Instruments:
Guitar, Tenor Banjo and Good Phone
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Birthday:
July 24, 1971
Music
Education:
Capital University
Eastman School of Music
Virginia Commonwealth University (B.A. cum laude)
Master Classes with: John Scofield, John Abercrombie,
Joe Lavano, Joey DeFrancesco, Guenther Schuller, Lennie Pickett, Gene
Bertoncini, The Count Basie Orchestra, etc.
Favorite
Cocktail: Whiskey Sour
Above photo courtesy from The Monsters of The Midday
Show
- Real Radio 104.1, Orlando,
from one of our many in-studio performances. The photo below was taken
by John Kozan.
Other groups I've played with:
- Federal Focus Jazz Band
- Fifth Dimension (yes, they're still alive)
- VCU Jazz Orchestra
- The original 'Maria' from West Side Story (I
forgot her real name)
- Many small groups
as band leader and sideman
- "Kids of the Kingdom" band and 'Tarzan
stage show' at Walt Disney World
- 'Bowser' from Sha-na-na (again, I forgot his
real name)
- Ray Gelato (In the States and in Europe)
There's many more that aren't worth mentioning
or, you guessed it, I forgot their name...
Musical
Influences:
- Pat Metheny
- John Abercrombie
- John Scofield
- Wes Montgomery
- Miles Davis
- Gene Bertoncini
- Freddie Green
And all of the talented musicians I've had the
pleasure of working with - it was nice playing with some of you guys.
Funniest
Swingerhead Moment: At the Grand Cypress: being told
at 7:55 that our 9:30 downbeat had been moved to 8:00. I wasn't dressed
and my suit was in my room (across the length of the hotel and up
7 floors). I was back to the stage in about 7 minutes.
And then there's that "B.R.K.F.".
Personal
Motto: "Don't dish it out if you can't take it
and if ya got nothin' nice to say... (I don't need your help, I can
decide for myself, thank you)."
Kevin has
been strummin' and chunkin' with Swingerhead since August 5, 1999
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