Vassar Clements

Bluegrass, Composer

1928 – 2005

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Who was Vassar Clements?

Vassar Clements was a Grammy Award- winning American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical traditions.

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Born
Apr 25, 1928
Kinard
Also known as
  • Clements, Vassar
  • Vassar Carlton Clements
  • Superbow
  • Isaac Stern of the Fiddle
  • The Miles Davis of Bluegrass
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • South Carolina
Died
Aug 16, 2005
Goodlettsville

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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