An Evening of Original Creative Jazz
The Steve Kenny Quintet - "Blue Chunks" is a Jazz concert show featuring the original works of Steve Kenny, a popular and engaging Jazz Trumpeter and band leader. His crowd-pleasing Blue Chunks suites have been presented at various Jazz venues over the last year, and this Crooners performance is a precursor to the ensemble going into the studio to document these tunes for release later in the year.
Steve Kenny: Trumpet
Dave Brattain: Saxophones
Kavyesh Kaviraj: Piano
Ted Olsen: Bass
Miguel Hurtado: Drums
Steve Kenny is active in the Minnesota Jazz community as a Performer, Composer and bandleader. Steve was the curator of a weekly Saturday Jazz series at kj's hideaway, and before that at the Black Dog Cafe, producing over 400 Saturday Night Jazz shows. His latest recording, "Quartets", includes original compositions played by 4 separate ensembles of Twin Cities Jazz musicians. in 2019, the national Jazz Journalists Association named Steve as a "Minnesota Jazz Hero" for his work in the Jazz community and lifelong devotion to the Idiom.
