name

Kenny Clarke ("Klook"/Liaqat Ali Salaam), Drums

dates

1/2/14-1/26/85

birth place

Pittsburgh, PA

description

Very influential, and a key figure in the early developmental days of bebop, spent his late career co-leading exceptional European big band loaded with great American musicians living abroad.

hot disc

Clarke-Boland Big Band

more info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Clarke