Biography: Ken Colyer, Ken Field's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Ken Filiano, Ken Hanna, Kai Winding, Ken Kersey, Ken Mackintosh, Ken McIntyre, Ken Navarro, Ken Peplowski,

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Ken Colyer
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Genre: Jazz

As one of England’s leading trad jazz exponents, Ken Colyer’s influence would have been confined to his own country were it not for a spin-off that would inadvertently lead to great changes in the music world at large

Ken Field's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Biography, Photos, Pictures

Ken Field's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
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Genre: Jazz

The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble was co-founded in Boston by alto saxophonist Ken Field and trumpeter Scott Getchell Their 2003 album, Year of the Snake, though building from a New Orleans brass band base, adds eclectic modern influences from funk, soul, avant-garde, and more

Ken Filiano
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Genre: Jazz

Active since the early 1980s, bassist Ken Filiano has contributed to two dozen albums during the 1990s alone, most of them pertaining to creative jazz — from post-bop to free improvisation

Ken Hanna
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Genre: Jazz

Not as well known as the cartoon team of Hanna and Barbara, the team of Hanna and Kenton were responsible for a massive pile of big band arrangements and recordings Making his reputation in no small way by presenting and encouraging the progressive jazz works of young composers and arrangers, bandleader Stan Kenton featured Ken Hanna in his notoriously ear-bending trumpet section during the second half of the ’40s

Kai Winding
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Genre: Jazz

One of the finest trombonists to emerge from the bebop era, Kai Winding was always to an extent overshadowed by JJ Johnson, although they co-led one of the most popular jazz groups of the mid-’50s

Ken Kersey
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Genre: Jazz

One of the great swing transitional pianists of the 1940’s (along with Nat King Cole), Ken Kersey never became too famous but he was very highly rated by his fellow musicians

Ken Mackintosh Biography, Photos, Pictures

Saxophonist Ken Mackintosh led one of the most popular and long-running British big bands of the postwar era, scoring a massive hit with 1953’s swing classic “The Creep

Ken McIntyre Biography, Photos, Pictures

Ken McIntyre
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Genre: Jazz

A versatile player with a thoughtful style who can play quite freely, Ken McIntyre has never been a major name in jazz despite his talents After serving in the military and graduating from the Boston Conservatory, he arrived in New York in 1960 and made a strong impression

Ken Navarro
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Genre: Jazz

Contemporary jazz guitarist Ken Navarro was born June 9, 1953, in Lafayette, IN; he began his career as a Los Angeles session player, working on projects headlined by everyone from Doc Severinsen to Nell Carter to Dave Koz

Ken Peplowski Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the top clarinetists of the 1990s and a very talented tenor player, Ken Peplowski has helped keep the tradition of small-group swing (and occasionally Dixieland) alive