Kenny Wollesen

Kenny Wollesen (born 1966) is an American drummer and percussionist.

Contents

• Kenny wollesen performance
• Ben goldberg trio head and tails
• Discography
• References

Wollesen lives in New York City. He has recorded and toured with Tom Waits, Sean Lennon, Ron Sexsmith, Bill Frisell, Norah Jones, John Lurie, Myra Melford, Steven Bernstein, and John Zorn. He is a founding member of the New Klezmer Trio and a member of the Sex Mob and Himalayas groups. He also performs on the soundtrack to the popular children's show The Backyardigans.

Kenny grew up in Capitola, CA, studying at Aptos HS and spent many teenage years jamming with Donny McCaslin. He spent quality classroom time with flugelhornist and arranger Ray Brown at Cabrillo College. Kenny also arranges and studied vibraphone at Cabrillo.

Discography

Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness (New Artists, 2011)

The Gnostic Preludes: Music of Splendor (Tzadik, 2012)

John Zorn: The Mysteries (Tzadik, 2013)

Rasa Rasa (Tzadik, 2014)

With New Klezmer Trio

Masks and Faces (Nine Winds, 1991 / Tzadik, 1996)

Melt Zonk Rewire (Tzadik, 1995)

Short for Something (Tzadik, 2000)

With Steve Beresford

Signals for Tea (Avant, 1995)

With David Byrne

Grown Backwards (Elektra/Nonesuch, 2004)

With Nels Cline

Lovers (Blue Note, 2016)

With Crash Test Dummies

I Don't Care That You Don't Mind (Cha-Ching, 2001)

Jingle All the Way (Cha-Ching, 2002)

With Sylvie Courvoisier

Double Windsor (Tzadik, 2014)

With Bill Frisell

Blues Dream (Elektra/Nonesuch, 2001)

Unspeakable (Elektra/Nonesuch, 2004)

East/West (Elektra/Nonesuch, 2005)

Further East/Further West (Elektra/Nonesuch, 2005)

History, Mystery (Elektra/Nonesuch, 2008)

All We Are Saying (Savoy Jazz, 2011)

Guitar in the Space Age! (OKeh, 2014)

With Ben Goldberg

The Relative Value of Things (33¼, 1992)

With the Himalayas

Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys (ANTI-, 2013)

With Julian Lage

ARCLIGHT (Mack Avenue, 2016)

With Rickie Lee Jones

The Evening of My Best Day (2003)

With Sean Lennon

Into the Sun (Grand Royal, 1998)

With Ruper Ordorika

Dabilen Harria (Nuevos Medios, 1999)

Hurrengo goizean (Metak, 2002)

Kantuok jartzen ditut (Metak, 2004)

Memoriaren Mapan (Elkar, 2006)

Haizea Garizumakoa (Elkar, 2009)

Hodeien azpian (Elkar, 2011)

Lurrean etzanda (Elkar, 2014)

Guria ostatuan (Elkar, 2016)

With Ellen Reid

Cinderellen (Mr. Friendly, 2001)

With John Scofield

Bump (Verve, 2000)

With Tom Waits

The Black Rider (Island, 1993)

With John Zorn

Bar Kokhba (Tzadik, 1994–96)

Filmworks VIII: 1997 (Tzadik, 1998)

Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide (Tzadik, 2002)

Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking (Tzadik, 2003)

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (Tzadik, 2004)

Voices in the Wilderness (Tzadik, 2003)

Electric Masada: At the Mountains of Madness (Tzadik, 2005)

Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls (Tzadik, 2006)

Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment (Tzadik, 2006)

The Dreamers (Tzadik, 2008)

Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum (Tzadik, 2008)

O'o (Tzadik, 2009) with The Dreamers

Filmworks XXIV: The Nobel Prizewinner (Tzadik, 2010)

Ipos: Book of Angels Volume 14 (Tzadik, 2010) with The Dreamers

Baal: Book of Angels Volume 15 (Tzadik, 2010) with Ben Goldberg Quartet

In Search of the Miraculous (Tzadik, 2010)

Dictée/Liber Novus (Tzadik, 2010)

Interzone (Tzadik, 2010)

The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days (Tzadik, 2010)

The Satyr's Play / Cerberus (Tzadik, 2011)

Nova Express (Tzadik, 2011) with the Nova Quartet

At the Gates of Paradise (Tzadik, 2011)

A Dreamers Christmas (Tzadik, 2011) with The Dreamers

Mount Analogue (Tzadik, 2012)

The Gnostic Preludes (Tzadik, 2012) with the Gnostic Trio

Rimbaud (Tzadik, 2012)

A Vision in Blakelight (Tzadik, 2012)

Music and Its Double (Tzadik, 2012)

The Concealed (Tzadik, 2012)

The Mysteries (Tzadik, 2013) with the Gnostic Trio

Dreamachines (Tzadik, 2013) with the Nova Quartet

In Lambeth (Tzadik, 2013) with the Gnostic Trio

On Leaves of Grass (Tzadik, 2014) with the Nova Quartet

The Testament of Solomon (Tzadik, 2014) with the Gnostic Trio

Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula (Tzadik, 2015) with The Dreamers