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Kenny Pexton

A big dark sound and a penchant for melodic inventiveness are immediately apparent when Kenny Pexton picks up his tenor sax or clarinet. “If your tone is happening, then you can play whatever notes you want and it will sound good.” These words are at the heart of Kenny’s approach to music and he stays committed to this foundation across varying styles, meters, grooves, and harmonies. Kenny spent the past five years in Boston and during that time he played with many great musicians including Dave Holland, Don Byron, Rakalam Bob Moses, Cecil McBee, Jason Palmer, Frank Carlberg, Zaccai Curtis, Andre Hayward, Dan Tepfer, Richie Barshay, Jorge Roeder and Esperanza Spaulding

Playing It Forward: A Pair From Vibraphonist Anthony Smith

by Dan Bilawsky
December 11, 2015

There are two ways to look at the vibraphone: as an instrument with constructional properties that limit those who stand before it or as a portal to possibility that challenges players to rise above those limitations. Anybody with a pragmatic bone in their body understands and accepts the former as a truth of sorts, as yarn ...

Take Five with Anthony Smith

by Anthony Smith
October 14, 2015

About Anthony Smith: Anthony Smith has been playing piano and vibraphone, as well as various keyboards, professionally for twenty-five years. He has released numerous recordings, worked in a variety of genres, and toured extensively as both a leader and a sideman, with many different projects. His last jazz vibraphone recording, Connections, made it to the ...

Anthony Smith Quintet CD Release At Cornelia St. Cafe: "Play It Forward"

September 27, 2015

Established Vibraphonist/Composer Anthony Smith Starts Fresh in New York City, Releases New Double-Recording, Play It Forward, Volume One and Two Release Concert at Cornelia St. Café, October 4th, 2015, 9pm Recording Features Rising Stars of NYC Jazz Scene: Syberen Van Munster (guitar), Petros Klampanis (bass), Kenny Pexton (saxophone), Mark Ferber (drums) A couple years ago, vibraphonist/pianist/composer ...

Walking Distance: Neighborhood

by Dan Bilawsky
January 4, 2015

If any group can turn the concept of ebb and flow into a fully realized art form, it's Walking Distance. This New York-based foursome thrives on architectural schemes connected to the expansion and contraction of musical materials, presenting sounds that can appear disjointed, yet demonstrating congruence in their expression(s) all the while. Different players push and ...