Rod Cless

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[1] 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.

Rod Cless
Birth nameRod Cless
Born(1907-05-20)May 20, 1907
Lenox, Iowa
DiedDecember 8, 1944(1944-12-08) (aged 37)
GenresJazz
Instrumentssaxophone
clarinet
Associated actsArt Hodes
Muggsy Spanier

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.[2][3][4]

Select discography

With Art Hodes

With Muggsy Spanier

With the Rod Cless Quartet

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References
  1. Rust, Brian, Jazz and Ragtime Records, 1897-1942 Archived 9 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Mainspring Press, 2008.
  2. Jazz Lives
  3. AllMusic
  4. Remembering Rod Cless, at Shiraz Socialist, by James McGraw, who presents a January 1945 article from The Jazz Record. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  5. Scott Yanow, review of The Great 16! at Allmusic


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