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Ken Husbands

Ken Husbands is a jazz guitarist based in Oakland CA.  He has released four albums of original music as leader:  Unique Clear Formula (2008), Back Up Over (2010) , Keepin’ it Going (2014), and Soleil Pourri (2020).


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Album Review

Ken Husbands Trio: Keepin' It Going

Read "Keepin' It Going" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


San Francisco Bay area guitarist Ken Husbands is a well-travelled man. He grew up in Massachusetts, lived in Paris for a few years then moved to Oakland, California, in 2005. Along the way he's gained a PhD and developed an electric guitar style that encompasses many influences from jazz, fusion and other genres yet avoids sounding derivative. Keepin' It Going is credited to the Ken Husbands Trio. The trio is tight, the writing is fresh and the feel is upbeat. ...

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Album Review

Ken Husbands Trio: Keepin' it Going

Read "Keepin' it Going" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


When your PhD dissertation targets jazz in French culture, it might not be the most logical hypothesis that you would musically favor funk-fusion. For the northern California-based guitarist Ken Husbands and his trio, the fusion route is based in personal histories within the sub-genre. The results of the players' collective musical journeys are documented on the trio release Keepin' it Going. Bassist Aaron Germain had featured French fusion guitarist Nguyen Le on his imaginative world beat album Chance (Origin Records, ...

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Primary Instrument

Guitar

Location

Oakland

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Keepin' It Going

First Orbit Sounds
2014

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