  • Froggy Moore -b/w Have You Ever Felt That Way -Black & White Records 29 A (BW 33)/29 B (BW 36)
  • References

    Rod Cless Wikipedia