Sweet Grooves of Kenny Banks Jr.
| Date: | Mon, Oct 28, 2024 |
| Time | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM |
Monday Night Jazz at Steve's
Featuring Kenny Banks, Jr.
Kenny started to play the piano at age seven. Training one-on-one with his father, Kenny Banks Sr. (also a pianist), he learned the fundamentals of music theory, jazz, and composition. Under the guidance of his mother Esther Banks, music director at St. Paul AME Church in Columbus, Ohio, the church became his first musical outlet, and it would be the training for the development of his musicality and professionalism.
Kenny is noted for his blended technique in mixing jazz and gospel styles. Downbeat Magazine describes his playing as “gospel and blues-infused” and calls his arrangements “thrilling, modern and surprising.” Jazziz Magazine notes his “deeply embodied gospel and soul roots” with “supple phrasing and effortless command of late 20th-century harmony.”
Kenny toured with the Theo Croker Quintet in China and accompanied Global Peace Song Award winner and Grammy-nominated trumpeter Darren English in the South African Jazz Festival. He has performed across the United States with such artists as Jennifer Holiday, Jazzmeia Horn, India Arie, and Phife Dog of A Tribe Called Quest.
From his base in Atlanta, Kenny has been a part of several films and television productions including HBO’s “Bessie” starring Queen Latifah, “Jacob’s Ladder” with Michael Ealy, “Star” on Fox, “Married to Medicine,” and a Gil Evans documentary for executive producer Terence Blanchard.
Joining Kenny for this evening's performance will be Quincy Davis on drums and Spencer Paulsen on bass for an intimate night of jazz.
So join us for another amazing Monday Night of Music at Steve's.
$15 reservations and $20 the day of the performance.