Jazz Articles about K Quintet

Take Five with K Quintet

by AAJ Staff
March 6, 2020

Meet K Quintet K Quintet is led by world-renowned Russian dancer Ksenia Parkhatskaya on vocals and Irish musician-composer David Duffy on bass. Citing influences such as Oscar Peterson, Red Garland, and Ben Webster, standards by the likes of Duke Ellington, Richard Rodgers & Henry Mancini are subtly mixed with original 'classic' compositions, written by the husband-and-wife bandleaders. With more than 150 million views on Ksenia's dance videos which cover--amongst other styles--Ragtime, Charleston, Swing and Bebop, it ...