Rodney Kendrick

b. 30 Apr 1960, Philadelphia, Pa, USA. Elevated in Miami, Florida, where his parents transferred immediately after his delivery, Kendrick implemented in his piano playing dad’s footsteps after having initial played drums. There is also a gospel performing tradition within the family which stood him in great stead when, in the past due 70s, his early professional engagements discovered him dealing with spirit artists such as for example James Dark brown and George Clinton. In the first 80s, he transferred to NEW YORK where he examined with Barry Harris. Kendrick’s jazz gigs had been in stellar firm, including spells with George Benson, Freddie Hubbard and J.J. Johnson. In the first 90s Kendrick was an associate of Abbey Lincoln’s trio and he also started leading his very own small group. An elegant participant with subtly understated abilities, Kendrick’s steady development being a performer tag him down being a talent to view in the first many years of the twenty-first hundred years.