Vassar Clements

Vassar Carlton Clements was an 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. He was posthumously…

Albums

• Hartford, Rice & Clements (2011)
• Livin' With the Blues (2004)
• Full Circle (2001)
• Dead Grass (2000)
• 20 Fiddle Tunes & Waltz Favorites (1998)
• Back Porch Swing (1998)
• Hillbilly Jazz (1996)
• Vassar's Jazz (1996)
• An Americana Christmas (1995)
• Once in a While (1993)
• The Bluegrass Sessions (1992)
• Grass Routes (1991)
• New Hillbilly Jazz (1988)
• Together at Last (1987)
• Hillbilly Jazz Rides Again (1986)
• Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland (1985)
• Vassar (1980)
• Vassar Clements Band (1977)
• Vassar Clements (1975)
• Superbow (1975)
• Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/Jethro Burns (1975)
• Crossing the Catskills (1973)
• Southern Country Waltzes (1970)