Slats Long

Don "Slats" Long (December 6, 1906 – March 12, 1964) was an American jazz clarinetist.

Long was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, and he played in the late 1920s and early 1930s with Cass Hagan (1928),[1] Ed Farley, and Mike Riley (1935).[1] He then moved to New York City, where he played with Red Norvo (spring 1936),[1] Chauncey Morehouse (spring 1938),[1] Vincent Lopez (early 1937),[1] and Bud Freeman (at Kelly’s Stable, New York, 1939).[1] He worked in the early 1940s with Bobby Hackett (late 1940)[1] Ted Lews,[1] and Raymond Scott,[1]

Long appears on recordings with several of these leaders and many others, including Red McKenzie (1935, 1937),[1] Bunny Berigan (1936–7),[1] Tommy Dorsey (1937)[1] and Frank Froeba (1935).[1]

He retired from music in 1943, moving back to Wichita and working for an aircraft manufacturer until his death in 1964.