Person · Male
Vassar Clements
- From
- Kinard, United States
- Active
- 1928–2005
- Releases
- 25
- bluegrass
- jazz
About
Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 – August 16, 2005) 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 inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2018.
Member of
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The Bluegrass Album Band fiddle
Discography
Albums
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Southern Country Waltzes
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Crossing the Catskills Apple Music
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Vassar Clements
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Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/Jethro Burns
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Superbow
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Vassar Clements Band
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Vassar
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Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland
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Hillbilly Jazz Rides Again
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Together at Last
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New Hillbilly Jazz
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Grass Routes Apple Music
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The Bluegrass Sessions
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Once in a While Apple Music
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An Americana Christmas
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Hillbilly Jazz Apple Music
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Vassar's Jazz
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20 Fiddle Tunes & Waltz Favorites Apple Music
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Back Porch Swing
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Dead Grass
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Full Circle Apple Music
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Livin' With the Blues Apple Music
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Hartford, Rice & Clements
Links
Concerts
Instrumental supporting musician
Also known as
Vassar Carlton Clements
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 4684039e-a2a9-43a1-8fb8-10c5689a0e2f
- ISNI
- 0000000055151093
- IPI
- 00006338504
- IPI
- 00063576365
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.