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Robert Kennedy

Robert Kennedy currently plays jazz organ and piano in straight-ahead settings,
and accordion in the Gypsy Jazz group Mission Hot Club.
Born and raised in the American South, Robert has lived and worked in the San
Francisco bay area since 1988. He played piano in the Stanford University Jazz
Band and studied jazz piano with the great jazz pianist, band director, and
educator Bill Bell.
Robert was a founding member of the groups Hip Pocket Jazz Quintet and
Double Funk Crunch, and has had the pleasure of playing venues such as Yoshi's,
the Boom Boom Room, the Agenda Lounge (back in the day) and the SFJAZZ
Miner Auditorium with renowned players such as Nancy Wright, Calvin Keys, Will
Weston, Terrence Brewer, and many more, playing jazz, blues, R&B, and rock and
roll.
Among his many inspirations Robert counts the playing of Jack McDuff, Billy
Childs, Larry Goldings, Herbie Hancock, and Tony Monaco.
Closer To Home

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: Wild Bill; Dat Dere; Robert’s Reflection; Come On, Come In; Do You Know a Good Thing (When You See One)?; Sista Rissy;
Rakin’ and Scrapin’; Carrot Cake; Sandu; Alligator Strut.
Robert Kennedy: Closer To Home

Robert Kennedy has an interesting story: by day he works for Google; by night he is an organist in the San Francisco jazz scene. Though it is not unusual for musicians to have two careers these days, as let's face it, musicians are still being paid rates from the '70s for playing music. Kennedy hails originally ...