Kenny Clarke always maintained that it was the drummer's function to accompany solists, to spur them on, and to get the band to swing. Reliability, taste and a perfect groove became his hallmarks. Kenny Clarke may have been the first drummer to "drop bombs", but as his work on this 4CD set reveals, Clarke was more concerned with establishing a pulse that both the band and listener could feel as well as hear.

Klook's The Man - Clarke, Kenny  

Disc 1

1. I Found A New Baby
2. Once In Awhile
3. You're A Sweetheart
4. Sweet Sue
5. Epistrophy
6. 52nd Street Theme
7. Dop-Bop-Sl'bam
8. Rue Chaptal (Royal Roost)
9. Confirmation
10. A La Colette (Cheryl)
11. Jumpin' There (Listen Here)
12. Jay Mac
13. Algerian Cynicism
14. Laurenzology
15. Doria
16. I'll Tell You In Any Minute
17. Stuffy
18. The Man I Love
19. I Surrender Dear
20. Love In The Sun
21. Iambic Pentameter
22. Assy Pan Assy
23. Robbins' Nest
24. I'll Get You Let
25. Be Good, Girl

Disc 2

1. Sonor
2. Strollin'
3. Blues Mood
4. Skoot
5. Klook's Nook
6. Inhibitions
7. Baggin' The Blues
8. Telefunken Blues
9. Summer Evening
10. Oz The Wizard
11. I Dig You The Most
12. Pru's Blooze
13. Plenty For Kenny
14. Cute Tomato
15. Now's The Time

Disc 3

1. With Apologies To Oscar
2. Hear Me Talkin' To Ya
3. Willow Weep For Me
4. Bohemia After Dark
5. Chasm
6. Late Entry
7. Will Wail
8. Volcano
9. La Porta Thority
10. I Hear A Rhapsody
11. Yesterdays
12. Play, Fiddle, Play

Disc 4

1. Cottontail
2. Your Host
3. Tricotism
4. Tom's Thumb
5. You Turned The Tables On Me
6. Afternoon In Paris
7. Apothegh
8. 'Round Midnight
9. On A Riff
10. When Lights Are Low
11. Oblique
12. Jeru
13. Eronel
14. Tahiti
15. Bemsha Swing
16. Blue Serge
17. Swing Spring
18. The Squirrel
19. Cadenze