Kenny Clarke

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Kenneth Clarke Spearman

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American jazz drummer
Born January 9, 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, died January 26, 1985 in Paris, France (aged 71)
He was an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming and a founder member of the jazz group, The Modern Jazz Quartet. A regular sideman for Savoy Records in the mid-1950s, he lived and worked in Paris from 1956.

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Liaquat Ali Salaam

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"King David" And His Little Jazz Four, Al Haig Trio, Art Farmer Gigi Gryce Quintet, Art Farmer Quintet, Be Bop Boys, Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra, Buddy Johnson & His Band, Charles Mingus Octet, Charlie Parker And His Orchestra, Clark Terry Septet, Clarke-Boland Big Band, Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra, Dexter Gordon Quartet, Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Dizzy Gillespie Sextet, Dusko Gojkovic Quintett, Eddie Bert Quartet, Edgar Hayes And His Orchestra, Ernie Royal And His All Stars

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