Kenny Carr

All new jazz compositions by guitarist Kenny Carr, featuring multi Grammy nominated Saxophonist Donny McCaslin, Drummer Kenny Wollesen, and Bassist Hans Glawischnig
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Changing Tide, my third release since 2005, explores my love for straight-ahead jazz with some contemporary jazz influenced selections. Changing Tide kindles and evokes a blend of emotions and moods flavored with blues inspirations. Changing Tide features both trio and quartet settings, featuring my childhood friend Donny McCaslin who eloquently expresses my melodies with his tenor sax. Once again, I have been blessed with my creative rhythm section, Frank Russo and Tom Baldwin, who so skillfully …
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Jazz guitarist Kenny Carr’s, Turn the Page, is an original assortment of radio-friendly melodies with an underlying influence of blues as he draws upon his decade of experience playing guitar for Ray Charles. Turn the Page features 2005 Grammy-nominated tenor saxophonist, Donny McCaslin, as well as highlighting nationally renowned acoustic bassist Tom Baldwin. New York based musicians organist John Dryden as well as drummer Frank Russo complete the esteemed list of talented musicians appearing on …
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Friday at Five

Kenny Carr - Electric Guitar/Guitar Synthesizer
Donny McCaslin - Tenor Saxophone
John Bailey - Trumpet
John Dryden - Keyboards
Andy Hess - Bass
Tony Mason - Drums

Guitarist and composer, Kenny Carr, began playing violin at age nine, but at age eleven he realized his true passion was the guitar. Growing up in Santa Cruz with its inspiring natural beauty set the stage for Kenny's musical career. It seemed everyone in …
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