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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 bandleader. He was a major 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. He spent his later life in Paris.
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Four Classic Albums [2017]
Song | Duration |
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There's a Small Hotel |
Atlantic Jazz Legends [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Everytime | 3:49 |
Jay Jay Johnson [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Get Happy | 4:51 |
It Could Happen to You | 4:44 |
Berlin Calling [2013]
Song | Duration |
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I Surrender Dear | 3:49 |
Jazz Beats [AP] [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Pennies from Heaven | 4:17 |
Jazz Explosion, Vol. 4 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | 2:37 |
Jazz Explosion: The Greats, Vol. Five [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | 2:37 |
Jazz Explosion: The Greats, Vol. Nine [2012]
Song | Duration |
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But Not For Me | 3:48 |
Jazz Masters: Hank Mobley and Friends [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Pennies From Heaven | 4:24 |
Kenny Clarke, Vol. 10 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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But Not for Me | 5:38 |
Nearness of You | 3:51 |
Kenny Clarke, Vol. 3 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Nearness of You | 3:51 |
Kenny Clarke, Vol. 4 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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But Not for Me | 3:48 |
Kenny Clarke, Vol. 6 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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I Surrender Dear | 3:29 |
The Man I Love | 2:54 |
Kenny Clarke, Vol. 9 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | 2:37 |
But Not for Me | 3:45 |
Live in Berlin '61/Live in Essen [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Lover Man | 3:40 |
Miles Davis, Vol. 9 [Jazz Classics] [2012]
Song | Duration |
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But Not For Me | 5:45 |
The Man I Love | 8:28 |
Newark 1953 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Pennies from Heaven | 16:21 |
Swing Call [Remastered] [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Embraceable You | 7:24 |
Thelonious Monk, Vol. 10 [Jazz Classics] [2012]
Song | Duration |
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I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart | 4:39 |
Thelonious Monk, Vol. 4 [Jazz Classics] [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Solitude | 3:43 |
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart | 5:42 |
Caravan | 5:56 |
Mood Indigo | 3:13 |
The Definitive John Coltrane on Prestige and Riverside [2010]
Song | Duration |
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'Round Midnight | 5:27 |
Klook's the Man [2007]
Song | Duration |
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The Man I Love | 2:53 |
I Surrender Dear | 3:28 |
Volcano | 5:57 |
'Round Midnight | 2:52 |
When Lights Are Low | 3:04 |
Jeru | 3:45 |
Cafe Jazz [Savoy] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Strollin' | 4:26 |
Jazz in Paris: Rive Gauche, Rive Droite 1956-1959 [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Makin' Whoopee | 4:34 |
Complete Swing Master Takes 1946-1950 [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Man I Love | |
I Surrender, Dear |
1948-1950 [2002]
Song | Duration |
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You Go to My Head | 2:58 |
These Foolish Things | 2:39 |
Klook's Time [2002]
Song | Duration |
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These Foolish Things |
The Dizzy Gillespie Story: 1939-1950 [Box Set] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Stardust | 3:27 |
Zoot-O-Rama [2002]
Song | Duration |
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I Understand | 3:40 |
Don't Worry About Me | 3:09 |
Classics 1946-1948 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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The Man I Love | 2:54 |
Jaywalkin' [2001]
Song | Duration |
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There's a Small Hotel | 3:14 |
Love Walked In | 2:45 |
Jazz in Paris: Oscar Peterson-Stephanie Grapelli Quartet, Vol. 1 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Them There Eyes | 4:51 |
Makin' Whoopee | 4:37 |
My One and Only Love | 9:48 |
Jazz in Paris: Rhoda Scott & Kenny Clarke [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Speak Low | 5:47 |
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life | 5:32 |
On Green Dolphin Street | 4:36 |
Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series, Vol. 13: Lausanne 1949 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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It's the Talk of the Town | 4:00 |
The Man I Love | 7:50 |
Body and Soul | 4:02 |
Jazz Masters [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Stairway to the Stars | 6:56 |
Blue Bossa, Vol. 2 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Old Devil Moon | 3:51 |
Calypso Blues [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Calypso Blues | 4:06 |
Jazz Showcase [1998]
Song | Duration |
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The Man I Love | 7:58 |
The Early Thelonious Monk [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Nice Work If You Can Get It | 4:03 |
The Jazz Trio of Hank Jones [1994]
Song | Duration |
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There's a Small Hotel | 5:20 |
En Concert Avec Europe 1 [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Volcano | 4:28 |
The Complete Prestige Recordings [1992]
Song | Duration |
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But Not for Me | 5:44 |
But Not for Me [Take 2] | 4:36 |
The Ladies [1989]
Song | Duration |
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | 2:16 |
Ev'rytime | 3:11 |
Evolution of a Genius [1988]
Song | Duration |
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I'll Remember April | 7:50 |
But Not for Me | 4:39 |
More Smiles [1972]
Song | Duration |
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All Through the Night | 3:02 |
Let's Face the Music and Dance [1969]
Song | Duration |
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You Stepped Out of a Dream | |
Sweet and Lovely |
Live at Ronnie Scott's [1969]
Song | Duration |
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Volcano | 4:30 |
You Stepped Out of a Dream | 3:20 |
All Smiles [1968]
Song | Duration |
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You Stepped Out of a Dream | 3:05 |
Get Out of Town | 4:47 |
By Strauss | 3:39 |
When Your Lover Has Gone | 4:23 |
Sweet & Lovely | 3:37 |
Handle with Care [1962]
Song | Duration |
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Get out of Town | 5:50 |
Jazz at the Blue Note [1961]
Song | Duration |
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I'll Remember April | 6:26 |
The Nearness of You | 4:30 |
The Golden Eight [1961]
Song | Duration |
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You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To |
Plays Andre Hodeir [1957]
Song | Duration |
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Jeru | 3:51 |
'Round About Midnight | 2:57 |
When Lights Are Low | 3:09 |
Chris Connor [1956]
Song | Duration |
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He Was Too Good to Me | 3:45 |
Introducing Kenny Burrell: The First Blue Note Sessions [1956]
Song | Duration |
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But Not for Me | 3:49 |
Jazzmen Detroit [1956]
Song | Duration |
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But Not For Me | 3:55 |
Klook's Clique [1956]
Song | Duration |
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Volcano |
Kenny Clarke, Vol. 1 [1955]
Song | Duration |
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Jeru | 3:50 |
When Lights Are Low | 3:08 |
Kenny Clarke, Vol. 2 [1955]
Song | Duration |
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There's a Small Hotel | 5:20 |
I Surrender Dear | 3:29 |
The Trio [1955]
Song | Duration |
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There's a Small Hotel |
Top Brass [1955]
Song | Duration |
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Imagination | 4:41 |
It Might as Well Be Spring | 1:01 |
The Nearness of You | 2:37 |
Taking a Chance on Love | 3:43 |
Top Brass Featuring Five Trumpets [1955]
Song | Duration |
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Imagination | 4:41 |
It Might as Well Be Spring | 1:01 |
The Nearness of You | 2:37 |
Taking a Chance On Love | 3:43 |
5 Original Albums
Song | Duration |
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But Not for Me | 3:48 |
Artist Selects
Song | Duration |
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But Not for Me | 3:45 |
Jazz Is Universal/After This Message
Song | Duration |
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Autumn Leaves | 2:45 |
Jazz Memorial: Les Génies du Jazz: Stéphane Grappelli et Oscar Peterson - Avec Kenny Cl
Song | Duration |
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My Heart Stood Still | |
Autumn Leaves | |
Them There Eyes | |
Makin' Whoopee | |
I Won't Dance | |
If I Had You |
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