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Kenny Millions: Those Were The Days/Mixed Nuts

by Mark Corroto
February 1, 2001

Keshavan Maslak a.k.a. Kenny Millions believes that modern jazz must have a sense of humor. His outsider status in the avant community (probably self-imposed) comes from his utter lack of musical sobriety. Born of Ukrainian ancestry, Keshavan Maslak played in R&B bands in Detroit before moving on to New York’s loft scene and an eventually becoming a US expatriate in Amsterdam. He has since moved to Florida, set up operations in his Sushi Blues Cafe, and begun issuing recordings on ...

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Kenny Millions: Humanplexity/Mixed Nuts/Those Were The Days

by Mark Corroto
February 1, 2001

Imagine John Zorn with a sense of humor, or a least imagine him telling a joke not at your expense and you have an idea where Keshavan Maslak a.k.a. Kenny Millions is coming from. His outsider status in the avant community (probably self-imposed) comes from his utter lack of musical sobriety. Born of Ukranian ancestry, Keshavan Maslak played in R&B bands in Detroit before moving on to New York’s loft scene and an eventually becoming a US expatriot in Amsterdam. ...