Peplowski, who died Feb. 2, started playing clarinet professionally at age 10 and went on to perform with the Benny Goodman Orchestra and to record on his own. Originally broadcast July 7, 1999.

Also a saxophone standout, he served as stylistic bridge between the Benny Goodman swing era and the genre-blurring present.

At the Palm Springs International Jazz Festival, an instrument long consigned to the background becomes the through line of a century of jazz history — from New Orleans parades to fusion, funk and the ...

The famed composer-conductor appreciates the comfort he takes with the Cleveland Orchestra; the ease he feels working with musicians who he believes understand him.

MSU prof has had friendship for more than four decades with jazz icon Wynton Marsalis, who will lead Jazz at Lincoln Center ...

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Ken Peplowski, the beloved jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, has died. The musician was found dead at 66 on board the ...

Jazz musician Ken Peplowski was found dead on board the Celebrity Summit cruise ship on Sunday, Feb. 1. The clarinetist and ...

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