Kenne Thomas Trio With Saxophonist, Rich Manik at Studio Z

About

Drummer, composer, and author, Kenne Thomas is the son of Chicago saxophonist, Jimmy “Bouncy” Whitehead. Early in his career Kenne performed with Jodie Christian, Ari Brown, Adam Rudolph the Charles Walton Big Band, and the progressive jazz group, LIFEFORCE. In the early 70’s he performed with pianist, Jimmy Bowman Trio. Kenne later toured Japan with King Records, jazz organist, Toshihiko Kankawa and others. Currently he plays with groups in the Twin-Cities area. Studio Z’s performance will be the premiere of his new CD, The Diary, jazz from the group, The Osaka Trio, of Japan.