Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 488 - Jenny Klukken
<p class="">Minneapolis-based musician, educator, percussionist, recording artist, and visual artist Jenny Klukken stops by to talk about her portfolio career and the challenges of playing marimba in small rooms (04:50), her recording and compositional process, her new album <em>Marimba Standard</em>, and the importance of entrepreneurship in the arts (24:30), growing up in rural Minnesota, her enjoyment of jazz and early country music, Spotify Wrapped, and focusing on listening to albums (43:25), attending the University of Minnesota for undergrad, working through 4-mallet grips, her experiences attending the Zeltsman Marimba Festival, her puppetry career as “Jenny and the Pets”, and combining musical artistry with her visual artistry (01:05:45), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including her experiences as a woman in the arts, cooking stories, movies that inspire and/or infuriate, pet names and their backstories, living on a dairy farm, and Pat Metheny (01:35:25).</p><p class="">Finishing with a remembrance on the passing of an important living being (02:00:00).</p><p class="">Jenny Klukken Links:</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.jennyklukken.com">Jenny Klukken’s website</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.jennyklukken.com/new-album">Jenny Klukken’s new album <em>Marimba Standard</em></a></p><p class="">Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.petezambito.com/petes-percussion-podcast-the-episodes/2020/7/15/petes-percussion-podcast-episode-198-fernando-meza-part-1?rq=fernando">Fernando Meza in 2020</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.petezambito.com/petes-percussion-podcast-the-episodes/2024/4/10/petes-percussion-podcast-episode-390-eri-isomura-part-1?rq=isomura">Eri Isomura in 2024</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.petezambito.com/petes-percussion-podcast-the-episodes/2025/5/1/petes-percussion-podcast-episode-443-josh-graham-part-1?rq=josh%20graham">Josh Graham in 2025</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.petezambito.com/petes-percussion-podcast-the-episodes/2022/3/8/petes-percussin-podcast-episode-284-marco-schirripa?rq=marco">Marco Schirripa in 2022</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.petezambito.com/petes-percussion-podcast-the-episodes/2021/4/14/petes-percussion-podcast-episode-237-abby-fisher">Abby Fisher in 2021</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.petezambito.com/petes-percussion-podcast-the-episodes/2019/1/30/petes-percussion-podcast-episode-124-lynn-vartan?rq=Lynn%20vartan">Lynn Vartan in 2019</a></p><p class="">Other Links:</p><p class=""><a href="https://steveyeager.bandcamp.com">Steve Yeager</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://malletech.com/artist/eric-sammut/">Eric Sammut</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7JcDD6vP7Yg6YMYxM9VpvB?si=gLlqexy6TS-Rw2bn_E9kjg">Pete’s <em>Marimba</em> album</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDpFlANWvdhdQ&start_radio=1&v=pFlANWvdhdQ">“Shadows of the Night” - Pat Benatar</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://angelabeeching.com">Angela Myles Beeching</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RD8Z_SOobHOw4&start_radio=1&v=8Z_SOobHOw4">“Don’t Fence Me In” - Gene Autry</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDZPfI8zBWub4&start_radio=1&v=ZPfI8zBWub4">“Crowded Table” - The Highwomen</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDjFycqnOpifQ&start_radio=1&v=jFycqnOpifQ">Nickel Creek’s NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://nancyzeltsman.com">Nancy Zeltsman</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.sfcm.edu/study/faculty/jack-van-geem">Jack van Geem</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.marimbaone.com/community/marimbaoneartists/ivana-bilic">Ivana Bilic</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.maurices.com?camp=SEM%7CGOOG%7CMAU%7CCNV%7Ctin_mau_sem_gg_cvr_br_us_core%7Ctin_mau_sem_gg_cvr_br_us_core%7C%7C731255516566%7C13656225599%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C&camp=SEM%7CACQ%7CGOOG%7CBRAND%7CSITEWIDEtin_mau_sem_gg_cvr_br_us_core%7C%7Cmaurices%7C13656225599%7C731255516566%7C&gad_campaignid=13656225599&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD1p5DyAKRePSQdIlAhAsmg7Fs_cH&gclid=CjwKCAjwyYPOBhBxEiwAgpT8P_d12hMaBb5YtszHo8n8wIT_s2P42YSS5MDfOpWS_5DLCYq-OWyC5BoCljIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds">Maurice’s</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5JmEheF8M">Katarzyna Mycka</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://pas.org/keiko-abe/">Keiko Abe</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX6btxoFhI8"><em>The Emperor’s New Groove</em> trailer</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZOZwUQKu3E"><em>The Devil Wears Prada</em> trailer</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPE0f-MB_bQ"><em>The Little Mermaid</em> trailer</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YqFImp2xx8"><em>Rebecca</em> trailer</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17899948-rebecca"><em>Rebecca</em> - Daphne du Maurier</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10210.Jane_Eyre?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9"><em>Jane Eyre</em> - Charlotte Brontë</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173754979-james?ref=nav_sb_ss_4_6"><em>James</em> - Percival Everett</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RD0Id5_85mTv0&start_radio=1&v=0Id5_85mTv0">“Kin” - Pat Metheny</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p>
