Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Ken Peplowski [videorecording].

Author

Peplowski, Ken.

Publication

2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Friedwald, Will, 1961-
• Sapione, James.
• Jazz at Lincoln Center (Organization)
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Description

2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Ken Peplowski speaks with Will Friedwald about contemplating a career as a comedian; timing of comedy and music; Duke Ellington being his musical hero; working with Artie Shaw; growing up in Garfield Heights, Ohio; playing in polka bands; his father being a cop in Cleveland; how Polish polka music resembles New Orleans jazz; his love of Elvis Presley and the Beatles; wanting honesty in music; working with Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Benny Goodman; his experience at Cleveland State studying with Al Blazer; the Cleveland jazz scene; becoming a clarinetist in the Tommy Dorsey band; the discipline that comes with playing every night; traveling around England with the Dorsey band; moving to New York City; Buddy Morrow as a bandleader; working on an eight-month road tour of "Annie"; his time with the Benny Goodman band; Benny Goodman as a man and bandleader; working with Rosemary Clooney; his relationship with Mel Torme; working with and learning from Bobby Short; his relationship with Sonny Stitt; how the sound comes from the musician, not the equipment; instruments as conduits; playing Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola; working on a new record with a mix of standards; future projects.

Series Statement

Duke jazz histories

Uniform Title

Duke jazz histories.

Subjects

• Jazz musicians > Interviews
• Peplowski, Ken > Interviews
• Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 > Influence
• Clarinetists > Interviews

Note

• Interview with Ken Peplowski conducted by Will Friedwald, in New York, N.Y., on June 1, 2009.

Event (note)

• This interview was videotaped at the Oral History Studio of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on June 1, 2009, by James Sapione.

Funding (note)

• Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Call Number

*LDV 1248

OCLC

427393997

Author

Peplowski, Ken. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Ken Peplowski [videorecording].

Imprint

2009.

Series

Duke jazz histories

Duke jazz histories.

Event

This interview was videotaped at the Oral History Studio of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on June 1, 2009, by James Sapione.

Funding

Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

System Details

DVD.

Added Author

Friedwald, Will, 1961- Interviewer

Sapione, James. Videographer

Jazz at Lincoln Center (Organization)

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Research Call Number

*LDV 1248