sentences:  In the late 1950s he won on four occasions the "Down Beat" critics poll for clarinetist in 1955, 1957, 1958 and 1959.He was known for a more "cool" style on the instrument than his peer Buddy DeFranco who often played a more aggressive bebop style.Despite this he remained relatively little-known as the clarinet had been in eclipse in jazz since the emergence of bebop.