Kenny Clarke

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Afternoon in Paris 05:50 Tools
Bohemia After Dark 06:07 Tools
With Apologies to Oscar 05:47 Tools
Epistrophy 02:57 Tools
Chasm 04:23 Tools
Strollin 03:54 Tools
Willow Weep for Me 06:24 Tools
Late Entry 03:16 Tools
Hear Me Talkin' to Ya 09:10 Tools
Swing Spring 03:54 Tools
Your Host 05:13 Tools
Confirmation 02:38 Tools
Oblique 03:25 Tools
52nd Street Theme 02:52 Tools
You Turned the Tables On Me 04:40 Tools
We'll Be Together Again 07:04 Tools
I Surrender Dear 03:28 Tools
When I Fall in Love 03:48 Tools
The Man I Love 02:54 Tools
The Squirrel 03:02 Tools
Tom's Thumb 06:33 Tools
On a Riff 02:58 Tools
No Smokin' 05:18 Tools
Lilemor 04:27 Tools
We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together 04:53 Tools
Tahiti 04:26 Tools
Yesterdays 05:54 Tools
Klook's Nook 05:12 Tools
I'm So Scared Of Girls When They're Good Looking 04:15 Tools
Sonor 04:53 Tools
Jeru 03:45 Tools
Blues Mood 04:20 Tools
Bemsha Swing 03:54 Tools
Skoot 03:51 Tools
A La Colette 03:06 Tools
Blue Serge 02:45 Tools
Telefunken Blues 05:53 Tools
Now's the Time 02:02 Tools
Eronel 03:24 Tools
Doria 02:27 Tools
Cadenze 03:59 Tools
Salt Peanuts 03:19 Tools
Baggin' the Blues 05:42 Tools
'Round Midnight 02:52 Tools
La Campimania 03:30 Tools
Play, Fiddle, Play 04:28 Tools
Summer Evening 05:00 Tools
Apothegm 05:20 Tools
Inhibitions 03:54 Tools
Night Lady 10:59 Tools
Will Wail 07:01 Tools
I Hear a Rhapsody 04:46 Tools
Cottontail 05:30 Tools
Oz the Wizzard 03:56 Tools
Johnny One Note 03:27 Tools
Love in the Sun 02:48 Tools
Volcano 05:57 Tools
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise 03:40 Tools
The Styx 02:56 Tools
Laurenzology 02:34 Tools
When Lights Are Low 03:04 Tools
Love Me or Leave Me 04:21 Tools
Tricotism 05:44 Tools
Stuffy 02:52 Tools
Jay Mac 03:32 Tools
Ya Ya Blues 12:38 Tools
Working Eyes 03:00 Tools
Jumpin' There (Listen Here) 03:08 Tools
The Small Bag 00:00 Tools
Gloria 05:05 Tools
Big Bang 04:21 Tools
Iambic Pentameter 02:37 Tools
But Not For Me 03:54 Tools
I Found A New Baby 03:31 Tools
Strange Meeting 03:50 Tools
Fantasy for Bass 03:31 Tools
Algerian Cynicism 02:47 Tools
Maggie's Draw 03:12 Tools
Royal Roost 02:55 Tools
La Porta Thority 05:51 Tools
Cute Tomato 10:56 Tools
Black Knight 02:54 Tools
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 02:36 Tools
Un Grao De Areia - Matthew Herbert Remix 04:34 Tools
Plenty for Kenny 08:32 Tools
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 02:51 Tools
I Dig You the Most 06:50 Tools
High Notes 04:01 Tools
The Golden Eight 04:51 Tools
I'll Get You Let 02:54 Tools
Out Of Nowhere 02:56 Tools
Walkin' 04:01 Tools
Oop-Bop Sh-Bam 03:04 Tools
Laurent 00:00 Tools
A La Colette (Cheryl) 03:05 Tools
Nuit Sur Les Champs-ELysees (Generique) 02:56 Tools
Tune Up 02:13 Tools
Conglomeration 02:55 Tools
I'll Tell You in Any Minute 02:46 Tools
Sweet Sue 02:55 Tools
Once in a While 03:20 Tools
Four 02:47 Tools
Jean-Paul 02:48 Tools
Gold Fish 02:49 Tools
When the Lights Are Low 03:04 Tools
Lover Man 00:00 Tools
Weaver of Dreams 04:44 Tools
Last Train from Overbrook 04:21 Tools
Poor Butterfly 06:52 Tools
Robbins' Nest 03:18 Tools
Jackie My Little Cat 03:27 Tools
Assy Panassy 02:40 Tools
I'll Remember April 07:53 Tools
Jay Jay 07:15 Tools
Ebony samba 03:56 Tools
J.J. 03:41 Tools
Dream Time 03:35 Tools
Please Don'T Leave 04:10 Tools
Preaching Man 05:00 Tools
The Wildman 02:57 Tools
Blue's Mood 04:21 Tools
Fun for Four 03:04 Tools
Fugue 'N Blues 06:50 Tools
Drum Song for Leadbelly 00:00 Tools
Box 703, Washington, D.C. 05:06 Tools
Wives And Lovers 03:22 Tools
Total Blues 02:57 Tools
You're a Sweetheart 02:56 Tools
Apothegh 05:20 Tools
Nuit Sur Les Champs-ELysees (Florence Sur Les Champs-ELysees) 03:03 Tools
D-Minor Blues 03:47 Tools
Nibaldi Isle 00:00 Tools
Oop-Bop-Sh'bam 03:06 Tools
Pru's Booze 03:50 Tools
Oop Bop Sh-Bam 00:00 Tools
Tricrotism 05:47 Tools
Blues for Skeeter, Part 2 03:54 Tools
Opp-Bop Sh-Bam 03:04 Tools
These Foolish Things 02:40 Tools
Tin Tin Deo 00:00 Tools
All The Things You Are 06:11 Tools
The Top 02:13 Tools
Assassinat (Take 1) (Visite Du Vigile) 02:07 Tools
Si si 02:38 Tools
Be Good, Girl 02:36 Tools
There Will Never be Another You 05:48 Tools
Dorian 02:58 Tools
These Foolish Strings 02:48 Tools
Los Bravos 00:00 Tools
Hush 04:11 Tools
You Don't Know What Love Is 02:50 Tools
Motel (Diner Au Motel) 04:02 Tools
Django 03:03 Tools
Bruz 02:57 Tools
Miles Ahead 02:38 Tools
Assassinat (Take 2) (Julien Dans L'ascenseur) 02:14 Tools
Assassinat (Take 3) (L'assassinat De Carala) 02:13 Tools
'Round About Midnight 02:57 Tools
Energy Cycles 00:00 Tools
Um Grao De Areia (By The Kenny 04:56 Tools
Un Grao De Areia (Matthew Herbert Remix) 00:00 Tools
Blues for Skeeter, Part 1 04:16 Tools
Jubilation 03:06 Tools
Generique 02:50 Tools
Annel 03:03 Tools
Oleo 02:58 Tools
Grif´s Groove 02:50 Tools
Blue 'n' Boogie 09:45 Tools
Oh Money Put Me On 09:45 Tools
No. 11 00:00 Tools
Jumpin' There 00:00 Tools
Monk & Best's Bemsha Swing 02:31 Tools
Milt Jackson's Tahiti 04:39 Tools
Volutes 00:30 Tools
One Bass Hit 02:55 Tools
Solar 03:08 Tools
Lush Life 04:29 Tools
Day By Day 02:42 Tools
Bohemia After Dark (feat. Nat Adderley, Cannonball Adderley, Donald Byrd & Horace Silver) 03:54 Tools
Basse Cuite 04:59 Tools
The Man From Potter'S Crossing 03:18 Tools
Rue Chaptal (Royal Roost) 02:59 Tools
Assy Pan Assy 02:40 Tools
Um Grao De Areia (By The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band) 00:00 Tools
Pieces of Time [Personal Statements] 00:00 Tools
Insensatez 02:42 Tools
Hard To Get 00:00 Tools
Bohemia After Dark - Original Mix 06:11 Tools
Dorian 0437 05:46 Tools
Blues Number Two 04:57 Tools
Au Bar Du Petit Bac 02:54 Tools
Final (Chez Le Photographe Du Motel) 04:10 Tools
Charon's Ferry 00:30 Tools
Con Alma 05:04 Tools
I'm Sorry 05:46 Tools
Calypso Blues 04:06 Tools
Le Petit Bal (Au Bar Du Petit Bac) 02:58 Tools
Bitter street 02:58 Tools
Satin Doll 05:21 Tools
Serenata 03:25 Tools
Ensadinado 02:33 Tools
Francy Boland Sextet - Please Don't Leave 03:03 Tools
Speak Low 02:40 Tools
Rue Chaptal 00:00 Tools
Love Hungry 03:42 Tools
Be Good Girl 02:36 Tools
You go to my head 02:59 Tools
Julien Dans L'Ascenseur 02:09 Tools
Tadd Dameron's the Squirrel 04:11 Tools
Balafon 03:08 Tools
Ralph Goes 02:54 Tools
Lorraine 03:54 Tools
Ascenseur (Evasion De Julien) 02:04 Tools
Lady Bird 02:54 Tools
La Porta-Thority 05:46 Tools
Caribbean Cutie 05:16 Tools
Florence Sur Les Champs-Elysees 02:52 Tools
I'm In The Mood For Love 02:37 Tools
Visite Du Vigile 02:06 Tools
Invitation 04:39 Tools
Duke Ellington's Blue Serge 02:49 Tools
Stompin' At The Savoy 02:38 Tools
Old Devil Moon 02:59 Tools
Roll'em Bags 09:47 Tools
Poutin' 04:59 Tools
Tin Tin Daeo 00:00 Tools
Diner Au Motel 03:59 Tools
Evasion De Julien 00:54 Tools
Chez Le Photographe Du Motel 03:54 Tools
Born To Be Blue 03:51 Tools
Sconsolato 02:31 Tools
Benny Carter's When Lights Are Low 08:35 Tools
Rue Capital 00:00 Tools
Sequence Voiture (Sur L'Autoroute) 02:22 Tools
It's Impossible 06:11 Tools
Doxy 02:38 Tools
Gerry Mulligan's Jeru 04:11 Tools
'Round Bout Midnight 02:57 Tools
I Surrender, Dear 09:10 Tools
Round About Midnight 04:11 Tools
Them There Eyes - Instrumental 04:50 Tools
Our Delight 02:28 Tools
Annel (Sweet and Lovely) 03:03 Tools
Wintersong 06:00 Tools
Cottontall 05:32 Tools
Klook's Nook - Original Mix 05:12 Tools
On Green Dolphin Street 05:12 Tools
Toe Jam 05:12 Tools
Caribbean Cutie (Alt. Bonus Tr 05:16 Tools
Airegin 04:50 Tools
Miles Davis' Swing Spring 04:11 Tools
Afternoon in Paris - Original Mix 03:51 Tools
Telefunken Blues (feat. Milt Jackson) 05:53 Tools
By All Means 03:12 Tools
Thelonious Monk's 'Round About Midnight 05:19 Tools
Blue Haze 05:48 Tools
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life 05:16 Tools
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise 00:00 Tools
Hey, Frenchy 09:10 Tools
This Fol-Ish Thing 02:38 Tools
Rue Capital (Royal Roost) 02:59 Tools
Inhibitions (feat. Milt Jackson) 03:54 Tools
My One And Only Love - Instrumental 09:47 Tools
Just Give Me Time 03:13 Tools
Thelonious Monk's Eronel 03:42 Tools
Be A Good Girl 02:37 Tools
On a Riff - Original Mix 02:38 Tools
Pru's Blooze 03:50 Tools
We're All Together 04:11 Tools
I'll Get You Yet 02:57 Tools
Odd Number 04:34 Tools
Don't Blame Me (Faultless) 02:39 Tools
Bags' Groove (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Once in a While - Original Mix 05:48 Tools
The Stopper 1953 05:48 Tools
I've Got Be-Bop 02:59 Tools
Fun For Love 02:34 Tools
Baggin' the Blues - Original Mix 05:16 Tools
More Than You Know 05:19 Tools
Epistrophy - Remastered 04:11 Tools
Willow Weep for Me - Original Mix 00:00 Tools
Jeru - Original Mix 00:00 Tools
Gloria 02 02:59 Tools
Bags' Groove 05:01 Tools
Oo-Bop Sh-Bam 05:01 Tools
Hear Me Talkin' to Ya - Original Mix 09:10 Tools
Pru's Bloze 03:50 Tools
These Fol-ish Things 03:50 Tools
Skoot - Original Mix 09:10 Tools
No Moe 1953 09:10 Tools
Inhibitions - Original Mix 09:10 Tools
On the Sunny Side of the Street 09:10 Tools
I Surrender, Dear #2 09:10 Tools
Bemsha Swing - Original Mix 09:10 Tools
Blue Serge - Original Mix 09:10 Tools
Chasm (feat. Nat Adderley, Cannonball Adderley, Donald Byrd & Horace Silver) 09:10 Tools
Cotton Tail 05:27 Tools
Space Flight 04:11 Tools
Blues Mood - Original Mix 04:34 Tools
Oop Bop Sh-Bam (09-05-46) 03:08 Tools
Strollin' - Original Mix 04:34 Tools
Be Good Girl - Original Mix 04:34 Tools
Plenty for Kenny - Original Mix 04:34 Tools
I'll Get You Let - Original Mix 04:34 Tools
Summer Evening - Original Mix 04:34 Tools
Almost Like Being In Love 1953 04:34 Tools
Sakara (Cherry Blossom) (Polydor) 04:34 Tools
I'll Tell You Any Minute 03:06 Tools
La Campimania 01 03:03 Tools
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise 04 03:03 Tools
By Strauss 03:42 Tools
D & E 02:55 Tools
Basse Guite 03:08 Tools
There's a Small Hotel 05:19 Tools
Bags' Groove (Take 2) 04:50 Tools
Peter's Waltz 05:01 Tools
Robin's Nest 04:11 Tools
Rue Capital - Royal Roost 05:27 Tools
Jackie, My Little Cat 05:19 Tools
I Hear a Rhapsody - Original Mix 05:27 Tools
Transeason 04:20 Tools
Oblique - Original Mix 03:03 Tools
stompin at the savoy 02:38 Tools
Telefunken Blues - Original Mix 04:20 Tools
Bag's Groove 00:30 Tools
When the Lights Are Low - Original Mix 03:50 Tools
Swing Spring - Original Mix 02:38 Tools
Eronel - Original Mix 03:50 Tools
Tahiti - Original Mix 03:50 Tools
Speak Low - Instrumental 03:50 Tools
Robbin's Nest 03:03 Tools
Swing 39 03:08 Tools
My Funny Valentine 05:00 Tools
This Time the Dreams On Me 05:00 Tools
52nd Street Theme (09-05-46) 03:41 Tools
B for BB 06:29 Tools
Nuages 04:50 Tools
Anthropology 00:30 Tools
Your Smile 04:15 Tools
Sonor - Original Mix 04:11 Tools
Robbins' Nest - Original Mix 04:11 Tools
Bohemia After Dark - Remastered 04:15 Tools
Assy Panassy - Original Mix 04:11 Tools
With Apologies to Oscar - Original Mix 04:11 Tools
Fat Boy 06:51 Tools
Francy Boland Sextet - Serenata 00:30 Tools
Oop-Bom-Sh'bam 03:06 Tools
In A Sentimental Mood 1953 02:38 Tools
'round Midnight - Original Mix 02:38 Tools
The Squirrel - Original Mix 03:03 Tools
I'm All Smiles 03:24 Tools
Blues It 03:27 Tools
Oop-Bop-Sh-Bam 03:03 Tools
Seven Golden Men 04:36 Tools
I've Got Be Bop 05:19 Tools
Smooch 05:19 Tools
The Man I Love (Take 1) 00:30 Tools
Tampico 06:38 Tools
The Man I Love (Take 2) 00:30 Tools
Epistrophy (09-05-46) 05:05 Tools
Rose Geranium 04:09 Tools
I Dig You the Most - Original Mix 06:51 Tools
Cute Tomato - Original Mix 06:51 Tools
Pru's Booze - Original Mix 06:51 Tools
Autumn in New York 03:11 Tools
Yesterdays - Original Mix 06:51 Tools
For Adults Only 02:34 Tools
Love Me Pretty Baby 00:30 Tools
Autumn Leaves - Instrumental 06:51 Tools
Let's Face The Music And Dance 03:27 Tools
Kenny Clarke 00:00 Tools
Cyrano 03:27 Tools
Sabbath Message 03:41 Tools
Bugle Call Rag 03:27 Tools
Indiana 03:42 Tools
Boplicity 03:42 Tools
Swing Swing 05:19 Tools
ti tin deo 03:42 Tools
I Surrender - Live 08:35 Tools
Hear Me Talkin' to Ya - Remastered 08:35 Tools
Cloria 05:05 Tools
La Passerella Di Otto E Mezzo 05:05 Tools
Je M'en Fous 05:05 Tools
Questi Vent'anni Miei 03:08 Tools
D and E 03:08 Tools
Floppy 06:01 Tools
Oz the Wizzard - Original Mix 08:35 Tools
Willie The Wailer 06:01 Tools
Willow Weep for Me - Remastered 06:01 Tools
Level Seven 04:15 Tools
With Apologies to Oscar - Remastered 05:05 Tools
Smog L.A. 03:11 Tools
Heart And Soul 03:08 Tools
Tricotism - Original Mix 02:34 Tools
Allen's Alley 02:34 Tools
Apothegm - Original Mix 00:30 Tools
I'm Glad There Is You 03:34 Tools
When Your Lover Has Gone 04:17 Tools
Madeline 04:41 Tools
Saxology 03:27 Tools
Play Fiddle Play 05:00 Tools
Working Eyes - Original Mix 05:19 Tools
Cattin' 04:36 Tools
Voglio Bene Al Mondo 04:36 Tools
A Night In Tunisia 04:36 Tools
Bags' Groove - Take 2 04:36 Tools
La Hora De La Verdad 03:08 Tools
Vendome 06:38 Tools
Bebop 06:38 Tools
Menilmontant 05:19 Tools
A Ball For Othello 04:53 Tools
Dear Old Stockholm 04:16 Tools
More (instrumental Version) 05:05 Tools
Tasty Pudding 05:05 Tools
Nearness of You 05:05 Tools
Chasm - Remastered 05:19 Tools
Swingin Parisian Rhythm 05:05 Tools
All The Things You Are (03-17-48) 05:05 Tools
Sonor (feat. Milt Jackson) 04:53 Tools
Conglomeration 1948 04:53 Tools
Play, Fiddle, Play - Original Mix 03:08 Tools
La Porta Thority - Original Mix 03:08 Tools
La Colette (Cheryl) 03:05 Tools
You Stepped Out Of A Dream 03:05 Tools
High School Cadets 03:05 Tools
Francy Boland Sextet - How Insensitive (Insensatez) 04:41 Tools
Ubangi 04:41 Tools
When Hearts are Young 04:41 Tools
The Tadd Walk 04:41 Tools
Menilmontant - Instrumental 05:00 Tools
Rhythmorama 05:00 Tools
Blues for Skeeter 05:00 Tools
Old Stuff 05:00 Tools
Sweet And Lovely 05:00 Tools
John's Groove 05:00 Tools
Bohemia After Dark / Kenny Clarke 05:00 Tools
Love For Sale 05:00 Tools
Doriai 05:00 Tools
Swing 39 - Instrumental 05:00 Tools
Speedy Reeds 04:36 Tools
Swing To Bop 04:36 Tools
Cloaria 04:36 Tools
All Through the Night 04:36 Tools
Long Note Blues (Here is Cecco Beppe) 06:38 Tools
Be Bop 06:38 Tools
Tenderly 06:38 Tools
You Dig It (Bonus Track) 06:38 Tools
A La Colette - Cheryl 06:38 Tools
Roma Nun Fa' La Stupida Stasera 06:38 Tools
I'll Tell You in a Minute 05:05 Tools
Bags' Groove (Solo) 05:05 Tools
But Not for Me - Alternate Version 05:05 Tools
Bags' Groove - Alternate Version 05:05 Tools
Tom's Thumb - Original Mix 05:05 Tools
Iambic Pentameter - Original Mix 05:05 Tools
Volcano - Original Mix 05:05 Tools
Jay Mac - Original Mix 05:05 Tools
Milano 04:25 Tools
Stuffy - Original Mix 04:25 Tools
Algerian Cynicism - Original Mix 04:25 Tools
Love in the Sun - Original Mix 04:25 Tools
Cadenze - Original Mix 04:25 Tools
Airegin - RVG Remaster 04:25 Tools
Looking At You - Instrumental 04:25 Tools
J'ai ta main 04:25 Tools
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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. As the house drummer at Minton's Playhouse in the early 1940's, he participated in the after hours jams that led to the birth of modern jazz. He is credited with creating the modern role of the ride cymbal as the primary timekeeper. Before, drummers kept time on the snare drum ("digging coal", Clarke called it) with heavy support from the bass drum. With Clarke time was played on the cymbal and the bass and snare were used more for punctuation. For this, "every drummer" Ed Thigpen said, "owes him a debt of gratitude." Clarke was nicknamed "Klook" or "Klook-mop" for the style he innovated. 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. Later in 1961, with Belgian pianist Francy Boland he formed a regular big band featuring leading European and ex-patriate American musicians, including among many others, Johnny Griffin and Ronnie Scott on tenor saxes. The big band, which had been the idea of Italian producer Gigi Campi, lasted for eleven years. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.