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| Ken Peplowski Quintet |
 Ken Peplowski has been compared to Benny Goodman--favorably. The noted New York Times music critic John S. Wilson called him "a clarinetist with a Benny Goodman tone and a Buddy DeFranco style." It is not surprising, because Peplowski was a member of Goodman''s last working orchestra. But truly Peplowski plays the music that he likes, his own way. He does not try to play like Benny Goodman or anyone else. Peplowski was born May 23, 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio, and began his professional career at age nine, making local jazz radio and television appearances. He played orchestral and jazz arrangements in the Cleveland area before joining the Tommy Dorsey Band under the direction of Buddy Morrow in 1979. He met saxophonist Sonny Stitt while on the road and soon became one of his pupils. In 1980, Ken moved to New York and was soon playing in such musical settings as traditional Dixieland bands, avant-garde jazz ensembles, and symphony orchestras. He was also involved in making movie sound tracks and commerc |
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