Kenny Banks, JR. | Sunday, 9/26

FREE | Sunday, September 26, 5:30 p.m. | Live Streaming at Savannah Station

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.” 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.

In 2003, Kenny entered the broader world of music with the Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra, and he joined the orchestra in tours of Peru, Canada across Europe. In 2009, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia to pursue his musical career full time. He has performed across the world and the United States with such artists as the Thow Croker Quintent, Jennifer Holiday, Jazzmeia Horn, India Arie and Phife Dog of A Tribe Called Quest. In 2019, Kenny was a finalist in the 2019 American Pianists Awards and performed to great acclaim in solo and trio formats, as well as with Grammy-winning vocalist Kurt Elling.

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