Results for "Kenny Banks Jr."

Black Gold Orchestra: Genesis

by Jack Bowers
December 8, 2023

Two years after it was formed by drummer Larry Wilson in 2021, the impressive Atlanta, Georgia-based Black Gold Orchestra has released its debut album, Genesis, a handsome medley of original compositions by Wilson and saxophonist Frank Houston complementing others by Cedar Walton, Horace Silver, Charles Earland and OutKast (a.k.a. Andre Benjamin). Even though ...

Michael Ragonese: Stracci

by Pierre Giroux
August 24, 2023

It would probably be a hyperbole to say that young jazz pianists are “a dime a dozen." Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that there are some stellar younger jazz pianists working today, such as Emmet Cohen, Kenny Banks Jr., and Paul Cornish, and that if you are going to play in this league, ...

Legacy

By Tony Hightower

Label: Hightower Legacy Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Can't Hide Love; The Doll Gee Baby, Ain't It Good To You Rendezvous All To The Good Plain Jane Need You The Gift Love and Happiness Here's To Life

Kenny Banks

Kenny Banks - pianist, composer, arranger and performer who slips effortlessly among musical styles while retaining his own distinct sound. This Columbus Ohio native has been studying and playing since the age of seven. He first developed his gift through the church, which led him to study music at Central State University. Following graduation, Kenny taught vocal music in the Columbus Public Schools before pursuing his dreams by touring as a clinician, keyboardist, musical director and producer across the United States and other parts of the world. Kenny has appeared on BET and the Image Awards

Drummers As Leaders

by Jerome Wilson
December 23, 2018

Drummers are not necessarily the first musicians you think of as bandleaders but there is a long tradition of drummer-leaders in jazz from Chick Webb and Gene Krupa to Art Blakey and Paul Motian. Here are two current, lesser-known drummers who keep that lineage going in different formats. Enrique Haneine The Mind's Mural ...