Clarence Penn, 'Rhythmic Intoxication' And Thelonious Monk Faced with a guest's musical CV longer than his own arm, the wise radio host takes a tag-team approach to conversing with in-demand drummer, composer, bandleader, producer and teacher Clarence Penn. In this edition of Musician's Spotlight, John Floridis and Montana drummer and percussionist Ed Stalling hold radio rhythm-camp with the versatile, highly respected, chops-rich Penn. Since his arrival in New York in 1991, a chronological short-list of top-flight musicians Clarence Penn has collaborated with includes Ellis and Wynton Marsalis (as a student at Virginia Commonwealth University, Penn was a protégé of Ellis), Betty Carter, Stanley Clarke, Steps Ahead, Makoto Ozone, Michael Brecker, Dave Douglas, Maria Schneider, Luciana Souza, Richard Galliano, and Fourplay. His discography includes several hundred studio albums (including the Grammy-winning recordings