Kenny Washington (singer)
Kenny Washington ( Clark Kent , born December 9, 1957 in New Orleans ) is an American jazz singer.
Washington started out as a gospel singer in a Baptist church in his hometown. His interest in jazz was sparked when he saw clarinetist Alvin Batiste with a band in high school that also included Branford and Wynton Marsalis . He studied music at Xavier University and has performed with various jazz, rhythm and blues and pop bands since 1979 .
With the 1980s he went to the US Navy. In 1986 he became a member of the US Navy Band , with whom he performed as a singer and saxophonist in the USA, Russia, Asia and Australia over the next nine years.
In 1995 Washington settled in the Los Angeles area. He has appeared in Roy Nathanson's jazz theater production Fire at Keaton's Bar & Grill with Elvis Costello , Deborah Harry and Nancy King in New York and London; In 2000 an album of the project was released on Six Degrees Records .
Discography
- Fire at Keaton's Bar & Grill , 2000
- The Long and the Short of It , Michael O'Neill Quartet, featuring Kenny Washington, 2004
- Slammin 'All Body Band , 2005
Web links
- Site of Kenny Washington (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Washington, Kenny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kent, Clark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |