Ken Peplowski ~ Saxophone & Clarinet Master from NY
with The Ed Dunsavage Trio
featuring Joe Cohoon & Chicken Hirsh
Thursday, October 2 • 7 pm
Jazz at the Vineyard, Paschal Winery (1122 Suncrest Road, Talent, OR)
SOLD OUT!
Siskiyou Music Project Welcomes back one of the finest jazz clarinetists on the planet, Ken Peplowski on Thursday, October 2 at Paschal Winery in Talent at 7 p.m. as part of our “Jazz In The Vineyard” series. Ken will be joined by local favorites The Ed Dunsavage Trio with Joe Cohoon & Chicken Hirsh.
“Ken Peplowski is arguably the greatest living jazz clarinetist” Russell Davies, BBC2 August 2013
Ken Peplowski has recorded approximately 50 CDs as a soloist, and close to 400 as a sideman – some of the artists he’s performed/recorded with include Charlie Byrd, Mel Torme, Rosemary Clooney, Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops, Hank Jones, Peggy Lee, Bill Charlap, Woody Allen, Benny Goodman, and Madonna. He travels at least half of every year, playing clubs, concert halls, colleges, and pops concerts. He has headlined the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, the Blue Note, and Dizzy’s Club amongst many other venues. Ken’s last two CDs on the Capri label, “Noir Blue” and “In Search Of” were released to great critical acclaim and airplay. He has recorded music as diverse as Italian folk songs, avant-garde jazz, pop, and classical music (he recorded the Darius Milhaud Clarinet Concerto with an orchestra in Sofia, Bulgaria). His latest CD is “Maybe September”(Capri Records), recorded with Ted Rosenthal, Martin Wind and Matt Wilson direct to two track and live in the studio. Ken is the current musical director of the Oregon Festival Of American Music (OFAM), and is a longtime performer/consultant to The Jazz Cruise, where he was elected into the Jazz Cruise Hall Of Fame in 2013. He resides in New York City with his wife, dog, and whatever children happen to be passing through. “Mr. Peplowski sounds the way (Benny) Goodman might if he had kept evolving, kept on listening to new music, kept refining his sound, polishing his craft, and expanding his musical purview into the 21st century.” – Will Friedwald in The Wall Street Journal, December 2012
In 2014, Ken was the recipent of the Sarasota Jazz Festival’s “Satchmo” award, given to him for his “unique and enduring contribution to the living history of jazz”; in March, Ken was also given a “Highlights In Jazz” concert in NYC honoring him for “his matchless musical achievements.”
