Альбомы исполнителя
Kenny Clarke
1985 · альбом
The Music You Need
2022 · альбом
Quest
2021 · сингл
All that Jazz, Vol. 140: Drumsticks!
2021 · альбом
Silicon Sculpture
2021 · сингл
Andromeda’s Lights
2021 · сингл
Quantum Loop
2021 · сингл
Walking into the Paradigm
2021 · сингл
The Waiting
2021 · сингл
The Golden Eight
2021 · альбом
Dizzy’n Blue Moon
2020 · Мини-альбом
Following Back To You
2020 · Мини-альбом
Jazz for a Lazy Day
2015 · альбом
Jazz At Radio Rai: Kenny Clarke Trio (Via Asiago 10)
2014 · Мини-альбом
Kenny Clarke Trio Live
2013 · Мини-альбом
Live in Essen, Grugahalle, 1960
2010 · альбом
american swinging in paris
2003 · альбом
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Биография
Kenny Clarke was a highly influential if subtle drummer who helped to define bebop drumming. He was the first to shift the time-keeping rhythm from the bass drum to the ride cymbal, an innovation that has been copied and utilized by a countless number of drummers since the early '40s. Clarke played vibes, piano and trombone in addition to drums while in school. After stints with Roy Eldridge (1935) and the Jeter-Pillars band, Clarke joined Edgar Hayes' Big Band (1937-38). He made his recording debut with Hayes (which is available on a Classics CD) and showed that he was one of the most swinging drummers of the era. A European tour with Hayes gave Clarke an opportunity to lead his own session, but doubling on vibes was a definite mistake! Stints with the orchestras of Claude Hopkins (1939) and Teddy Hill (1940-41) followed and then Clarke led the house band at Minton's Playhouse (which also included Thelonious Monk). 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. A flexible drummer, Clarke was still able to uplift the more traditional orchestras of Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald (1941) and the combos of Benny Carter (1941-42), Red Allen and Coleman Hawkins; he also recorded with Sidney Bechet. However after spending time in the military, Clarke stayed in the bop field, working with Dizzy Gillespie's big band and leading his own modern sessions; he co-wrote "Epistrophy" with Monk and "Salt Peanuts" with Gillespie. 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). However he felt confined by the music and quit the MJQ to freelance, performing on an enormous amount of records during 1955-56. In 1956 Clarke moved to France where he did studio work, was hired by touring American all-stars and played with Bud Powell and Oscar Pettiford in a trio called the Three Bosses (1959-60). Clarke was co-leader with Francy Boland of a legendary all-star big band (1961-72), one that had Kenny Clarke playing second drums! Other than a few short visits home, Kenny Clarke worked in France for the remainder of his life and was a major figure on the European jazz scene. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi