Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke (born 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States) was an
American jazz drummer who reshaped bebop. Orphaned early, he began playing snare
at the Coleman Industrial Home, turned professional in 1931, and moved to New
York in 1935, adopting the name Kenny Clarke. His breakthrough came at Minton’s
Playhouse in the early 1940s, where he pioneered ride-cymbal timekeeping and the
“dropping bomb” bass-drum accent, co-writing the standard “Epistrophy” with
Thelonious Monk and, reportedly, “Salt Peanuts” with Dizzy Gillespie. Clarke
recorded Telefunken Blues (1955) and T...
Old Devil MoonCharles Mingus, Wynton Kelly, Kenny Clarke, J.J. Johnson and Sabu Martinez
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol. 2
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The Nearness of YouErnie Wilkins, Hank Jones, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder, Ray Copeland, Donald Byrd, Kenny Clarke, Wendell Marshall and Idrees Sulieman
Top Brass Featuring Five Trumpets
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It Might as Well Be SpringErnie Wilkins, Hank Jones, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder, Ray Copeland, Donald Byrd, Kenny Clarke, Wendell Marshall and Idrees Sulieman
Top Brass Featuring Five Trumpets
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Taking a Chance On LoveErnie Wilkins, Hank Jones, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder, Ray Copeland, Donald Byrd, Kenny Clarke, Wendell Marshall and Idrees Sulieman
Top Brass Featuring Five Trumpets
3:43
Ev'rytimeAnnie Ross, Blossom Dearie, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke
Chris Connor
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Man I LoveKenny Clarke
Epistrophy
