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Ken Peplowski: Grenadilla

Read "Grenadilla" reviewed by Robert Spencer

by Robert Spencer
August 1, 1998

Here clarinetist extraordinaire Ken Peplowski takes on some challenges: alongside his sidemen pianist Ben Aronov, bassist Greg Cohen, and drummer Chuck Redd, are guests Howard Alden on acoustic and electric guitars (on five tracks), Marty Ehrlich on clarinet and bass clarinet (four tracks), Kenny Davern on clarinet ("Farewell Blues"), and Scott Robinson on alto clarinet and ...

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Ken Peplowski: A Good Reed

Read "A Good Reed" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
August 1, 1998

Featuring the seventeen-minute “Homage Concerto For Clarinet And Jazz Orchestra" with Loren Schoenberg's big band backing clarinetist Ken Peplowski, this session is well-balanced, with four numbers by the leader's small group and four with the large ensemble. Peplowski plays clarinet on three tracks; tenor saxophone on the other four. His experience with the Tommy Dorsey ghost ...

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Ken Peplowski: Grenadilla

Read "Grenadilla" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 1, 1998

Ken Peplowski, who has done some experimenting of late within the big-band and classical spheres, comes home to a straight-ahead quartet groove for Grenadilla, on which he plays only clarinet (grenadilla is the name of the wood from which the world's finest clarinets are made). This is clarinet all the way, with Peplowski's group augmented by ...

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