[JPL] Kenny Washington

[Len Dobbin]

DIFFERENT Kenny Washington!

Len
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nou Dadoun" <nou.dadoun at gmail.com>
To: <jazzproglist at jazzweek.com>
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [JPL] Kenny Washington


> 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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