One more blog post in my ongoing series featuring my hero Kenny Clarke. This a time a full concert featuring Kenny Clarke and his trio, recorded by French television circa. 1979:
Interestingly, Clarke said that it was his awareness of Jimmy Blanton’s role in the Duke Ellington band that inspired his approach to the ride cymbal. “… But when Duke Ellington introduced the bass fiddle into his band, it became the INSTRUMENT OF TEMPO (emphasis mine), and this induced the drummer to play more lightly. Or, at any rate, it should have done.” [Mike Hennessy, Klook: The Story of Kenny Clarke. Quartet Books, London; New York, 1990. P. 14. See also pp. 20-21.]
Interestingly, Clarke said that it was his awareness of Jimmy Blanton’s role in the Duke Ellington band that inspired his approach to the ride cymbal. “… But when Duke Ellington introduced the bass fiddle into his band, it became the INSTRUMENT OF TEMPO (emphasis mine), and this induced the drummer to play more lightly. Or, at any rate, it should have done.” [Mike Hennessy, Klook: The Story of Kenny Clarke. Quartet Books, London; New York, 1990. P. 14. See also pp. 20-21.]
ReplyDeleteAmazingly, wonderfully on top of the beat.
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