Joe Lukasik is internationally known as a jazz clarinetist. He began to play professionally in and around New York City at age 13, where he arranged and performed on a collection of polkas for Everest Records. Joe moved to Denver in the late 1960's where he was hired to perform regularly with Horace Henderson and soon earned a distinguished reputation as a clarinetist of the highest order. He has been an active teacher and spent a number of years on the faculty of Metropolitan State College of Denver and The University of Colorado at Denver. Joe's clarinet choir arrangements have been performed internationally, and he is the author of a handbook in the art of improvisation entitled Almost Making Music. His many performances have included jazz festivals, symphony concerts, clarinet symposiums, educational conventions, intimate recitals, and well as guest appearances as a clinician and lecturer. Joe has appeared with many jazz notables and his recordings display a vast scope of musical diversity.