Ken Peplowski "The Rejuvinator"

The Hump is HONORED to welcome our guest this week! Clarinetist,
saxophonist, educator, Ken Peplowski!  Tune in to find out
why I call him, “The Rejuvenator!”

Did you know...
️ Ken was in Benny Goodman’s final band️
️ He’s recorded over 20 records as a leader!  
️ He knows great bass playing - having played w/ Milt Hinton, Ray
Brown, George Duvivier and many many others!


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Your Host
Katie Thiroux
Los Angeles jazz bassist and vocalist. 
Following her prodigious beginnings on bass at age 8 and studies
under renowned vocalist Tierney Sutton at 12, Thiroux was
mentored by the legendary bassist John Clayton and was awarded a
Phil Ramone Presidential Scholarship to Berklee College of Music
while gaining experience on the bandstand with artists including
Terrell Safford, Terri Lyne Carrington, Branford Marsalis, Larry
Fuller, Ken Peplowski, Jeff Clayton, Patti Austin, Geri Allen,
Helen Sung, Charles McPherson, and dozens of others.


“This girl is IT!” (Quincy Jones) 


“A multitasking talent who swings her bass with a
Mack-truck-powered lilt that would make her hero Ray Brown
proud." The New Yorker


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