Kenny Washington – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Kenny Washington is a jazz musician who plays drum kit. Kenny Washington was born on 29 May 1958 in Staten Island. The music is usually filed under jazz.

Kenny Washington (born May 29, 1958) is an American jazz drummer and music writer born in Staten Island, New York. His brother is bassist Reggie Washington. He grew up in the Stapleton Houses and attended P.S. 14. He studied at The High School of Music & Art, graduating in 1976. He has worked with Ronnie Mathews, Lee Konitz, Betty Carter, Johnny Griffin, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, George Cables, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Ahmad Jamal, Sonny Stitt, James Spaulding, Phil Woods, Bill Charlap, Bobby Watson, Curtis Lundy, and Tommy Flanagan. Washington serves on the faculty of SUNY Purchase and The Juilliard School. Washington's essays on contemporary and historical jazz figures have been featured in numerous jazz album releases and reissues.

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Albums where Kenny Washington is credited as a sideman

1984	Tough Tenors Back Again! — Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis	drums (drum set)
1986	Go for Whatcha Know — Jimmy Smith	drums (drum set)
1988	Master of Sax — Johnny Griffin	drums (drum set)
1988	Take My Hand — Johnny Griffin	drums (drum set)
1988	Pieces of Blue and the Blues — Kenny Burrell	drums (drum set)
1989	My Man Benny, My Man Phil — Benny Carter & Phil Woods	drums (drum set)
1989	Here's to My Lady — Phil Woods	drums (drum set)
1989	Jazz Poet — Tommy Flanagan	drums (drum set)
1989	Brilliant Corners — James Spaulding, Wallace Roney, Ron Carter, Kenny Washington, Mulgrew Miller	drums (drum set)
1990	From Day to Day — Mulgrew Miller	drums (drum set)
1991	The Harem — Milt Jackson Featuring Jimmy Heath, James Moody, Cedar Walton, Bob Cranshaw, Kenny Washington	drums (drum set)
1991	The Cat — Johnny Griffin	drums (drum set)
1992	All That Jazz: Live at Princeton — Benny Carter	drums (drum set)
1992	I Remember Clifford — Arturo Sandoval	drums (drum set)
1992	Ann Hampton Callaway — Ann Hampton Callaway	performer
1993	Joshua Redman — Joshua Redman	drums (drum set)
1993	Munchin' — Wallace Roney	drums (drum set)
1993	Crunchin' — Wallace Roney	drums (drum set)
1994	Caracas — Lou Donaldson	drums (drum set)
1994	Some Other Blues — Michał Urbaniak	drums (drum set)
1995	Burnin' in the Woodhouse — Milt Jackson	drums (drum set)
1997	Bird Songs — Dizzy Gillespie	drums (drum set)
1999	All the Way: Etta Jones Sings Sammy Cahn — Etta Jones	drums (drum set)
2001	The Promise Land — Cedar Walton	drums (drum set)
2007	Music Maestro Please — Freddy Cole With The Bill Charlap Trio	drums (drum set)
2009	A Quiet Time — Ahmad Jamal	drums (drum set)
2015	The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern — Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap	drums (drum set)
2017	Frescalalto — Lee Konitz	producer, drums (drum set)
2018	Love Is Here to Stay — Tony Bennett & Diana Krall with The Bill Charlap Trio	drums (drum set)
2021	Samara Joy — Samara Joy	drums (drum set)