Clarence Clemons in front of the "Four Seasons"-Hotel in Berlin.

Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen, Madison, WI. Photo by Keith Robert Wessel

Clarence Clemons... Big Man!!! Performing "Night" early in the set during Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's Working on a Dream Tour, Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid, Spain

Clarence Clemons playing his "Born to Run" solo

Clarence Clemons playing his famous "Jungleland" sax solo, Nassau Coliseum

Clarence Clemons

Assorted Instruments Chicago's Getzen trumpet, James Pankow's C.G.Conn Trombone, Clarence Clemons's H.Selmer Mark VI tenor sax, Ian Anderson's Artley flute, Patti Smith's H.Selmer Clarinet - Play It Loud. MET (2019-05-13 19.05.06 by Eden, Janine and Jim) Chicago's ca.1964-70 Getzen Eterna 900S trumpet - Play It Loud. MET Eterna 900S (ca.1964-70), Getzen Company. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art.. "Billing themselves as a "rock and roll band with horns," Chicago was the most successful of the so-called brass-rock bands that formed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ", "Technical Description: Silver-plated brass body ", "Object Details ", "Title: Eterna 900S ", "Artist: Getzen Company (American, Elkhorn, Wisconsin) ", "Date: ca. 1964-70 ", "Medium: Brass, silver plate ", "Dimensions: Length: 20 in. (50.8 cm) / Width: 6 in. (15.2 cm) / Weight: 2-3 lbs. ", "Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone ", "Credit Line: Collection of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; Gift of Robert Lamm and Chicago " James Pankow (Chicago)'s ca.1950s-60s C.G.Conn ConnstellationTrombone - Play It Loud. MET Connstellation Trombone (ca.1950s-60s), C.G. Conn Ltd.. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art.. "Formed in 1967, the high-energy brass-rock band Chicago featured a horn section with a trombone, a trumpet, and a saxophone, among other instruments. The horn players added both musical intensity and lively choreography to the band’s live performances. Band member James Carter "Jimmy" Pankow played this trombone beginning in the 1970s. ", "Technical Description: Brass bell and slide, rose brass mouthpiece ", "Object Details ", "Title: Connstellation Trombone ", "Artist: C.G. Conn Ltd. ", "Date: ca. 1950s-60s ", "Medium: Brass, metal ", "Dimensions: Length: 46 1/2 in. (118.1 cm) / Weight: ~6-8 lbs. ", "Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone ", "Credit Line: Collection of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; Gift of James Pankow " Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)'s flute - 1975 Artley Model 18-0 (serial no. 466228) - Play It Loud. MET Model 18-0 (1975, serial no. 466228), Artley. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art.. "Artley was an American band-instrument company that specialized in providing student models. This flute was one of several by Artley that Ian Anderson used live in performances with Jethro Tull. ", "Technical Description: Nickel-silver with silver plate, closed keys, offset G key ", "Object Details ", "Title: Model 18-0 (serial no. 466228) ", "Artist: Artley (American, Elkhart, Indiana) ", "Artist: Ian Anderson (Scottish, Dunfermline, Fife born 1947) ", "Date: 1975 ", "Medium: Nickel silver, silver ", "Dimensions: Length: 14 in. (35.6 cm) / Weight: ~1 lb. ", "Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse) ", "Credit Line: Collection of Ian Anderson " Patti Smith's Clarinet - 1970s Henri Selmer Clarinet in Bb - Play It Loud. MET Clarinet in Bb (1970s), Henri Selmer. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art.. "Patti Smith is an influential poet, performer, and songwriter, and was at the forefront of the punk movement in the 1970s. This clarinet was a gift from her late husband, musician Fred Sonic Smith, in 1977. Smith, who has a distinctively abstract improvisational style on the instrument, has used it extensively in performance and recordings including Wave, Banga, and Higher Learning. ", "Technical Description: 17 keys, six rings, silver plated keys ", "Object Details ", "Title: Clarinet in Bb ", "Artist: Henri Selmer (Paris) ", "Artist: Patti Smith (American, born Chicago, Illinois, 1946) ", "Date: 1970s ", "Medium: Grenadilla wood, nickel-silver, cork, felt ", "Dimensions: Length: 23 2/3 in. (60 cm) / Weight: ~1-3 lbs. ", "Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical ", "Credit Line: Courtesy of Patti Smith ", "Provenance: Given to Patti Smith by her late husband, Fred Sonic Smith, 1977 " Clarence Clemons's Tenor Saxophone - 1967 Henri Selmer Mark VI (serial no. 146268) - Play It Loud. MET Mark VI (1967, serial no. 146268), Henri Selmer. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art.. "The saxophone was one of the main solo instruments of rock and roll in the early 1950s. Clarence Clemons, whose searing saxophone tone matched the intensity of the distorted electric guitar, helped bring the instrument back to the forefront of the genre in his work with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Clemons used this Selmer Mark VI to record many of his classic solos, such as those in “Jungleland” and “Thunder Road” in 1975. ", "Technical Description: Brass and metal body, cork and felt, mother-of-pearl key touches ", "Object Details ", "Title: Mark VI (serial no. 146268) ", "Artist: Henri Selmer (Paris) ", "Artist: Clarence Clemons ", "Date: 1967 ", "Medium: Brass, metal, cork, felt, mother-of-pearl ", "Dimensions: Length: 28 in. (71.1 cm) / Width: 18 in. (45.7 cm) / Weight: 6-7 lbs. ", "Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed conical ", "Credit Line: Courtesy of Jake Clemons "

Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen with harmonica; Working on a Dream Tour 2009, Valladolid, Spain 01-08-2009

Clarence Clemons Saxophone Clarence Clemons's Tenor Saxophone - 1967 Henri Selmer Mark VI (serial no. 146268) - Play It Loud. MET (2019-05-13 19.06.21 by Eden, Janine and Jim) Mark VI (1967, serial no. 146268), Henri Selmer. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art.. "The saxophone was one of the main solo instruments of rock and roll in the early 1950s. Clarence Clemons, whose searing saxophone tone matched the intensity of the distorted electric guitar, helped bring the instrument back to the forefront of the genre in his work with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Clemons used this Selmer Mark VI to record many of his classic solos, such as those in “Jungleland” and “Thunder Road” in 1975. ", "Technical Description: Brass and metal body, cork and felt, mother-of-pearl key touches ", "Object Details ", "Title: Mark VI (serial no. 146268) ", "Artist: Henri Selmer (Paris) ", "Artist: Clarence Clemons ", "Date: 1967 ", "Medium: Brass, metal, cork, felt, mother-of-pearl ", "Dimensions: Length: 28 in. (71.1 cm) / Width: 18 in. (45.7 cm) / Weight: 6-7 lbs. ", "Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed conical ", "Credit Line: Courtesy of Jake Clemons "

Clarence Clemons performs with the E Street Band in the band's Baltimore stop of the 2009 Working on a Dream tour.