Ken Peplowski & Jesper Thilo

A top clarinetist and tenor player, Ken Peplowski has helped keep the tradition of small-group swing and traditional jazz alive. Emerging in New York in the early '80s, he debuted with 1988's Double Exposure and has performed with a bevy of jazz and pop luminaries including Charlie Byrd, Scott Hamilton, Howard Alden, Nicki Parrott, Cheryl Bentyne, Rosemary Clooney, Benny Goodman, and Madonna. Peplowski has released a string of highly regarded small-group jazz and standards albums, including 1993's Steppin' with Peps, 2001's Sensitive to the Touch: The Music of Harold Arlen, an...