Ken Peplowski
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Biography
Kenneth Joseph Peplowski was born on 23 May 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio, and developed early proficiency on clarinet and tenor saxophone while studying in local jazz ensembles. His professional breakthrough came with the 1988 Concord release Double Exposure, which established him as a swing specialist and led to collaborations with Howard Alden and Harry âSweetsâ Edison. Over the next decades he issued a steady stream of albums-Grenadilla (1998), Last Swing of the Century (1999), Easy to Remember (2004), The Clarinet Maestros (2015), Sunrise: The Kenneth Joseph Peplowski Big Band (2018), Unheard Bird (2024), and the live At Mezzrow (2024)-while touring with the Oregon Festival of American Music and performing on the Celebrity Summit cruise. Ken Peplowski received the 2014 Satchmo Award, was named Best Jazz Record of the Year by the German Criticsâ Prize, and died unexpectedly on 2 February 2026 at age 66.
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- An Affair to Remember
- Caroline No
- Carinhoso by Ken Peplowski
- Cheer up Charlie
- Home with You
- When October Goes
- Ballade by Ken Peplowski
- Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies
- All Alone By the Telephone
- Within You and Without You
- How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me? featuring Ken Peplowski
- If Dreams Come True by Ken Peplowski
- I Could Have Danced All Night by Ken Peplowski
- This Nearly Was Mine
- Waitin' For My Dearie by Ken Peplowski
- They Call The Wind Maria by Ken Peplowski
- Single Petal Of A Rose featuring Ken Peplowski
- Gigi by Ken Peplowski
- Little Dogs
- Nobody Else But Me
- I Talk To The Trees by Ken Peplowski
- Follow Me by Ken Peplowski
- Should I? by Ken Peplowski
- Comes Love by Ken Peplowski
