My father, John Wurr, who has died aged 82, was one of the most popular clarinettists on the British traditional jazz scene.
John was born in Hertford to Kath (nee Steel), a nursery nurse, and Alec, a teacher, but grew up in Worthing, West Sussex, where he went to Worthing high school for boys. He excelled academically, displaying a particular talent for music, and in 1957, when a school friend introduced him to New Orleans-style jazz, he saved up to buy a clarinet, which he then taught himself to play.
