Kenny Clarke  

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Kenny Clarke (January 9, 1914 - January 26, 1985), born Kenneth Spearman Clarke, nicknamed "Klook" and later known as Liaqat Ali Salaam, 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 1940s, he participated in the after hours jams that led to the birth of Be-Bop, which in turn led to modern jazz. While in New York, he played with the major innovators of the emerging bop style, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Curly Russell and others, as well as musicians of the prior generation, including Sidney Bechet.

Discography

As leader or co-leader

• Special Kenny Clarke 1938–1959 (Jazz Muse) with Benny Bailey, Clark Terry, Hubert Fol, Lcky Thompson, Tommy Scott, Art Simmons, Jimmy Gourley, Pierre Michelot
• Telefunken Blues (Savoy, 1955) with Henry Coker, Frank Morgan, Frank Wess, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath
• Bohemia After Dark (Savoy, 1955) with Cannonball & Nat Adderley, Jerome Richardson, Hank Jones, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers
• Jazzmen of Detroit (Savoy, 1956) with Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers
• Plays André Hodeir (Philips, 1956) with Roger Guérin, Billy Byers, Pat Peck, Hubert Rostaing, Martial Solal, René Urtreger, P. Michelot
• The Golden 8 (Blue Note, 1961) with Dusko Gojkovic, Raymond Droz, Christian Kellens, Derek Humble, Karl Drevo, Francy Boland, Jimmy Woode
• Americans in Europe Vol. 1 (Impulse!, 1963)
• Pieces of Time (Soul Note, 1983) Andrew Cyrille, Don Moye and Milford Graves

Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band (1962-1971)

• see discography section of The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band

As sideman

Template:Expand section With Kenny Burrell

• Jazzmen of Detroit with Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Pepper Adams, Paul Chambers (1956; Savoy Records)
• Introducing Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956)

With Donald Byrd

• Byrd's Word (Savoy, 1955)

With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin

• Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again (MPS, 1970)

With Art Farmer

• When Farmer Met Gryce (Prestige, 1954) - with Gigi Gryce

With Dizzy Gillespie

• The Giant (America, 1973)
• The Source (America, 1973)

With Johnny Griffin

• Night Lady (Philips, 1964)

With Milt Jackson

• Roll 'Em Bags (Savoy, 1949–56)
• Meet Milt Jackson (Savoy, 1954–56)
• Opus de Jazz (Savoy, 1955)
• Ballads & Blues (Atlantic, 1956)
• The Jazz Skyline (Savoy, 1956)

With Charles Mingus

• Jazz Composers Workshop (Savoy, 1954–55)

With Thelonious Monk

• Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington with Thelonious Monk, Oscar Pettiford (1955; Riverside)