Kenny Wollesen
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Kenny Wollesen is an American
drummer and percussionist.
Wollesen lives in New York City
. He has recorded and toured with many musicians including Tom Waits
, Sean Lennon
, Ron Sexsmith
, Bill Frisell
, Norah Jones
, Steven Bernstein
and John Zorn
. He is a founding member of the New Klezmer Trio and a member of the Sex Mob group. He also performs on popular children's show The Backyardigans
.
With Bill Frisell
With Rickie Lee Jones
With Sean Lennon
With Ruper Ordorika
With John Patton
With Madeleine Peyroux
With John Scofield
With John Zorn
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drummer and percussionist.
Wollesen lives in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. He has recorded and toured with many musicians including Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
, Sean Lennon
Sean Lennon
is an American singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist and actor. He is the only child of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. His godfather is Sir Elton John.-Early life and education:...
, Ron Sexsmith
Ron Sexsmith
Ronald Eldon "Ron" Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. He started his own band when he was fourteen years old, and released the first recordings of his own material seven years later, in 1985...
, Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...
, Norah Jones
Norah Jones
Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
, Steven Bernstein
Steven Bernstein
Steven Bernstein is a trumpeter, slide trumpeter, arranger/composer and bandleader from New York City. He is best known for his work in The Lounge Lizards, Sex Mob, Spanish Fly and the Millennial Territory Orchestra...
and John Zorn
John Zorn
John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
. He is a founding member of the New Klezmer Trio and a member of the Sex Mob group. He also performs on popular children's show The Backyardigans
The Backyardigans
The Backyardigans is a Canadian/American 3-D CGI-animated children's TV series, created by Janice Burgess. It features five animal children, who imagine that their backyard becomes an adventure place. It is a coproduction of Treehouse TV, and the Canadian animation studio Nelvana. Debuting on...
.
Discography
With David ByrneDavid Byrne
David Byrne may refer to:*David Byrne , musician and former Talking Heads frontman**David Byrne , his eponymous album*David Byrne , Irish footballer*David Byrne , English footballer...
- Grown BackwardsGrown BackwardsGrown Backwards is an album by David Byrne, released March 16, 2004.-Track listing:All tracks written by David Byrne, except where noted.#"Glass, Concrete & Stone" – 4:13...
(2004)
With Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...
- Blues DreamBlues DreamBlues Dream is the thirteenth album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 2001 and features performances by Frisell, Greg Leisz, Ron Miles Billy Drewes, Curtis Fowlkes, David Piltch and Kenny Wollesen.-Reception:...
(Elektra/Nonesuch, 2001) - UnspeakableUnspeakable (album)-Track listing:# "1968" - 4:35# "White Fang" - 5:39# "Sundust" - 2:36# "Del Close" - 5:03# "Gregory C." - 5:38# "Stringbean" - 5:57...
(Elektra/Nonesuch, 2004) - East/WestEast/West (album)East/West is the eighteenth album, first double CD and first live album, by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. Released in 2005, it features performances by Frisell, Viktor Krauss and Kenny Wollesen which were recorded at Yoshi's in Oakland, California on December 9, 2003 ...
(Elektra/Nonesuch, 2005) - History, MysteryHistory, MysteryHistory, Mystery is the twentieth album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 2008.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Frisell's inherent love of formal lyricism, expansive harmonics, and divergent musical...
(Elektra/Nonesuch, 2008)
With Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards.-Childhood:...
- The Evening of My Best DayThe Evening of My Best DayThe Evening of My Best Day is an album by American singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, released in 2003.-Track listing:All tracks composed and arranged by Rickie Lee Jones; except where indicated# "Ugly Man" – 4:20# "Second Chance" – 4:53...
(2003)
With Sean Lennon
Sean Lennon
is an American singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist and actor. He is the only child of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. His godfather is Sir Elton John.-Early life and education:...
- Into the Sun (Grand Royal, 1998)
With Ruper Ordorika
Ruper Ordorika
Ruper Ordorika, born at Oñati in 1956, is a Basque singer-songwriter. He is generally considered one of the greatest renewers of basque songwriting....
- Dabilen Harria (1999)
- Hurrengo goizean (2002)
- Kantuok jartzen ditut (2004)
- Memoriaren Mapan (2006)
- Haizea Garizumakoa (2009)
With John Patton
John Patton (musician)
John Patton , sometimes nicknamed Big John Patton, was a hard bop and soul jazz organist....
- Minor Swing (DIW, 1995)
With Madeleine Peyroux
Madeleine Peyroux
Madeleine Peyroux is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Peyroux is noted for her vocal style, which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday....
- DreamlandDreamland (Madeleine Peyroux album)Dreamland is the first album by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Madeleine Peyroux; it was released in 1996.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Madeleine Peyroux — guitar, vocals*James Carter — bass clarinet, tenor saxophone...
(1996)
With John Scofield
John Scofield
John Scofield , often referred to as "Sco," is an American jazz guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey Defrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham,...
- BumpBump (album)Bump is an experimental Jazz fusion album by John Scofield. It was released on March 14, 2000 by Verve Records. The album was produced by Lee Townsend and recorded & mixed by Joe Ferla and Kevin Killen, executive producer was Susan Scofield.-Track listing:...
(Verve, 2000)
With John Zorn
John Zorn
John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
- Bar KokhbaBar Kokhba (album)Bar Kokhba is a double album by John Zorn, recorded between 1994 and 1996. It features music from Zorn's Masada project, rearranged for small ensembles.-Reception:...
(Tzadik, 1994–96) - Filmworks VIII: 1997Filmworks VIII: 1997-Track listing:*The Port Of Last Resort directed by Joan Grossman and Paul Rosdy.1/ "Teqiah" - 3:072/ "Shanghai" - 2:353/ "Emunim" - 3:324/ "Ruan " - 4:375/ "Ebionim" - 3:006/ "Ahavah" - 3:427/ "Ruan " - 3:37...
(Tzadik, 1998) - Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a SuicideFilmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide-Track listing:# "Invitation To A Suicide" - 4:38# "Musette Waltz" - 4:21# "Shifting Sands" - 4:12...
(Tzadik, 2002) - Filmworks XIV: Hiding and SeekingFilmworks XIV: Hiding and SeekingFilmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking features a score for film by John Zorn. The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 2003 and contains music that Zorn wrote and recorded for, Hiding and Seeking , a documentary directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky.-Reception:The Allmusic...
(Tzadik, 2003) - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 450th Birthday Celebration Volume 450th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 is a live album by Electric Masada documenting their performance at Tonic in September, 2003 as part of John Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Cyro Baptista– percussion...
(Tzadik, 2004) - Voices in the WildernessVoices in the WildernessMasada Anniversary Edition Volume 2: Voices in the Wilderness is the second album in a series of five releases celebrating the 10th anniversary of John Zorn's Masada songbook project....
(Tzadik, 2003) - Electric Masada: At the Mountains of MadnessElectric Masada: At the Mountains of MadnessAt the Mountains of Madness is a 2005 double live album by American composer and saxophonist John Zorn's Electric Masada featuring performances recorded in Moscow and Ljubljana...
(Tzadik, 2005) - Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with SkullsFilmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls-Track listing:# "Menken" - 5:26# "Skull I" - 4:04# "Glimpses" - 6:37# "Mood Mondrian" - 4:31# "Skull II" - 3:31# "Gogogo" - 8:14# "Moonplay" - 4:42# "Skull III" - 3:02# "Tango Exotique" -5:04# "Zenscapes" - 1:09# "Skull IV" - 1:41# "Arabesque" - 5:10...
(Tzadik, 2006) - Filmworks XVIII: The TreatmentFilmworks XVIII: The Treatment-Track listing:# "The Treatment" - 3:34# "Romance" - 5:10# "Why Me?" - 3:56# "Family" - 2:15# "Marking Time" - 4:53# "Anxieties" - 5:00# "Freud's Rondo" - 4:26# "Totem and Taboo" - 6:55# "Rush Hour" - 3:47# "Bad Dreams" - 1:20# "Uncertainty" - 6:24...
(Tzadik, 2006) - The DreamersThe Dreamers (album)-Track listing:# "Mow Mow" - 3:03# "Uluwati" - 3:37# "A Ride on Cottonfair" - 4:22# "Anulikwutsayl" - 9:02# "Toys" - 2:46# "Of Wonder and Certainty " - 4:30# "Mystic Circles" - 6:08# "Nekashim" - 3:56# "Exodus" - 7:02# "Forbidden Tears" - 3:07...
(Tzadik, 2008) - Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New RijksmuseumFilmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum-Track listing:# "Masque en Sole" - 5:09# "Un Rose" - 2:05# "L 'Air et les Songes" - 2:39# "Fouet d'Épines" - 5:08# "Elle Vient" - 3:52# "Orties Cuisantes" - 4:31# "Belle de Nature" - 4:52# "Storage" - 2:08# "Conservation" - 3:57# "Rendering" - 4:20...
(Tzadik, 2008) - O'oO'oO'o is an album by John Zorn released in 2009. It is viewed as a sequel to his 2007 album The Dreamers and is the fifth album in his Music Romance series.-Track listing:# "Miller's Crake"# "Akialoa# "Po'o'uli"# "Little Bittern"...
(Tzadik, 2009) - Filmworks XXIV: The Nobel PrizewinnerFilmworks XXIV: The Nobel Prizewinner-Track listing:# "The Nobel Prize Winner" - 4:15# "Writer's Block " - 4:17# "The Depraved City" - 5:09# "Annabel" - 3:31# "Our In-House Dostoevsky" - 4:37# "The Search" - 1:56# "Dénouement" - 3:24# "Door to Door" - 5:04...
(Tzadik, 2010) - In Search of the MiraculousIn Search Of The Miraculous (album)-History:Like some of his newest records, including Alhambra Love Songs , O'o , The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days and some releases from Zorn's Filmworks series, this album is characterized by softer and calmer sound. Like many of his latest works, this album represents Zorn as a...
(Tzadik, 2010) - Dictée/Liber NovusDictée/Liber NovusDictée/Liber Novus is an album by John Zorn which features two compositions: Dictée and Liber Novus .-Personnel:...
(Tzadik, 2010) - InterzoneInterzone (album)Interzone is an album by American composer John Zorn developed to pay tribute to the influence of writers William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin and released on Zorn's Tzadik label in 2010.-Reception:...
(Tzadik, 2010) - The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of DaysThe Goddess – Music for the Ancient of DaysThe Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days is an album by John Zorn. It is the third in a series of albums, the first two being Alhambra Love Songs and In Search of the Miraculous.-Track listing:# "Enchantress" – 7:44# "Ishtar" – 5:36...
(Tzadik, 2010) - Nova Express (Tzadik, 2011)