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Birthday
*** ,1914
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Death day
January 26, 1985 (71 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
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Born in 1914
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Kenny Clarke
Kenneth Clarke Spearman, nicknamed Klook, is an American drummer and jazz band. A major innovator of the bebop style, he pioneered the use of cymbals to preserve time rather than the hi-hat, as well as the use of the bass drum to create jagged sounds. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he lost his parents at the age of 5 and began playing drums at the age of 8 or 9 at the behest of an orphanage teacher. Turning professional in 1931 at the age of seventeen, he moved to New York in 1935 when he began to build his style of drumming and fame. As a family drummer at Minton's Playhouse in the early 1940s, he engaged in the after-work pleasures that led to the birth of the bebop. After serving in the United States and Europe from 1943 to 1946, he returned to New York, but from 1948 to 1951, he was mainly stationed in Paris.
Birth nameKenneth Clarke Spearman
BornJanuary 9, 1914
OriginPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
DiedJanuary 26, 1985, Montreuil, France
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsDrums
Years active1931–1984
Associated actsDizzy Gillespie, Modern Jazz Quartet, Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band

About Kenny Clarke

Drummer Kenny Clarke was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States on January 9, 1914. He dies at the age of 71, on January 26, 1985.

Clarke, sometimes known as"Klook", was a jazz and bebop drummer and conductor who led his own band to record the album Bohemia After Dark.

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Kenny Clarke before becoming famous

Kenny Clarke was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1914 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Tiger (兎).

As a young man, he was a part of several bands, most notably the Jeter-Pillars band. He began working as a house drummer at Minton's Playhouse in 1941.

Achievement of Kenny Clarke

He was a house drummer at Savoy Records.

Kenny Clarke's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He had a son with Annie Ross.

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Kenny Clarke Collabed with

He was a drummer on Pianist Thelonious Monk's 1955 album, which included covers of popular Pianist Duke Ellington songs.

Thelonious Monk (1917 - 1982) (Pianist)
Thelonious Monk (1917 - 1982)

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Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974) (Pianist)
Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)

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Kenny Clarke Income & Net worth

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Kenny Clarke Height and Weight

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