Kenny Clarke
drums
American drummer who was one of the founders of bebop drumming in the 1940s; Barry said he never got the chance to play with him.
- mentions
- 2
- recordings
- 2
- Barry speaking
- 1
What Barry says
Asked whether he got to play with legendary drummers such as Kenny Clarke or Tiny Kahn, Barry says he never had the chance to play with Clarke, though he did play with Kahn.
Interview: Detroit, Bud Powell and the shuffle7:25
In his own words
I didn’t get a chance to play with Kenny Clark[e], but I played with Tiny [Kahn].
Every mention
2 moments in the recordings, 1 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.
Interview: Detroit, Bud Powell and the shuffle
- 7:25
After the interviewer names him, Barry says he never got the chance to play with Kenny Clarke.
Ep. 20 | Charles McPherson: Meeting Charlie Parker, Studying with Barry Harris, and the Art of Bebop
- 24:46
Someone else
Charles McPherson names Kenny Clarke alongside Bird, Dizzy, Monk and Bud among the founders of bebop.
In the interviews and notes
Citing a history of jazz, de Lima lists Kenny Clarke with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charlie Christian, Monk and Bud Powell as the founders of bebop, and says Barry named these players as influences throughout his workshops.
Interviewing drummer Leroy Williams, Ted Panken hears him and Billy Higgins as Kenny Clarke-style bebop drummers and guesses they are the two drummers Barry likes best. Williams agrees that Max Roach and Kenny Clarke were his early models.
Ted Panken (interviewer); Tommy Flanagan, Tommy Flanagan ¶132Ted Panken (interviewer); Tommy Flanagan, Tommy Flanagan ¶133Ted Panken (interviewer); Tommy Flanagan, Tommy Flanagan ¶135Ted Panken (interviewer); Tommy Flanagan, Tommy Flanagan ¶136
Method ideas nearby
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