Kenny Clarke

Kenneth Clarke Spearman·United StatesUnited States· Pittsburgh

American jazz drummer and vibraphonist (born January 9, 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, died January 26, 1985 in Paris, France, aged 71) Clarke was an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming and a founder member of the jazz group, The Modern Jazz Quartet. A regular sideman for in the mid-1950s, he lived and worked in Paris from 1956. Clarke converted to Islam in the late 1940s and used the name Liaquat Ali Salaam on and possibly other sessions at the time. However, from the 1950s onward, he returned to being billed as "Kenny Clarke" professionally, including on his 1950s Savoy Records albums, in the Clarke-Boland Big Band during the 1960s, and up through his final albums in the 1980s, such as .

Discography

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Jazz Rhythm Records Music Minus One Alto Sax Vol 2

1951

Studio Album

Al Cohn Compositions

1953

Studio Album

Jazz Studio 1

1954

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Jazz Studio 1 Volume I - Tenderly

1954

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Bohemia After Dark

1955

Studio Album

Telefunken Blues

1955

Studio Album

Fats Navarro Memorial 1946/1947

1955

Studio Album

Flutes And Reeds

1955

Studio Album

Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins

1955

Studio Album

Musician Of The Year

1955

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Jazz- Young Blood

1955

Studio Album

Neighborhood

1955

Studio Album

The Ernie Wilkins - Kenny Clarke Septet Vol. 1

1955

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Opus De Jazz

1956

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Jazz Composers Workshop

1956

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Detroit

1956

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The Jazz Message Of

1956

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Nica's Tempo

1956

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The Trio With Guests

1956

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Opus In Swing

1956

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Klook's Clique

1956

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The Trio

1956

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North, South, East.....Wess

1956

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Reunion A Paris

1956

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The Modern Jazz Quartet

1957

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Quartet

1957

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Au Club St. Germain Vol. 3

1959

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Jazz Sur Seine

1959

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Jazz Sound-Track (From The Schmidhauser-Film Production "Mental Cruelty")

1960

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The Golden Eight

1961

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Jazz Pictures At An Exhibition

1961

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International Jazz Octet

1961

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Essen Jazz Festival All Stars

1963

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Echoes & Rhythms Of My Church

1964

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Musique Sacrée

1969

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Skippin'

1971

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Oscar Peterson - Stéphane Grappelli Quartet Vol. 1

1973

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Blue Tempo

1973

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Satin Doll

1974

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Bud In Paris

1975

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Jazz A Confronto 20

1975

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Red Star

1977

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Rhoda Scott + Kenny Clarke

1977

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Kenny "To Day"

1980

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Live Au Dreher

1981

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Jeux De Mains

1981

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Pieces Of Time

1984

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Live In Paris 1980/81

1986

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