Kenny Wollesen at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, 2016 Photo by Mae Moreno
Background information
Born
(1966-04-09) 9 April 1966 (age 58)
Genres
Avant-garde jazz, classical, rock
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Drums, vibraphone, percussion
Labels
Tzadik
Musical artist
Kenny Wollesen (born 1966) is an American drummer and percussionist.
Wollesen has recorded and toured with Tom Waits, Sean Lennon, Ron Sexsmith, Bill Frisell, Norah Jones, John Lurie, Myra Melford, Steven Bernstein, and John Zorn. He is a founding member of the New Klezmer Trio and a member of the Sex Mob and Himalayas groups.[1]
He grew up in Capitola, California, studying at Aptos High School, and spending many teenage years playing with Donny McCaslin. He spent quality classroom time with flugelhornist and arranger Ray Brown at Cabrillo College. He also arranges and studied vibraphone at Cabrillo.
Wollesen utilizes the Burton grip when playing vibraphone.
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KennyWollesen (born 1966) is an American drummer and percussionist. Wollesen has recorded and toured with Tom Waits, Sean Lennon, Ron Sexsmith, Bill...
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and acoustic guitarist Greg Leisz, bassist Tony Scherr, and drummer KennyWollesen. The title comes from the first line of the chorus to Lennon's 1969...
on violin; Rob Burger on accordion; and Brian Blade, Dan Rieser, and KennyWollesen on drums. Jones wrote the title song. Guitarist Jesse Harris wrote "Don't...
The Ferdinandos, consisting of Harris, Tony Scherr, Tim Luntzel, and KennyWollesen. The band released two more albums on sublabels of Verve Records. Harris...
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Black, Peter Epstein, Tony Scherr, Chris Speed, Skúli Sverrisson, and KennyWollesen. He has worked extensively as a sideman with Paul Motian, Dave Douglas...
Value of Things is an album by clarinetist Ben Goldberg and drummer KennyWollesen which was released on the 33¼ Records label in 1992. In his review for...
with her longtime jazz trio (featuring bassist Drew Gress and drummer KennyWollesen ) to performing Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring in league with new-music...
Melford formed Crush, a trio in which she played piano and harmonium with KennyWollesen on drums and Stomu Takeishi on electric bass. Arabesque released the...
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first place." He has worked in a trio with Scott Colley and drummer KennyWollesen and has recorded duo albums with guitarists Chris Eldridge, Gyan Riley...
New Klezmer Trio, Ben Goldberg - clarinet, Dan Seamans - bass, and KennyWollesen - drums, which was released on the Tzadik label in 1995. In her review...
musicians such as Gavin Friday, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Cait O'Riordan, and KennyWollesen. Preachers Son was formed in 2010 by Brian Hogan, the son of a preacher...
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