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Joe Kennedy - No Turning Back (NOW ON itunes)

About Me

Joe Kennedy’s musical artistry is a welcome change to the stale environment in today’s vocoder-worshipping music industry. His dexterous combinations of Blues and Jazz recall classic performers while boldly paving a new path that is entirely his own.Kennedy knew he was destined for greatness the day he placed his fingers on a piano at age eight. He began studying Jazz at age 15 and, at 16, was attending local Blues jams where the performers took him under his wing and invited him on tour when he turned 18 where he learned the ropes of performance, showmanship and crowd interaction in his home state of Wisconsin and in Illinois.After years of working with other artists, he released his solo debut album, Submerged, in 2004. The album’s combination of Blues and Jazz was a critical hit and an underground sensation that earned him the “Best Blues Pianist” award the same year in a statewide competition. He continued his success with The Straight Ahead EP in 2006 and 2008’s No Turning Back.His style has been compared to that of Harry Connick Jr., James Taylor and Ray Charles and draws influence from a wide pool of influential artists such as Paul Simon, Richard Tee, Debussy and Satie. Piano fanatics will notice shades of Gene Harris, Ramsey Lewis, Herbie Hancock and other piano masters.Kennedy fully embraces the praise (and criticism) that his distinct style receives. “My style is too jazzy for blues and too bluesy for jazz,” he says, “so I have been told. I like to take a jazz song and make it dirty,” he explains, “or take a rough blues tune and clean it up just enough to get the story across on the piano instead of guitar.”Kennedy, a University of Wisconsin-Parkside alumnus, received his Master’s of Music Degree in Jazz Performance from the University of Las Vegas where he studied with Dave Loeb, Bruce Paulson and Tom Warrington. He was also the Graduate Assistant for the school’s Jazz department where he coordinated all student performances as the Jazz Event Coordinator.Joe Kennedy continues to grace audiences with his music in Las Vegas where he currently resides.Watch Joe on Piano and Vocals at the Rhythm Dogs Jam Session in Wisconsin march, 2007. It also features Mark on Guitar. Dig. . . ..
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Member Since: 30/07/2005
Band Website: www.bigjoekennedy.com
Band Members: Joe has been recording his 2nd cd. This record has Jared Logan on Drums and Mike Gudbaur on Bass. Also adding are Amiee Creutz on background vox, Cooper on Acoustic Guitar, Andy Gelles on Electric Guitar, Mark Rogers on Electric Guitar, Lindsay Shank ..o.
Influences: Jazz, Blues, BB King, Dr John, Professor Longhair, Ray Charles, Keith Jarrett, Ahmad Jamal, Dan Trudell, Monty Alexander, Paul Smith, Harry Connick Jr., Michael Buble, Mama Digdown's Brass Band, YoungBlood Brass Band, Funk, George Clinton, James Brown, Rock, Billy Joel, James Taylor. . . . .To Get Joe's 1st CD Submerged click Add To Cart.Buy merch from Joe Kennedy at www.zazzle.com/joekennedytrio
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Sounds Like: Jazz, Blues, Funky Jazz, heart and soul, a good time. . . .In Memory of Robbie D...

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Record Label: Erudite Records-Joe Kennedy Trio
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New music on www.bigjoekennedy.com

I have been working on my Master's of Music Degree from UNLV and it is coming to a close. Feb 11. 2009 I had my Master's Recital at The Flamingo Library Theater, part of the Clark County Library Distr...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:20:00 GMT

No Turning Back is NOW available on itunes and more. . . .

Check the following sites to purchase the new cd No Turning Back: iTunes iTunes U.S. iTunes Australia/N.Z. iTunes Canada iTunes UK/European Union iTunes Japan Other Stores: Rhapsody Napster eMusic Gro...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:00:00 GMT

No Turning Back

My NEW CD No Turning Back is NOW Available. It can be purchased by emailing me at [email protected] or emailing Juley at [email protected] or call me at 262.497.8969 or call 262.634.4835 and leav...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:38:00 GMT

My New CD is available on snocap

I JUST GOT MY CD UP AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ONLINE. THE NEW CD NoTurning Back is available on my myspace site under the snocap downloadplayer. It will be available in the upcoming months on itunes,rhap...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:31:00 GMT

New Video on Youtube

Hey, there is a new video of me on youtube.  It is also on my page here, so scroll down and take a look at it.  Take the A Train, a classic.  Dig. . . to search youtube, look up - joe k...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:20:00 GMT

NEW MUSIC on Website

Hey everyone, I have been sitting in each week at a club with some friends, and there have been some recordings made.  On my website, www.bigjoekennedy.com I have put some tunes  up under J...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:34:00 GMT

No Turning Back Album Update

My newest project is wrapping up.  The album No Turning Back tracking is finished.  Jared Logan was the engineer, and co-producer with me.  He also played drums on the entire album, as ...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:54:00 GMT

Still Laying down Tracks

Hey.  I am still laying down tracks for my sophmore release, no turning back.  Jared and I are meeting in the studio at 1:00 today, more on Friday and Saturday.  Mike Gudbaur is still t...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:30:00 GMT

DO YOU WANT FREE JOE KENNEDY MUSIC??

Hey, I will be giving away free music to all members of my email mailing list.  To sign up, go to www.bigjoekennedy.com and enter your email address and name.  I will be attaching mp3's to e...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:25:00 GMT

VEGAS BABY VEGAS

Hey all,  Just a notice to all my friends.  I was accepted into the Graduate Program at University of Nevada Las Vegas to get my Masters Degree in Jazz Piano Performance.  I will be mov...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:58:00 GMT