Biography
Kenny Clarke
Real name: Kenneth Clarke Spearman
Effective period / Period of releases: 1951 - 2012
American jazz drummer.Born: 9 January 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Died: 26 January 1985 in Paris, France (aged 71).
He was an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming and a founder member of the jazz group, The Modern Jazz Quartet.