Kenny Dennis

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Kenny Dennis (born May 27, 1930) is a

In 1957, Dennis performed in Sonny Rollins's Trio with bassist Wendell Marshall at Carnegie Hall—a historic performance that was commemorated in 2007 with a 50th anniversary concert. Dennis moved to California, when Miles Davis recommended him to Lena Horne. Recording credits include recordings with such artists as Michel Legrand, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Nancy Wilson, Gerald Wilson and poet Langston Hughes.

Since 1997 he has been an assistant director of the Lab Band at the award winning Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. He and his wife Nancy Wilson were married from 1960 to 1970. Their son, Kacy (né Kenneth Dennis, Jr.) was born in 1963.^[1]

Discography

As sideman

• Roy Ayers, West Coast Vibes (United Artists, 1963)
• Burt Bacharach, Blue Note Plays Burt Bacharach (Blue Note, 2004 )
• Miles Davis, Facets (CBS, 1967)
• Dodo Greene, Ain't What You Do (Time, 1959)
• Johnny Griffin, The Congregation (Blue Note, 1957)
• Slide Hampton, Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (Strand, 1961)
• Slide Hampton, Two Sides of Slide (Fresh Sound, 1994)
• Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues with Langston Hughes (MGM, 1958)
• Michel Legrand, Legrand Jazz (Columbia, 1958)
• Michel Legrand, Michel Legrand Meets Miles Davis (Philips, 1970)
• Sonny Rollins, Plays (Period, 1956)
• Sonny Stitt, 37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt (Roost, 1957)
• Sonny Stitt, Personal Appearance (Verve, 1959)
• Sonny Stitt, Symphony Hall Swing (Savoy, 1986)
• Billy Taylor, One for Fun (Atlantic, 1959)
• Mal Waldron, Mal/4: Trio (New Jazz, 1958)
• Nancy Wilson, Guess Who I Saw Today (Capitol, 2005)

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