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Kenny leads or co-leads the groups “But the Monster is Sick” (with Owen Stewart-Robertson, Dan Peck, and Devin Gray); Laila and Smitty (with Jeremiah Lockwood, Myk Freedman, Josh Meyers, and Carlo Costa); NOOK (with J.P. Schlegelmilch, Jeremy Viner, James Windsor-Wells, and Ben Gallina); Hala Hala (with J.P. Schlegelmilch, Greg Chudzick, and Jeff Davis); Trio (with Will McEvoy, and Flin Van Hemmen). Kenny composes music for all of these groups.
Kenny is in Slavic Soul Party, Tom Chess’ Bandit Hat, Noah Garbedian’s Sextet, Mariel Berger’s Paper Snakes, Martin Urbach’s Grupo De Paz Mundial, and Brian Prunka’s Nashaz. He has performed with Tony Malaby’s Novela, The Sway Machinery, Matt Bauder’s Day in Pictures, The Bobby Avey Quartet, and Butch Morris’ Trumpet Nation.
Kenny has also performed and/or recorded with The Walkmen, Akron/Family, Spoon, Devotchka, Beirut, The Gay Blades, Robert Stillman, Maria Neckam, The Greg Mayo Band, Brian Bonz and the Major Crimes, Dan Romer, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Abby Payne.
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The Angelica Sanchez Nonet: Nighttime Creatures
by Angelo Leonardi
Pubblicato dalla Pyroclastic Records, Nighttime Creatures è il magistrale debutto del nonet della pianista Angelica Sanchez, organico che riunisce alcuni protagonisti della scene musicali di New York, Los Angeles e San Francisco: i sassofonisti Chris Speed e Michael Attias, il clarinettista Ben Goldberg, il cornettista Kenny Warren, il trombettista Thomas Heberer, il chitarrista Omar Tamez, il contrabbassista John Hébert e il batterista Sam Ospovat. Trasferitasi nel 1994 a New York da Phoenix (Arizona), Angelica è parte dell'Exploding ...
read moreMountain Coast: Phases
by Mark Sullivan
Mountain Coast is a Denver-based collective which comes out of a 15-year partnership between guitarist Dave Devine and synthesist Michael Bailey. Phases follows their debut recording Watch Peak (Self Produced, 2021), with Devine and Bailey joined by new band mate trumpeter Kenny Warren. It is a true pandemic album, recorded remotely but with some interaction between the parts. Warren's trumpet and Devine's guitar tracks were processed by Bailey with effects, samplers and modular synthesizers. This procedure created new layers to ...
read moreWebber / Morris Big Band: Both Are True
by John Sharpe
On Both Are True Canadian composers and reed players Anna Webber and Angela Morris reimagine the language of the big band. They extend the tradition through adventurous arrangements spiced with the unpredictability of improv, by co-opting the nimbleness of a much smaller group, and reveling in non-standard techniques. Webber has already garnered plaudits for the work of her Simple Trio with Matt Mitchell and John Hollenbeck, while Morris' ventures such as the Motel Trio boast a lower profile so far. ...
read moreKenny Warren Quartet: Thank You For Coming To Life
by Roger Farbey
Born in Denver, Colorado Kenny Warren is now an established member of the New York improvised music scene having moved to NYC in 2002. He's been kept busy with various projects including his folk-jazz outfit Laila and Smitty, and playing with pianist Bobby Avey and tenor saxophonist Tony Malaby amongst many others. Listening to this set entirely composed by Warren, the perceived mood is one of angularity. The opener Stones Change" is indicative of the territory in which ...
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Nighttime Creatures
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From: PhasesBy Kenny Warren