Kevin Mahogany

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Kevin Mahogany (2007)

Kevin Mahogany (born July 30, 1958 in Kansas City (Missouri) ; † December 17, 2017 there ) was an American jazz singer .

Live and act

Mahogany began with piano and clarinet (which he also taught in high school), switched to the baritone saxophone at the age of twelve and in the same year played in Eddie Baker's "New Breek Orchestra", which he did in high school, in which he also played in various marching and orchestral bands, continued. In the final year of high school, however, he was more drawn to singing, which he continued in his own vocal group at Baker University in Kansas, where he studied music and theater from 1976 to 1981. After graduation, he played in his hometown Kansas City in the 1980s in two of his own locally successful bands based on the rhythm and blues and soul of the 1960s, "Mahogany" and "The Apollos".

Mahogany developed his own style, but was also based on models such as "Lambert, Hendricks and Ross", Al Jarreau and Eddie Jefferson . In 1993 his debut album "Double Rainbow", produced by Gust Tsilis , was released by Enja with Kenny Barron on the piano. With Enja followed "You Got What it Takes" in 1993 (with Benny Golson ) and "Songs and Moments" in 1994. In 1995 he switched to Warner and in 1996 he recorded "Kevin Mahogany", a. a. with saxophonist Kirk Whalum . The album earned him excellent reviews nationwide. This was followed by Warner's “Another Time, Another Place” in 1997, “My Romance” in 1998 and “Portrait of Kevin Mahogany” in 2002. In 2002, Telarc released his Motown tribute “Pride and Joy”. Mahogany later founded his own label "Mahogany Jazz". There appeared in 2004 "To Johnny Hartman " and "Kevin Mahogany Big Band". In the field of jazz, he was involved in 41 recording sessions from 1992 to 2014, most recently with the Vienna Affair album (with Erwin Schmidt , Martin Spitzer , Joschi Schneeberger and Mario Gonzi ).

He took on the role of Jimmy Rushing in Robert Altman's film " Kansas City " .

Mahogany died of a heart attack on December 17, 2017, at the age of 59

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Timothy Finn: Jazz singer Kevin Mahogany, who had recently moved back to Kansas City, has died. Kansas City Star, December 18, 2017, accessed December 19, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 19, 2017)
  3. ↑ CJ Janovy: Kevin Mahogany, Internationally Known Jazz Vocalist From Kansas City, Dies At 59 . 18th December 2017.
  4. ↑ Timothy Finn: Kansas City jazz singer Kevin Mahogany has died . In: The Kansas City Star , December 18, 2017. 
personal data
SURNAME Mahogany, Kevin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Kansas City (Missouri)
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 2017
Place of death Kansas City (Missouri)