Kenny Wollesen (born 1966) is an American drummer and percussionist. Wollesen has recorded and toured with

Tom Waits Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during ...

, Sean Lennon, Ron Sexsmith, Bill Frisell, Norah Jones, John Lurie, Myra Melford, Steven Bernstein, and

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jaz ...

. He is a founding member of the New Klezmer Trio and a member of the Sex Mob and Himalayas groups. He grew up in Capitola, California, studying at Aptos High School, and spending many teenage years playing with Donny McCaslin. He spent quality classroom time with flugelhornist and arranger Ray Brown at Cabrillo College. He also arranges and studied vibraphone at Cabrillo. Wollesen utilizes the

Burton grip The Burton grip is a method of holding two mallets in each hand in order to play a mallet percussion instrument, such as a marimba or a vibraphone, using four mallets at once. It was developed by jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton Gary Burton (bor ...

when playing vibraphone.

Discography

As leader or co-leader

* ''Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness'' (New Artists, 2011) * ''The Gnostic Preludes: Music of Splendor'' (

Tzadik Tzadik ( he, צַדִּיק , "righteous ne, also ''zadik'', ''ṣaddîq'' or ''sadiq''; pl. ''tzadikim'' ''ṣadiqim'') is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. The ...

, 2012) * ''John Zorn: The Mysteries'' (Tzadik, 2013) * ''Rasa Rasa'' (Tzadik, 2014) With the Himalayas * '' Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys'' (

ANTI- Anti- is an American record label founded in 1999 as a sister label to Epitaph Records. While Epitaph's focus has mostly been on punk rock, Anti-'s roster includes gospel (Mavis Staples), country (Merle Haggard), hip hop (Sage Francis, The Cou ...

, 2013) With Myra Melford * 2000 ''Dance Beyond the Color'', Myra Melford's Crush * 2004 ''Where the Two Worlds Touch'', Myra Melford's the Tent With New Klezmer Trio * ''

Masks and Faces ''Masks and Faces'' is a 1917 British silent biographical film directed by Fred Paul and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Irene Vanbrugh and Henry S. Irving. The film depicts episodes from the life of the eighteenth-century Irish actress P ...

'' (

Nine Winds Nine Winds is an American jazz record label that was founded in 1977 by Vinny Golia. Golia is a self-taught musician who plays over fifty woodwind instruments, in addition to brass. In the early 1970s, he believed it was impossible for musicians ...

, 1991 /

, 1996) * ''

Melt Zonk Rewire ''Melt Zonk Rewire'' is the second album by the New Klezmer Trio, Ben Goldberg - clarinet, Dan Seamans - bass, and Kenny Wollesen - drums, which was released on the Tzadik label in 1995.

'' (Tzadik, 1995) * ''

Short for Something ''Short for Something'' is the third album by the New Klezmer Trio, Ben Goldberg - clarinet, Dan Seamans - bass, and Kenny Wollesen - drums, which was released on the Tzadik label in 2000.Sexmob * 1998 ''Din of Inequity'' * 2000 ''Solid Sender'' * 2000 ''Theatre & Dance'' * 2001 ''Sex Mob Does Bond'' * 2003 ''Dime Grind Palace'' * 2006 ''Sexotica'' * 2013 ''Cinema, Circus & Spaghetti: Sexmob Plays Fellini'' * 2009 ''Sex Mob Meets Medeski: Live in Willisau'' With others * 1997 ''Interpretations of Lessness'', Andy Laster's Lessness * 1997 ''The Loan'',

Brad Shepik Brad Shepik, also known as Brad Schoeppach (born February 13, 1966, Walla Walla, Washington) is an American jazz guitarist. He also plays the saz and tambura. Born Brad Schoeppach, he changed his last name to Shepik in the late 1990s. He played ...

* 1998 ''At Home'', Slow Poke * 1998 ''Fabulous'', Drop Curlew * 2000 ''Hidden Gardens'', Lan Xang * 2000 ''Redemption'', Slow Poke * 2006 ''Ways Not to Lose'', The Wood Brothers

As sideman

With Steve Beresford * '' Signals for Tea'' ( Avant, 1995) With

David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...

* ''

Grown Backwards ''Grown Backwards'' is the seventh studio album by musician David Byrne, released on March 16, 2004. Reception . In 2010, Byrne claimed in his book '' How Music Works'' it has sold 127,000 physical albums, 8,000 digital albums and 53,000 di ...

'' (Elektra/Nonesuch, 2004) With Nels Cline * '' Lovers'' (Blue Note, 2016) With Crash Test Dummies * ''

I Don't Care That You Don't Mind ''I Don't Care That You Don't Mind'' is the fifth studio album by Crash Test Dummies. The album began as a solo album for Brad Roberts, while he was recuperating in the town of Argyle, Nova Scotia after suffering a near-fatal car accident in Sep ...

'' (Cha-Ching, 2001) * ''

Jingle All the Way ''Jingle All the Way'' is a 1996 American Christmas family comedy film directed by Brian Levant. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad as two rival fathers, mattress salesman Howard Langston (Schwarzenegger) and postal worker Myron Larabe ...

'' (Cha-Ching, 2002) With Sylvie Courvoisier * ''

Double Windsor The Windsor knot, sometimes referred to as a full Windsor (or misleadingly as a double Windsor) to distinguish it from the half-Windsor, is a knot used to tie a necktie. As with other common necktie knots, the Windsor knot is triangular, and the ...

'' (Tzadik, 2014) * '' D’Agala'' (Intakt, 2018) With

Trevor Dunn Trevor Roy Dunn (born January 30, 1968) is an American composer, bass guitarist, and double bassist. He came to prominence in the 1990s with the experimental band Mr. Bungle. While performing with Mr. Bungle, Dunn would dress similar to the ...

's trio-convulsant *''

Debutantes & Centipedes ''Debutantes & Centipedes'' is an album by bassist Trevor Dunn's band trio-convulsant which was released in 1998 on the Dutch Buzz label.

'' (Buzz, 1998) With Bill Frisell * ''

Blues Dream ''Blues Dream'' is the 13th album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 2001 and features performances by Frisell, steel guitarist Greg Leisz, trumpeter Ron Miles, alto saxophonist Billy Drewes, tromboni ...

'' (Elektra/Nonesuch, 2001) * '' Unspeakable'' (Elektra/Nonesuch, 2004) * ''

East/West ''East/West'' (french: Est-Ouest; russian: Восток-Запад, Vostok-Zapad) is a 1999 drama film directed by Régis Wargnier, starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov, Catherine Deneuve and Sergei Bodrov Jr. It received generally positiv ...

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

History, Mystery ''History, Mystery'' is the 20th album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 2008.

'' (Elektra/Nonesuch, 2008) * ''

All We Are Saying ''All We Are Saying...'' is an album by American guitarist and composer Bill Frisell that was released in September 2011. It consists of songs written by John Lennon, both as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist, arranged and performed in ...

'' ( Savoy Jazz, 2011) * ''The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved'' (2012) * ''

Guitar in the Space Age! ''Guitar in the Space Age!'' is an album by Bill Frisell featuring interpretations of songs and instrumentals from the 1960s which was released by OKeh in 2014. Reception In his review for Allmusic, Thom Jurek notes that "''Guitar in the Space Ag ...

'' (

OKeh Okeh Records () is an American record label founded by the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Corporation, a phonograph supplier established in 1916, which branched out into phonograph records in 1918. The name was spelled "OkeH" from the initials of Ott ...

, 2014) With Ben Goldberg * '' The Relative Value of Things'' (33¼, 1992) * ''Orphic Machine'' (2015) With Jesse Harris * 2003 ''The Secret Sun'' * 2004 ''While the Music Lasts'' * 2006 ''Mineral'' * 2010 ''Cosmo'' With Rickie Lee Jones * 2003 ''

The Evening of My Best Day ''The 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 "Sailor Song" co-written by David Kalish'' # "Ugly Man" – ...

'' (2003) * 2009 ''Balm in Gilead'' With Julian Lage * ''

ARCLIGHT An arclight or arc lamp is a lamp that produces a bright light by generating an electric arc across two electrodes. Arclight, Arc Light or arc light may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Characters * Arclight (comics), a mutant super-villai ...

'' ( Mack Avenue, 2016) * '' Modern Lore'' ( Mack Avenue, 2018) With Sean Lennon * '' Into the Sun'' (Grand Royal, 1998) With Rudy Linka * 2002 ''Simple Pleasures'' * 2007 ''Beyond the New York City Limits'' With

Kate McGarry Katherine Genevieve McGarry, known professionally as Kate McGarry, is a jazz vocalist. Career McGarry grew up in an Irish-American family with nine siblings in Hyannis, Massachusetts. She attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, graduat ...

* 2001 ''Show Me'' * 2005 ''Mercy Streets'' 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) * ''Amour et toujours'' (Elkar, 2021) With

Ellen Reid Ellen Lorraine Reid (born 14 July 1966) is a Canadian musician. She provides backing vocals, piano, keyboards and accordion for the Canadian rock band Crash Test Dummies. Early life and education Reid was born and grew up in Selkirk, Manito ...

* 2001 ''

Cinderellen ''Cinderellen'' is the 2001 debut solo album by Canadian recording artist Ellen Reid. Reception The album received fairly positive reviews. Allmusic writer Jason MacNeil gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and states that the "softer, gentler voca ...

'' (Mr. Friendly) With

Carrie Rodriguez Carrie Luz Rodriguez (born July 31, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and the daughter of Texan singer-songwriter David Rodriguez and Texas painter Katy Nail, and is the granddaughter of prolific Texas essayist Frances Nail. She sings and ...

/ Chip Taylor * 2005 ''Red Dog Tracks'' * 2006 ''Seven Angels on a Bicycle'' * 2007 ''Live from the Ruhr Triennale'' * 2010 ''The New Bye & Bye'' With Jenny Scheinman * 2002 ''The Rabbi's Lover'' * 2004 ''Shalagaster'' * 2008 ''Crossing the Field'' * 2008 ''Jenny Scheinman'' With Tony Scherr * 2002 ''Come Around'' * 2007 ''Twist in the Wind'' With John Scofield * 2000 ''

Bump Bump or Bumps may refer to: * A collision or impact * A raised protrusion on the skin such as a pimple, goose bump, prayer bump, lie bumps, etc. Infrastructure and industry * Coal mine bump, a seismic jolt occurring within a mine * Bump (uni ...

'' With Leni Stern * 2000 ''Kindness of Strangers'' * 2004 ''When Evening Falls'' With Rufus Wainwright * 2003 ''Want One'' * 2007 ''Release the Stars'' With

* 1993 '' The Black Rider'' (Island) With

* '' 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) with Electric Masada * ''

Voices in the Wilderness ''Masada 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. It features 24 compositions by Zorn, each performed by di ...

'' (Tzadik, 2003) * '' Electric Masada: At the Mountains of Madness'' (Tzadik, 2005) with Electric Masada * '' 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 ''O'o'' is an album by John Zorn released in 2009. It the second album by The Dreamers following their 2008 release '' The Dreamers''. The title refers to the '' ʻōʻō'' of the Hawaiian Islands, the last living members of the now-extinct son ...

'' (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 The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days is an album composed by John Zorn and released on the Tzadik label. It is the third in a series of albums, the first two being '' Alhambra Love Songs'' and ''In Search of the Miraculous''. Reception ...

'' (Tzadik, 2010) * ''

The Satyr's Play / Cerberus ''The Satyr's Play / Cerberus'' is the fourteenth studio album composed by John Zorn which as recorded in New York City in January and April 2010 and released on the Tzadik label in April 2011.

'' (Tzadik, 2011) * ''

Nova Express ''Nova Express'' is a 1964 novel by American author William S. Burroughs. It was written using the 'fold-in' method, a version of the cut-up method, developed by Burroughs with Brion Gysin, of enfolding snippets of different texts into the novel ...

'' (Tzadik, 2011) with the Nova Quartet * ''

At the Gates of Paradise ''At the Gates of Paradise'' is an album by John Zorn released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 2011 and featuring music inspired by William Blake and the Gnostic texts from the Nag Hammadi library.A Dreamers Christmas ''A Dreamers Christmas'' is an album of Christmas music by John Zorn released in October 2011 on the Tzadik label. It was produced by John Zorn and released on his own label Tzadik Records. It was Zorn's 5th album in 2011. Reception Allmusic said ...

'' (Tzadik, 2011) with The Dreamers * ''

Mount Analogue ''Mount Analogue: A Novel of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing'' is a classic allegorical adventure novel by the early 20th-century French novelist René Daumal. The novel describes an expedition undertaken by ...

'' (Tzadik, 2012) * '' The Gnostic Preludes'' (Tzadik, 2012) with the Gnostic Trio * '' Rimbaud'' (Tzadik, 2012) * ''

A Vision in Blakelight ''A Vision in Blakelight'' is an album by John Zorn recorded in New York City in December 2011 and released on the Tzadik label in 2012. The album is inspired by the works of William Blake. Reception Martin Schray stated "The album is a wonderfu ...

'' (Tzadik, 2012) * ''

Music and Its Double ''Music and Its Double'' is an album composed by John Zorn and featuring three contemporary compositions which were recorded in late 2011 and early 2012 in New York City and Finland,

'' (Tzadik, 2012) * ''

The Concealed ''The Concealed'' (subtitled ''Esoteric Secrets and Hidden Traditions of the East'') is an album composed by John Zorn. The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in November 2012.

'' (Tzadik, 2012) * '' The Mysteries'' (Tzadik, 2013) with the Gnostic Trio * ''

Dreamachines ''Dreamachines'' is an album by John Zorn recorded in New York City in April 2013 and released on the Tzadik Records, Tzadik label in July 2013.In Lambeth'' (Tzadik, 2013) with the Gnostic Trio * ''

On Leaves of Grass ''On Leaves of Grass'' is an album composed by John Zorn inspired by the works of Walt Whitman and performed by the Nova Quartet, John Medeski, Kenny Wollesen, Trevor Dunn, and Joey Baron, which was recorded in New York City in March 2014 and relea ...

'' (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 * ''The Mockingbird'' (2016) * ''The Painted Bird'' (2016) With others * 1990 ''And Then There's This'', Jessica Williams * 1996 ''Dreamland'',

Madeleine Peyroux Madeleine Peyroux (born April 18, 1974) is an American jazz singer and songwriter who began her career as a teenager on the streets of Paris. She sang vintage jazz and blues songs before finding mainstream success in 2004 when her album ''Carele ...

* 1996 ''The Sun Died'',

Ellery Eskelin Ellery Eskelin (born August 16, 1959) is an American tenor saxophonist raised in Baltimore, Maryland and residing in New York City. His parents, Rodd Keith and Bobbie Lee, were both professional musicians. Rodd Keith died in 1974 in Los Angeles, ...

* 1998 ''Dopamine'', Mitchell Froom * 1999 ''Thoroughfare'',

Rebecca Martin Rebecca Martin (born April 24, 1969) is an American singer and songwriter from Rumford, Maine. Discography Solo * ''Thoroughfare'' (self-released, 1998) * ''Middlehope'' (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2001) * ''People Behave Like Ballads'' (Maxjaz ...

* 1999 ''Work in Progress 89-98'',

Wolfgang Muthspiel Wolfgang Muthspiel (born 2 March 1965) is an Austrian jazz guitarist and record label owner. He is the brother of musician Christian Muthspiel. Music career When he was six, he began playing violin, and at fourteen he moved on to classical gui ...

* 2000 ''Shebang'', Steve Cardenas * 2001 ''Buttermilk Channel'', Adam Levy * 2002 ''Come Away with Me'', Norah Jones * 2008 ''The Living and the Dead'',

Jolie Holland Jolie Holland is an American singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional, country, rock, jazz, and blues. Career Growing up in Houston, Texas, Jolie left in 1994, moving to Austin, New Orleans, and San Francisco before en ...

* 2009 ''

Trombone Tribe ''Trombone Tribe'' is an album by trombonist Roswell Rudd. It was recorded at various locations and was released in 2009 by Sunnyside Records. On the album, Rudd appears in different brass band combinations. On five tracks, Rudd appears in a sextet ...

'', Roswell Rudd * 2011 ''Everything is Alive'', Hank Roberts * 2011 ''Graylen Epicenter'',

David Binney David Binney (born August 2, 1961) is an American alto saxophonist and composer. Early life Binney was born in Miami, Florida, and was raised in Carpinteria, California. From his parents, who loved music, he was exposed to albums by John C ...

* 2012 ''Howie 61'',

Wayne Krantz Wayne Krantz is an American guitarist and composer. He has performed and recorded with Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Donald Fagen, Billy Cobham, Chris Potter, David Binney, and Carla Bley. Since the early 1990s, Krantz has focused primarily ...

* 2013 ''Another Life'',

James Maddock James Maddock (born 1962) is an English singer-songwriter and performing musician. Originally from Countesthorpe, Leicester, Maddock has been based in New York City since 2003. His first album was ''Tied Weight'' in 1982. (Reach Up Records SRO 0 ...

* 2013 ''Ghost on Ghost'',

Iron & Wine Samuel "Sam" Ervin Beam (born July 26, 1974), better known by his stage name Iron & Wine, is an American singer-songwriter. He has released six studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a ...

* 2014 ''Natalie Merchant'',

Natalie Merchant Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963) is an American alternative rock singer-songwriter. She joined the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and was lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the group. She remained with the group for their first se ...

* 2015 ''Didn't He Ramble'', Glen Hansard

References

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