Kenny Hing

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Kenneth Allen "Kenny" Hing (born October 25, 1935 in Portland (Oregon) ; † January 19, 2019 in Tigard ) was an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , clarinet , flute ), who was mainly known through his membership in the Count Basie Orchestra will be remembered.

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In 1946, Hing had lessons from Eddy Flenner. He first worked in the orchestras of Johnny Reitz and Wally Heider, in the 1960s in Las Vegas, where his first recordings with the orchestra of Tommy Vig were made in 1967 ( The Sound of the Seventies , Milestone). In the following years he mostly worked in big bands, a. a. with Rick Davis & Raoul Romero, from 1977 with Count Basie , in whose orchestra he replaced Jimmy Forrest and was then also heard as a soloist; Hing stayed with the Basie Orchestra for 25 years.

He can also be heard on Basie's recordings with guest soloists such as Frank Sinatra , Ella Fitzgerald , Diane Schuur , Caterina Valente , Lena Horne , Sarah Vaughan and George Benson . He was also involved in productions by Milt Jackson , Cleveland Eaton , Ed Polcer , Grover Mitchell , Buck Clayton , a total of 42 recording sessions between 1967 and 1999 , according to Tom Lord . In 1999, Hing recorded the album The Little King under his own name (with Bob Ojeda, Michael Abene , David Jackson, Dennis Mackrel ). Most recently he lived in Oregon.

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  1. ↑ Obituary
  2. ^ Coda Magazine, Issues 223-229. J. Norris, 1988
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 1, 2019)
  4. ↑ Report of death at. In: Local 802. October 1, 2019, accessed on October 1, 2019 .
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SURNAME Hung, Kenny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hing, Kenneth Allen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (woodwind instruments)
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland, Oregon
DATE OF DEATH 19th January 2019
Place of death Tigard