Ken Peplowski

Person1959-2026

Ken Peplowski's albums, compilations, and live albums discography with cataloged releases, editions, and credits

Kenneth Joseph Peplowski·United StatesUnited States· Garfield Heights

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American jazz clarinetist, tenor saxophonist and jazz band leader (born May 23, 1959, Garfield Heights, Ohio - died February 2, 2026 in the Gulf of Mexico). Coming from a musical home (his brother Ted playing trumpet and his father leading an amateur Polka band including both his sons from early age), he briefly studied at Cleveland State University and began playing local jazz gigs, including one at the Cleveland Jazz Festival in 1980 before joining Tommy Dorsey's touring orchestra. He also studied saxophone with Sonny Stitt. In 1984, he joined the last band of clarinet legend Benny Goodman as a tenor saxophonist and remained a member of the group until the bandleader's death in 1986. Peplowski then made his first album as a leader for Concord Records, his label home from the late-1980s through the ‘90s. He released more than 70 recordings as a leader on various jazz labels and played on more than 400 albums, working with Hank Jones, Charlie Byrd, Rosemary Clooney, and Mel Tormé, besides others. He also was a Music Director for the Oregon Festival of American Music (OFAM) in Eugene from 2007 through 2014.

Discography

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Double Exposure

1988

Studio Album

The Bossa Nova Years

1991

Studio Album

Groovin’ High

1991

Studio Album

Steppin' With Peps

1993

Studio Album

Live At Centre Concord - Encore!

1995

Studio Album

It's A Lonesome Old Town

1995

Studio Album

The Other Portrait

1996

Studio Album

Sensitive To The Touch: The Music Of Harold Arlen

1998

Studio Album

Grenadilla

1998

Studio Album

Last Swing of the Century

1999

Studio Album

All This... Ken Peplowski Live In The U.K. Volume I

2000

Studio Album

The Jazz KENNection

2001

Studio Album

Remembering Louis

2001

Studio Album

Just Friends

2002

Studio Album

Easy To Remember

2004

Studio Album

It's Magic

2006

Studio Album

Pow-Wow

2008

Studio Album

Stardust

2009

Studio Album

A Handful Of Stars

2009

Studio Album

Memories of You: Carol Welsman Sings Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee

2009

Studio Album

Noir Blue

2010

Studio Album

Happy Reunion

2010

Studio Album

A Very Gypsy Christmas

2011

Studio Album

In Search of...

2011

Studio Album

Like A Lover

2012

Studio Album

Maybe September

2013

Studio Album

At The Watermill

2015

Studio Album

The Clarinet Maestros

2015

Studio Album

Enrapture

2016

Studio Album

Tribute to Lionel Hampton

2017

Studio Album

Whisper Not

2018

Studio Album

Like The Brightest Star

2019

Studio Album

Amizade

2019

Studio Album

I Follow My Secret Heart

2020

Studio Album

Unheard Bird

2024

Studio Album

Live At Mezzrow

2024

Studio Album

A Tribute to Benny Goodman with the BBC Big Band

Studio Album