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  Kenny Clarke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kenny Clarke (born Kenneth Clarke Spearman, later aka, Liaqat Ali Salaam, on January 9, 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-died January 26, 1985 in Paris, France) was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming.
Clarke was a founder member of the Modern Jazz Quartet (as the Milt Jackson Quartet) in 1951 and also participated in many recording sessions as house drummer for Savoy Records.
Connie Kay took his place in the MJQ in 1955 and from 1956 Clarke was resident in France where he regularly worked with visiting american musicians in Paris, in particular forming a working trio, known as "The Bosses", with Bud Powell and Pierre Michelot.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kenny_Clarke   (269 words)

  
 Kenny Clarke pictures and biography
Kenny Clarke was a highly influential if subtle drummer who helped to define bebop drumming.
Clarke played vibes, piano and trombone in addition to drums while in school.
The legendary after-hours sessions led to the formation of bop and it was during this time that Clarke modernized his style and received the nickname "Klook-Mop" (later shortened to "Klook") due to the irregular "bombs" he would play behind soloists.
www.angelfire.com /mac/keepitlive/drummers/Clarke/clarke.htm   (238 words)

  
 Clarke Boland Band
The Kenny Clarke /Francy Boland Big Band claims (through its most eloquent mouthpiece Gigi Campi) to play “any music that is in the spirit of jazz.” It is a pretty wide definition and one that will not offend even those musicians obsessed with the fear of being categorised.
Kenny Clarke is not widely known for his big—band playing, since the bands he worked with before he joined Dizzy’s great outfit were not issued on record in Europe.
Kenny Clare describes his first date with the band as “one of the most frightening experiences of my life.” Of course, he knew who he was depping for.
www.jazzprofessional.com /report/ClarkeBoland.htm   (2587 words)

  
 Kenny Clarke @ the Jazz Files
Kenny Clarke was a highly influential drummer who helped to define bebop drumming in the 1940s.
Clarke spent the late '40s in Europe, was with Billy Eckstine in the U.S. in 1951 and became an original member of the Modern Jazz Quartet (1951-55).
In 1956 Clarke moved to France where he did studio work, was hired by touring American stars such as Miles Davis and Dexter Gordon and played with Bud Powell and Oscar Pettiford in a trio called the Three Bosses (1959-60).
www.thejazzfiles.com /JazzClarke.html   (330 words)

  
 PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Selected Artist Biography - Kenny Clarke
A member of a musical family, Kenny Clarke studied several instruments in high school and began performing as a professional drummer with Leroy Bradley's band in Pittsburgh when he was still a teenager.
In the early 1940s he was in the house band at Minton's Playhouse, where his association with Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Christian, Bud Powell, and others in an extraordinary series of jam sessions led to the development of the many innovative improvisational techniques that characterized the bop style.
Clarke's nicknames Klook and Klook-mop were given to him at this time because he observed the then novel practice of interjecting off-beat accents ("klook" and "klook-mop") on the snare and bass drum against the steady pulse.
www.pbs.org /jazz/biography/artist_id_clarke_kenny.htm   (482 words)

  
 CLARKE, Kenny : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Stockholm '38 (by 'Kenny Clarke's Kvintett'); Paris Be- bop Sessions on Prestige '50; on Savoy '54--6 incl.
His long residence in France made a lot of French records sound better, such as Kenny Clarke Plays Andr‚ Hodeir '56 on Philips; from '59 he teamed with Bud Powell and bassist Pierre Michelot (b 3 March '28, Saint Denis, France) as the Three Bosses, ace Paris rhythm section e.g.
Klook: The Story of Kenny Clarke is his biography, written by Mike Hennessey '90.
www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/c/C145.HTM   (424 words)

  
 Kenny Clarke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kenny Clarke (born January 9, 1914 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania-died January 26, 1985 in Paris, France) was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming.
took his place in the MJQ in 1955 and from 1956 Clarke was resident in France where he regularly worked with visiting american musicians in Paris, in particular forming a working trio, known as "The Bosses", with Bud Powell and.
Later in 1961, with Belgian pianist he formed a regular big band featuring leading european and ex-patriate american musicians.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Kenny_Clarke   (292 words)

  
 Jazz musician's ties here result in biography from University Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Clarke's father, Charles Spearman, was "a trombone player of indeterminate skill but a ladies' man of some distinction" who came from Waycross, Ga. His mother, Martha Scott, was a native Pittsburgher and an accomplished pianist.
Kenny said he was looking for a picture of his mother, something to help him remember her, but George did not believe him and beat him.
Those stand-in jobs were followed by Kenny's first regular engagements with a trio led by Gene Jenkins at a cabaret called Derby Dan's and the Leroy Bradley band, which played at the Club Mirador in Homestead and was one of the first bands ever to be broadcast by KDKA radio.
www.pitt.edu /utimes/issues/27/101394/12.html   (1624 words)

  
 NEA Jazz Masters KennethClarke
Kenny Clarke, known among musicians as “Klook” for one of his characteristic drum licks, is truly a jazz pioneer.
Clarke’s first professional job, while still in high school, came with the Leroy Bradley band in his native Pittsburgh, a stint that lasted five years.
Kenny Clarke remained quite active as a freelance musician, often working with visiting U.S. jazz musicians, until his passing in ‘85.
www.iaje.org /bio.asp?ArtistID=57   (693 words)

  
 JOHNNY GRIFFIN
Both Kenny Clarke and Francy Boland were self-effacing, unassuming characters who were always modest about their own musical accomplishments.
As I have observed in the past, neither Kenny nor Francy were ever in danger of engulfing one another in explicit mutual admiration.
Kenny Clarke's light cymbal beat and his characteristic snare drum accents give the music a tremendous vitality.
www.thevibes.net /griff.htm   (1546 words)

  
 Clarke, Kenny --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Clarke's music studies in high school embraced vibraphone, piano, trombone, and theory, but it was as a drummer that he began his professional career in 1930.
She was also the author of several works about the disease and her experiences in dealing with it, including her autobiography, ‘And They Shall Walk', published in 1943.
Drew was the center of a largely African-American expatriate jazz colony that settled in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the 1960s.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9024225&query=roy   (642 words)

  
 Kenny Burrell - great jazz guitarists
Kenny Burrell has been a very consistent guitarist throughout his career.
The Detroit-born Kenny Burrell reigns as the dean of jazz guitarists.
The first seven tracks, with drummer Kenny Clarke, bassist Paul Chambers, pianist Tommy Flanagan, and percussionist Candido Camero were released as Introducing Kenny Burrell.
www.playjazzguitar.com /kenny_burrell.html   (436 words)

  
 Coleman Hawkins feat. Kenny Clarke: Lausanne 1949 - PopMatters Music Review
In late 1949, jazz titans Coleman Hawkins -- who among his many accolades is credited with no less a distinction than virtually inventing the tenor saxophone as a legitimate jazz instrument -- and Kenny Clarke -- one of the founding percussionists of bebop -- toured France and Switzerland with a pick-up band of European players.
Despite the presence of the young bopper Clarke, fresh from his fecund collaborations with Parker, Gillespie, and Monk, it is The Hawk who towers over this CD, very much in command of the proceedings.
It also seems a rather dodgy move to stick drummer Kenny Clarke's name in the title when it sounds like his only instrument is a cardboard box.
www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/h/hawkinscoleman-lausanne.shtml   (1174 words)

  
 Oldies.com : Kenny Clarke
Clarke began playing drums as a child and while in his teens played in several bands in his home-town.
Both in the band and at after-hours sessions at Minton's Playhouse, Clarke began to develop new concepts of jazz drumming.
After a mid-40s hiatus for military service, Clarke was soon active in recording studios with Gillespie and other modernists, but his skills were also in demand for other, more orthodox sessions and he recorded with stalwarts of the traditional scene such as Sidney Bechet.
98.6.oldies.com /artist/view.cfm/id_3517.html   (400 words)

  
 Kenny Clarke MP3 Downloads - Kenny Clarke Music Downloads - Kenny Clarke Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
When just about everybody was breaking out the shovels to bury big bands as a serious medium for modern jazz, along comes Francy Boland and Kenny Clarke to put together a band that not only swung, but was a vehicle for modern arrangements.
Boland was associated with his co-leader since 1958 when Clarke, one of bebop's early practitioners and an...
Boland was associated with his co-leader since 1958 when Clarke, one of bebop's early practitioners and an émigré from the United States, was a member of Boland's unit.
www.mp3.com /albums/104363/summary.html   (415 words)

  
 Kenny Clarke's Sextet Plays Andre Hodier : Jazz CD Reviews- July 2001 MusicWeb(UK)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
His drumming was an inspiration to the Paris jazz scene and not only for the drummers, he improved many performances by French players by the way he could swing the band.
During the 1960's he ran a very musical and exciting band called the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Band, Ronnie Scott was one of the Tenor players.
No doubts Clarke's presence had an influence here, but generally the music has stood the test of time well when you consider that it was recorded 47 years ago!
www.musicweb-international.com /jazz/2001/July01/Clarke_Hodier.htm   (362 words)

  
 Drums and Drummers: Recordings: Clark-Clifford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke.
Kenny Clarke, Roy Haynes, Shadow Wilson, Mel Zelnick on drums.
Louie Bellson, Kenny Clarke, Rudy Collins, Louis Hayes, J.C. Heard, Lex Humphries, Chuck Lampkin, Mel Lewis, Charli Persip, Buddy Rich, Sam Woodyard on drums.
www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/bayou/1707/rec/rec_c5.html   (334 words)

  
 Jazz Bulletin Board - Clarke-Boland Big Band Corner
Jazz Is Universal was a great surprise when it came out because at the time no one expected such a great band other than the usual USA suspects.
Kenny Clarke we all know about—a drummer who has carved his own place in jazz history.
Blue Flame, White Hot and Red Heat are all great but you should note that Kenny Clarke does not appear.
forums.allaboutjazz.com /showthread.php?t=7905&page=2   (3268 words)

  
 klook
Kenny Clarke's son Laurent was present, as well as numerous musicians, among them Patrice Galas, Michel Valera, Jimmy Gourley, Jean-Claude Fohrenbach, Yves Torchinsky, Gérard Syracusa.
Clarke was deep into experimenting with rhythms, breaking away from the standard 4/4 time with accents and superimposed rhythms.
JL: Kenny Clarke was disillusioned with the jazz scene in New York in 1956.
themenschmidt.de /klook.htm   (8180 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Music: Introducing Kenny Burrell: The First Blue Note Sessions [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This 2-CD set collects 3 early Kenny Burrell LPs, one of which was only issued in Japan.
The original INTRODUCING is here, and features Kenny with Tommy Flanagan on piano, Paul Chambers (b), Kenny Clarke (d) and Cabdido (cga).
Three of the songs here are on the Best of Kenny Burrell, this was my first hint on how good these early days were.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004TR15?v=glance   (960 words)

  
 DOUGLAS PAYNE: REVIEWS
Clarke had unfaltering rhythm and a broad sense of swing and Boland, whose always inspired pianistic witticisms were only briefly revealed, proved a gifted composer/arranger of rare insight and exceptional tonal variety.
In addition to Clarke and Boland, Sahib Shihab shines personably on flute, Fats Sadi finesses the vibes and bongos, Joe Harris covers other percussion and Jimmy Woode, in addition to his signature bass work, offers his pleasant, relaxed vocals on seven tracks.
While Boland, Woode and Clarke are common to all 16 of these 1967-1969 tracks, it’s not exactly Griff with Milt "Bags" Jackson.
www.dougpayne.com /dprv0799.htm   (4402 words)

  
 Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band | Handle With Care
There were two big bands that came out of the 1960s that were co-led by drummers and arrangers.
A good case can be made for the assertion that Clarke and Lewis were the two best big band drummers of the 2nd half of the twentieth century.
Other outstanding performances are by Sahib Shihab on flute in "Long Note Blues" and "Om Mani Padme Hum." On the latter tune Benny Bailey displays his usual pyrotechnics and shows why he was always considered to be one of the most exciting trumpet players in the jazz scene.
www.allaboutjazz.com /reviews/r1002_075.htm   (445 words)

  
 eBay - kenny clarke, Records, CDs items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
KENNY CLARKE and FRANK MORGAN Original 1955 Savoy LP NM!
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 November Girl by Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band / McRae, Carmen CD
Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band / McRae, Carmen
Recorded in the Lansdowne studio on November 3rd, 1970, Carmen McRae teams up with Kenny Clarke & Francy Boland and 14 other magificant musicians for an eloquent recording evidenced by professionalism of Carmen McRae herself.
Included on this release is 'This Could Be The Start Of Something Big' written by Steve Allen and previously unreleased until now.
www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/6793774/a/November+Girl.htm   (248 words)

  
 The Recordings of Kenny Clarke with Francy Boland and the Bands
Sahib Shihab (bars,fl), Francy Boland (p), Jean Warland (b) Kenny Clarke (dr).
Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman, Kenny Wheeler, Derek Watkins (tp), Ake Persson, Nat Peck, Eric Van Lier (tb), Derek Humble (as), Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott (ts), Tony Coe (cl,ts), Sahib Shihab (fl,ss,bs), Francy Boland (p),Jimmy Woode (b), Kenny Clarke, Kenny Clare (dr).
Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman, Derek Watkins, Kenny Wheeler (tp).
www.uni-duisburg.de /AVMZ/frohne/discos/clarke.htm   (5860 words)

  
 KENNY CLARKE: Dropping Bombs on Paris-- an interview.
KENNY CLARKE: Dropping Bombs on Paris-- an interview.
Clarke knew something was seriously wrong when he found himself hiding from Miles Davis: 'Miles knocked on my door, so I told the little girl I was with to tell him I'm out.
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www.culturekiosque.com /jazz/miles/rhemile14.htm   (250 words)

  
 PlaybillArts: News: Belgian Jazz Pianist Francy Boland Dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Francy Boland, a Belgian-born pianist, composer, and arranger who played with drummer Kenny Clarke, died on August 12, the Washington Post reports.
He moved to Paris after the war and played with some of Europe's leading jazz musicians; in 1955, trumpeter Chet Baker came to the city and Boland joined his "cool jazz" group.
In the late 1950s, Boland formed a group with Clarke, who had moved to Europe after helping to invent bebop in the 1940s.
www.playbillarts.com /news/article/2680.html   (268 words)

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