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Kenny Kirkland was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and began playing piano at the age of five. He studied at the High School of Music and Art in New York City, and later attended the Manhattan School of Music.
Kirkland was a member of the Saturday Night Live Band from 1985 to 1990, and he also performed with the bands of Wynton Marsalis, Sting, and Branford Marsalis. He released his first solo album, Kenny Kirkland, in 1989. He also released two albums with the Branford Marsalis Quartet, and one with the Kenny Kirkland Trio.
Kirkland died of cardiac arrest in 1998 at the age of 43. He was posthumously inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2000.
| Popular As |
Kenneth David Kirkland |
| Occupation |
Musician |
| Age |
43 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
| Born |
28 September, 1955 |
| Birthday |
28 September |
| Birthplace |
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Date of death |
November 12, 1998, |
| Died Place |
Queens, New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Leading up to and on June 1–3, 1998, Kirkland worked with long-time associate Jeff "Tain" Watts on the drummer's debut recording Citizen Tain. According to producer Delfeayo Marsalis, "He was clearly not in good shape." When asked about going to the doctor, Kirkland responded, "After the session. If I go now, they'll make me check into a hospital." On June 4, doctors told Kirkland he had a congestive heart condition that required an operation. He attributed his poor health to twenty years of touring without adequate vacations and exercise, and deemed his chances of surviving any surgery 50/50 or less. Fearful of having a cardiac procedure, Kirkland accepted his fate and was soon on the road with Branford Marsalis again. On November 7, 1998, Kirkland attended Marsalis's wedding in New Rochelle, New York. Kirkland was found dead in his Queens apartment on Friday, November 13, 1998.
In 1991, he released his debut as a leader, Kenny Kirkland, on GRP Records. Thunder And Rainbows (1991, Sunnyside Records), by "Jazz from Keystone", is a trio album with Kirkland, Charles Fambrough, and Jeff "Tain" Watts.
In 1980, while Kirkland was on tour in Japan with Hino, he met Wynton Marsalis, which began their long association. On Marsalis's self-titled debut album, Kirkland shared the piano duties with one of his musical influences, Herbie Hancock, but was the sole pianist on Marsalis's subsequent releases Think of One, Hothouse Flowers and Black Codes. After his association with Wynton Marsalis, Kirkland joined Branford Marsalis's band. He is also on Marsalis's funk band album Buckshot Lefonque. When Branford Marsalis assumed the high-visibility role of bandleader for NBC TV's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Kirkland became the band's pianist.
Kirkland's first professional work came with Polish fusion violinist Michal Urbaniak, touring throughout Europe with his group in 1977. Coincidentally, his next high-profile gig was with another Eastern European jazz émigré, Miroslav Vitous. Kirkland is featured on Vitous' ECM recordings First Meeting and Miroslav Vitous Group.
Kenneth David "Kenny" Kirkland (September 28, 1955 – November 12, 1998) was an American pianist/keyboardist.
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1955, Kirkland was six when he first sat down at a piano keyboard. After years of Catholic schooling, Kirkland enrolled at the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied classical piano performance, classical theory and composition.
