VASSAR CLEMENTS
Genres: Swing, RnB, Blues • United States

Vassar Clements is considered one of the world's finest and most versatile fiddle players. His career began at a very early age. His phenomenal ability to virtually play any kind of music (bluegrass, country, pop, rock, jazz and swing) has garnered him various awards, including five Grammy nominations and a track record that involves multitudes of recording performances. His performing and recording experience has been so diverse, the list reads like "Who's Who" of fiddle players. Vassar is more than just a fine musician. Many titles have been bestowed upon him. Some refer to him as a country "Isaac Stern", others a "Count Basie" fiddle player., and even the "Miles Davis" of bluegrass, The reason - perhaps is the fact that Vassar is a music philosopher who elects to play his thoughts on his instrument. He has simply taken the medium of music and used it to express his feelings. He read more...