Kenny Wollesen


Kenny Wollesen is an American drummer and percussionist.
Wollesen 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 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.

Discography

As leader or co-leader

With the Himalayas
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
  • Melt Zonk Rewire
  • Short for Something
With 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'
With Steve Beresford
With David Byrne
With Nels Cline
With Crash Test Dummies
With Sylvie Courvoisier
With Trevor Dunn's trio-convulsant
With Bill Frisell
With Ben Goldberg
With Jesse Harris
With Rickie Lee Jones
With Julian Lage
With Sean Lennon
With Rudy Linka
With Kate McGarry
With Ruper Ordorika
With Ellen Reid
With Carrie Rodriguez/Chip Taylor
With Jenny Scheinman
With Tony Scherr
With John Scofield
With Leni Stern
With Rufus Wainwright
With Tom Waits
With John Zorn
With others'