[JPL] Kenny Washington

[Nou Dadoun]

I've only recently heard about Kenny's singing but of course he's well known
as an impeccable percussionist and knowledgeable discographer.  First met
him in about 1990 when we presented Johnny Griffin's quartet (Michael
Weiss/Dennis Irwin/KW) here in Vancouver, a buddy and I drove them down to
Seattle afterwards where JG and MW were catching a flight and DI/KW were
settling in Tommy Flanagan for a week at Jazz Alley.  Everybody was playing
stump Kenny and we had a great time - incidentally JG mentioned that during
their week at Jazz Alley, Lucky Thompson dropped in to say hello which was
quite a surprise.

Said hello to KW again recently when he was here with Bill Charlap but I'm
keen to hear his vocalizing at some point, nobody's more immersed in the
music than Kenny is; I'll check it out, thanks for the link ... N

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:45 AM, TradeSecrets/Mancuso's <
TradeSecrets at comcast.net> wrote:

> Great to hear that others have heard & dig Kenny!!
>
> Important background info:
>
> The CD live at Anna's has pretty low production values and ALL the tracks
> save one have incorrect timings on them.
>
> Suggest you might use it to inform yourself, but not program on-air.
>
> "All Blues" is the only thing we and another KMHD presenter have ever
> played.
>
> Ciao,
>
> Jan
>
> Trade Secrets Consulting/KMHD
> Portland, OR
>
>
> Eric Jackson wrote:
>
> Two years ago when I was in San Francisco, my old friend, Melanie Berzon
> from KCSM told me that I had to see Kenny so I met up with Melanie and
> we caught a great set by Kenny with his band. I got a CD from him that
> night and then again later I got another. They were both by the Michael
> O'Neill Quintet featuring Kenny as the vocalist. This is Michael's
> website. http://www.mosax.com/index.htm Joe Locke is on one of those
> CDs. The CDs got a good response when I played them. Kenny has his own
> CD out. It's called Live At Anna's Jazz Island (That's the Berkley club
> where I heard him) Here is his website
> http://www.kennywashingtonvocalist.com/home.html
>
> Eric Jackson
> Mon - Thurs 8 pm - mid.
> 89.7 FM WGBH Boston
> www.wgbh.org/jazz
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