Ken Chaney

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Kenneth "Ken" Chaney (born December 21, 1938 in Edmonton , Canada , † December 19, 2012 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American jazz pianist , composer and music teacher .

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Chaney grew up in Edmonton, led dance bands as a teenager, and moved first to Detroit , then to Chicago in the early 1960s . In 1965 he participated in the first sessions of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and in 1967 he worked with Muhal Richard Abrams and Jodie Christian . During this time he began working as a music teacher and taught music theory . With the soul jazz trio Young-Holt Unlimited led by Red Holt , he recorded the title Soulful Strut , an instrumental version of the song Am I the Same Girl , which sold over a million copies and reached # 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts . After Young-Holt Unlimited dissolved in the early 1970s, Chaney founded the post- hardbop sextet The Awakening , which played in the style of Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers , supplemented by the electric piano and musical borrowings from Woody Shaw and Pharoah Sanders . In the band played u. a. Frank Gordon , Steve Galloway and Ari Brown . The Awakening recorded two albums on Black Jazz ; In 1972 the album Hear, Sense And Feel was released , followed by Mirage (1973). The group later reunited for the Chicago Jazz Festival in 1998 .

In the following years Chaney led other bands, initially from 1973 his Experience , with which he toured internationally and recorded several albums. The group was voted Best Jazz Band in Chicago at the Ninth Annula Reggae Awards ; In 1992 she received first prize at the Hennesy Best of Chicago Jazz Search.
He also worked in the Jazz Institute Chicago (JIC) Jazz Links program and ran monthly jam sessions at the Chicago Cultural Center . During his career, Chaney u. a. with John Klemmer (with whom he also made several albums), Milt Jackson , Eddie Harris , Slide Hampton and David Fathead Newman , he also worked with Chicago musicians such as Dee Alexander , Kimberly Gordon and Steve Hashimoto . He was also artistic director of the JIC concert series Jazz City and Bebop Brass for many years .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Edmonton Journal obituary , February 9, 2013
  2. ↑ The album Brand New Feeling was only released in 1976 by Ovation, u. a. with Rufus Reid . The Awakening at Discogs (English)
  3. ↑ Portrait (AACM)
personal data
SURNAME Chaney, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chaney, Kenneth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Canada
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 2012
Place of death Chicago