Kenwood Marshall Dennard (born March 1, 1956, New York City) is an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

drummer. Dennard learned piano as a child and took up drumming at nine years of age. He attended the

Manhattan School of Music The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) is a private music conservatory in New York City. The school offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition, as well as a bachelor's in mu ...

from 1972 to 1973 and

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...

from 1973 to 1976. Later in the decade he worked with

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but addi ...

Pat Martino Pat Martino (born Patrick Carmen Azzara; August 25, 1944 – November 1, 2021) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Biography Martino was born Patrick Carmen Azzara in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, to father Carmen "Mickey" ...

, High Life and

Brand X Brand X were a jazz fusion band formed in London in 1974. They were active until 1980, followed by a reformation between 1992 and 1999, and were active following a 2016 reunion until 2021. Members have included John Goodsall (guitar), Percy J ...

. He played with Martino again in the late 1980s and with

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Dianne Reeves Dianne Elizabeth Reeves (born October 23, 1956) is an American jazz singer. Biography Dianne Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a musical family. Her father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is bassist Charles Burrell, and h ...

Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III (; December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987) was an American jazz bass guitar, bassist, composer and producer. He recorded albums as a solo artist and band leader and was a member of Weather Report from 1 ...

Lew Soloff Lewis Michael Soloff (February 20, 1944–March 8, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and actor. Biography From his birth place of New York City, United States, he studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard Sc ...

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, and

Stanley Jordan Stanley Jordan (born July 31, 1959) is an American jazz guitarist noted for his playing technique, which involves tapping his fingers on the fretboard of the guitar with both hands. Music career Jordan was born in Chicago, Illinois, United St ...

during that decade. In the 1990s he worked with

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of music ...

Maceo Parker Maceo Parker (; born February 14, 1943) is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of B ...

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, and Howard Johnson. He also led his own ensembles, including Just Advance, the Meta-Funk All Stars, and Quintessence; his sidemen have included Victor Bailey,

Dave Bargeron David W. Bargeron (born September 6, 1942) is an American trombonist and tuba player who was a member of the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears. Career Bargeron was lead trombonist with Clark Terry's Big Band and played bass trombone and tub ...

Hiram Bullock Hiram Law Bullock (September 11, 1955 – July 25, 2008) was an American guitarist known mainly for playing in jazz funk and jazz fusion, but he also worked as a session musician in a variety of genres. Biography Bullock was born in Osaka, Jap ...

, Stanton Davis,

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...

, and Herman Wright Jr. In 1999 he began teaching at Berklee.

Discography

As leader

* ''Just Advance'' (Big World Music, 1992) * ''Show No Fear'' (Groove Economy Records, 2018)

As sideman

With

* 1995 ''Barge Burns...Slide Flies'' * 2002 ''Tuba Tuba'' With

* 1977 ''Livestock'' * 1977 ''Live from San Francisco'' * 1987 ''X-Trax'' * 2000 ''Timeline'' * 2003 ''Macrocosm: Introducing...Brand X'' * 2016 ''Rochester 1977'' With

* 1990 ''Cornucopia'' * 1991 ''Stolen Moments'' * 2008 ''State of Nature'' * 2011 ''Friends'' With

* 1976 ''Joyous Lake'' * 1998 ''Stone Blue'' * 1999 ''First Light'' With Maceo Parker :

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* * 1992 ''Life on Planet Groove'' With

* 1989 ''PDB'' * 1990 ''Live in New York City Vol. 1: Punk Jazz'' * 1991 ''Live in New York City Vol. 2: Trio'' * 1991 ''Live in New York City Vol. 3: Promise Land'' * 1992 ''Live in New York City Vol. 4: Trio 2'' * 1998 ''Holiday for Pans'' * 1999 ''Live in New York City Vol. 6: Punk Jazz 2'' * 2001 ''Live in New York City'' * 2002 ''Modern Electric Bass: Revised Edition'' With

* 1977 ''For Every Heart'' * 1996 ''The Grand Encounter'' * 1996 ''The Palo Alto Sessions'' With others * 1987 ''Nothing Like the Sun'',

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* 1987 ''The Story of Moses'',

* 1988 ''Diamond Land'',

Toninho Horta Antônio Maurício Horta de Melo (born December 2, 1948) is a Brazilian jazz guitarist and vocalist. In addition to composing and performing his own work, Horta has worked for many years as arranger or sideman for Brazilian artists such as Eli ...

* 1992 ''Il Suono'', John Clark * 1993 ''Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux'',

* 1995 ''Gravity!!!'', Howard Johnson * 1995 ''Sweetest Days'',

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* 1996 ''Sketches of Coryell'',

Larry Coryell Larry Coryell (born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III; April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist. Early life Larry Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas, United States. He never knew his biological father, a musician. He w ...

* 2003 ''Soul Manifesto Live'', Rodney Jones * 2007 ''Live Vol. 1'',

Robin Eubanks Robin Eubanks (born October 25, 1955) is an American jazz and jazz fusion slide trombonist, the brother of guitarist Kevin Eubanks and trumpeter Duane Eubanks. His uncles are jazz pianist Ray Bryant and bassist Tommy Bryant. His mother, Vera Eub ...

* 2012 ''David Fiuczynksi's Planet Microjam'',

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References

*Mark Gilbert, "Kenwood Dennard". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

Barry Kernfeld Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians. Education In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at U ...

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