Kenwood Dennard
Kenwood Marshall Dennard (born March 1, 1956 in Brooklyn ) is an American drummer , pianist and singer in the field of jazz and fusion as well as music teacher.
Live and act
Dennard's mother is Gloria DeNard ; his parents were both singers. He started playing the piano at the age of three and drums at the age of eight; he also sang in a gospel choir in which Luther Vandross also played. After studying at the Manhattan School of Music and in Berklee (with Alan Dawson 1973–1976), he had lessons with Nadia Boulanger in 1975 . He had his first professional jobs in 1976 with Pat Martino and in 1977 in the jazz rock band Brand X , where he replaced Phil Collins ; afterwards he worked as a freelance musician a. a. with Dizzy Gillespie ,Phyllis Hyman , Pharoah Sanders and Manhattan Transfer . Since 1984 he has appeared as a one-man band ( Metarhythmic Orchestra ) as a singer, keyboard player and drummer. He also directed the Quintessence and Turn of the Century formations from 1984 to 1987 ; he also worked freelance with Lew Soloff ( Hanali Bay , 1983), Wayne Shorter , Harry Belafonte , Bobby McFerrin , Sting ( ... Nothing Like the Sun , 1987) and Gil Evans ; from 1985 to 1987 he was a member of Jaco Pastorius' band .
In the 1990s he worked with Larry Coryell , was a member of the Jonas Hellborg Group, the band of Stanley Jordan , Howard Johnson's formation Gravity and the tuba formation of Dave Bargeron , and he also performed with Miles Davis , Gil Evans and the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band in 1991 at the Montreux Jazz Festival . In the trio EB3 he played with Michele Rosewoman and Robin Eubanks .
In 1992 he recorded the fusion album Just Advance (Big World) under his own name ; contributing musicians were Marcus Miller and Hiram Bullock . In the 2000s he played with Rodney Jones .
In addition to his work as a musician, Dennard also works as a music teacher. a. Jackie Barnes, Jay Rosen , Ken Serio and Paul Goldberg. He also wrote a number of articles on music educational topics and published the DVD The Studio / Touring Drummer . He is now a professor at the Berklee School of Music.
Discographic notes
- Larry Coryell: Sketches of Coryell (Shanachie, 1996)
- Miles Davis: Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux (Warner, 1991)
- Rodney Jones: Soul Manifesto Live! (Savant, 2003)
- Pat Martino: Stone Blue ( Blue Note Records , 1998)
- Jaco Pastorius: Punk Jazz (Big World, 1986)
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- Bielefeld Catalog 2002
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dennard, Kenwood |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dennard, Kenwood Marshall (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn |