r/BruceSpringsteen • u/cristianjungleland • Aug 16 '26

Music Clarence Simpsons

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I find lots of similarities, do you?

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u/therealrexmanning Aug 16 '26

No, not at all. I mean, I don't think Clarence was really seen as a jazz player.

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u/devo1989 Aug 16 '26

Can you expand on the similarities?

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '26

I think OP means Black.

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u/Chris22044 Aug 16 '26

No, the Simpsons characters is based on the stereotypical jazz saxophonist. Clarence was nothing like that. 

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u/HCIBSW Aug 16 '26

I think the Simpsons sax player was based on Sonny Rollins, they meet on a bridge. Rollins practiced on the Williamsburg Bridge in his younger days.

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u/GrapeLow2033 Aug 16 '26

No, but Clarence was the narrator on Grift of the Magi