Clarke,Kenny Klook'S The Man CD

Kenny Clarke 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 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.

1. I Found a New Baby 2. Once in Awhile 3. You're a Sweetheart 4. Sweet Sue 5. Epistrophy 6. 52nd Street Theme 7. Dop-Bop-Sl'bam 8. Rue Chaptal (Royal Roost) 9. Confirmation 10. A la Colette (Cheryl) 11. Jumpin' There (Listen Here) 12. Jay Mac 13. Algerian Cynicism 14. Laurenzology 15. Doria 16. I'll Tell You in Any Minute 17. Working Eyes 18. Stuffy 19. Man I Love 20. I Surrender Dear 21. Love in the Sun 22. Iambic Pentameter 23. Assy Pan Assy 24. Robbins' Nest 25. I'll Get You Let 26. Be Good, Girl 27. Sonor 28. Strollin' 29. Blues Mood 30. Skoot 31. Klook's Nook 32. Inhibitions 33. Baggin' the Blues 34. Telefunken Blues 35. Summer Evening 36. Oz the Wizard 37. I Dig You the Most 38. Pru's Blooze 39. Plenty for Kenny 40. Cute Tomato 41. Now's the Time 42. With Apologies to Oscar 43. Hear Me Talkin' to Ya 44. Willow Weep for Me 45. Bohemia After Dark 46. Chasm 47. Late Entry 48. Will Wail 49. Volcano 50. Porta Thority 51. I Hear a Rhapsody 52. Yesterdays 53. Play, Fiddle, Play 54. Cottontail 55. Your Host 56. Tricotism 57. Tom's Thumb 58. You Turned the Tables on Me 59. Afternoon in Paris 60. Apothegh 61. 'Round Midnight 62. On a Riff 63. When Lights Are Low 64. Oblique 65. Jeru 66. Eronel 67. Tahiti 68. Bemsha Swing 69. Blue Serge 70. Swing Spring 71. Squirrel 72. Cadenze