SOLO CD FROM TRUMPET PLAYER AND PRODUCER KENNY WELLINGTON, A KEY MEMBER OF BEGGAR & CO FEATURING THE FUNK JAZZ COLLECTIVE.
KENNY HAS ENJOYED SUCCESS AS A FOUNDER MEMBER OF PIONEER FUSION BAND LIGHT OF THE WORLD WHO ENJOYED MUCH ACCLAIM FOR THE CLASSIC 'ROUNDTRIP' ALBUM.
LIGHT OF THE WORLD MEMBERS SPLIT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FORMING INCOGNITO AND BEGGAR & CO, BOTH BANDS ACHIEVING NATIONAL CHART SUCCESS. AS WELL AS CO WRITING TRACKS LIKE 'TIME', 'LONDON TOWN', 'SWINGIN' AND 'MIDNIGHT GROOVIN' FOR LIGHT OF THE WORLD, KENNY ALSO CO WROTE THE HIT SINGLES 'SOMEBODY HELP ME OUT' AND 'MULE (CHANT NO 2) FOR BEGGAR & CO. THE WELL KNOWN LYRICS TO LIGHT OF THE WORLD CLASSIC 'LONDON TOWN WERE PENNED MOSTLY BY KENNY WELLINGTON IN THE BACK ROOM OF UTOPIA STUDIO AFTER THE MUSIC WAS WRITTEN BY AUGIE JOHNSON OF L A BAND SIDE EFFECT AND PAUL WILLIAMS AND BREEZE McKRIETH OF LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
AS SIDEMAN KENNY HAS RECORDED AND PERFORMED WITH MANY ARTISTS INCLUDING : GABRIELLE, PAUL WELLER, INCOGNITO, MICA PARIS, RAW STYLUS, BLANCMANGE, TINA TURNER, MAXI PRIEST, EDDY GRANT, CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, THE JAZZ WARRIORS, JEAN ADEBAMBO,CARMEL, MIDNIGHT OIL, OSIBISA, SPANDAU BALLET, SHOLA AMA, CAMELLE HINDS, EDDIE GRANT, EYE LEVEL, ULTRAVOX, STEVIE V, BLACK UHURU, MAXI PRIEST, THE JAZZ WARRIORS, RICKY MARTIN, D INFLUENCE, HEAVEN 17, EDDIE FLOYD, THE COOLNOTES, EYE LEVEL, INNOCENCE AND MANY OTHERS, ENABLING KENNY TO TRAVEL TO MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER KENNY HAS ALSO RECORDED MUSIC FOR FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS.
MUSICALLY KENNY HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY MANY GREAT MUSICIANS AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC, THE GREAT FUSION ARTISTS LIKE JAMES BROWN, THE JB'S, HERBIE HANCOCK AND THE HEADHUNTERS AS WELL AS THE INSPIRATIONAL AND PHENOMINAL WORK OF STEVIE WONDER AND OF COURSE THE BRILLIANT MUSIC OF THE MANY GREAT TRUMPET PLAYERS, PARTICULARLY PEOPLE LIKE MILES DAVIS, ART FARMER, DONALD BYRD AND EDDIE HENDERSON.
KENNY IS JOINED ON HIS SOLO DEBUT BY SOME FINE MUSICIANS AND FRIENDS INCLUDING:
DAVID BAPTISTE HIS LONG TIME FRIEND FROM BEGGAR & CO ON SAXES AND FLUTE
THE MULTI TALENTED JAMIE CULLUM ON KEYBOARDS
FAYYAZ VIRGI REKNOWN FOR HIS SPLENDID WORK WITH INCOGNITO ON TROMBONE.
THERE IS ALSO SOME FINE KEYBOARD WORK FROM TOBY BAKER KNOWN FOR HIS GEAT WORK ON RECENT MICHAEL McDONALDS' ALBUMS.
THE ENIGMATIC HOWARD RILEY ON FENDER RHODES KEYBOARD.
HOWARD RILEY , THE FREE JAZZ PIANIST IS A REAL BONUS HAVING RECORDED 33 ALBUMS AND PREVIOUSLY REFUSING TO SESSIONS FOR ANYBODY
CAMELLE HINDS ALSO CONTRIBUTES SOME FINE VOCALS ON CD IN THE STYLE OF HIS CLASSIC RECORDING 'SAUSOLITO CALLING'.
KENNY GREW UP LISTENING TO THE MUSIC OF KOOL AND THE GANG, BRASS CONSTRUCTION, THE FATBACK BAND AND ALL THE OTHER GREATS MOST PROBABLY BEST EVIDENCED BY THE TRACK 'SOULFINGER'.THE ALBUM DRAWS ON THE INFLUENCE OF PEOPLE LIKE THE MIZELL BROTHERS, MILES DAVIS, EDDIE HENDERSON, DONALD BYRD AND BANDS SUCH AS LIGHT OF THE WORLD, BRASS CONSTRUCTION AND INCOGNITO.
KENNY WELLINGTON WAS ALSO ALONG WITH RICHARD BULL THE PRODUCER OF THE LAST LIGHT OF THE WORLD STUDIO ALBUM 'INNER VOICES' AND CLASSIC TRACKS SUCH AS 'BAHIA' AND 'I LIKE'.
KENNY ALSO PRODUCED THE FINE VERSION OF LEE HUTSONS 'CLOSER TO THE SOURCE' ON THE CAMELLE HINDS ALBUM 'VIBE ALIVE' ALONG WITH MANY ARRANGEMENT CREDITS FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF ARTISTS.
KENNY STILL TOURS AS A MEMBER OF BEGGAR & CO AND THE FOUNDER MEMBERS OF LIGHT OF THE WORLD WITH A TEN PIECE BAND INCLUDING LONG TIME COLLABORATORS DAVID BAPTISTE, PETER HINDS AND LIGHT OF THE WORLD FOUNDER MEMBER BREEZE McKRIETH AS WELL AS LONG TIME COLLEAGUES CAMELLE HINDS AND HENRY DEFOE MEMBERS OF KENNY'S FIRST BAND TFB, WHICH EVOLVED INTO CENTRAL LINE WITH DRUMMER ERROL KENNEDY LATER BECOMING A MEMBER OF IMAGINATION. ALSO PART OF THIS BAND ARE THE WONDERFUL MUSICIANS, VIBES PLAYER ORPHY ROBINSON AND THE AMAZING YOUNG TRUMPETER FROM CANADA JAY PHELPS AND TRUMPET MASTER KEVIN ROBINSON WELL KNOWN FOR HIS FINE WORK WITH INCOGNITO AND MATT BIANCO,AS WELL AS THE GREAT KEYBOARD PLAYER TOBY BAKER, WITH ALEXANDER O'NEALS' MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND FORMER STEVE ARRINGTON COLLEAGUE BILLY OSBORNE PLAYING DRUMS.KENNY WAS ALSO EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR THE CD BRASS, STRINGS N' THINGS RELEASED IN 2007 BY BEGGAR & CO FEATURING THE FUNK JAZZ COLLECTIVE ON THE MBJ (MO' BETTA JAZZ) LABEL.
KENNY IS ALSO COMMITTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF MUSICIANS AS A RESPECTED EDUCATOR.
ENJOY THE TRACKS AND SPREAD THE WORD........
PEACE
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