Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Veteran Jazz Bassist Tom Kennedy

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Jazz Bassist Tom Kennedy .. We talked about surviving COVID, his new 2024 album New Start .. Asone of the top electric and acoustic bass players on the planet, this his his 6th solo album and features the Grammy-winning and Modern Drummer Hall of Famer Dave Weckl, as well as performances from Eric Marienthal, Randy Brecker, Mike Stern, Bill Evans and others. His musical roots were on the acoustic bass, an instrument he started playing at age 9 and took to so naturally that within a few years he was performing with internationally known players such as Freddie Hubbard, James Moody, Nat Adderley, Sonny Stitt and Stan Kenton. Gaining a reputation that soon traveled beyond his native St. Louis, Tom relocated to New York City, where he quickly gained work with multiple groups. Dig this story…

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