Jazz Artist Kenny Love Releases New Single | Album, “cAsE sEnSiTiVe,” Coming in Summer 2011
Jazz Recording Artist Kenny love Releases “Voyage To Serenity” from New Album
“cAsE sEnSiTiVe,” Coming in Summer of 2011
The multi-talented, multifaceted Kenny Love admits that he enjoys
composing, recording and producing equally because each contains its own
unique and separate element and experience. His choice of music for his
own listening pleasure is jazz, and he describes his personal genre as
Jazz/World Hybrid, stating “My sound was developed after I discovered
the amazing ‘coloring’ that can be affected and executed via inverted
7th, 9th, and 11th chords within a musical composition.”
Jazz/World recording artist Kenny Love has worn many hats in the
musical arena — international radio/video promoter, media publicist,
composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist. His foray into
the world of music began at the tender age of four when, as he recalls,
“A miniature trumpet was casually removed from my grasp (and lips)
during preparation for a March of Dimes parade as a result of my having
failed to cause it to transmit sound, although I was huffing and puffing
quite professionally.” This would later become the first instrument for
which he received formal training and ultimately mastered.
A native of Texas, Kenny received musical training from 1970-1976
while in elementary, junior high, and high school, eventually adding the
bass guitar, strings, piano, and an extensive study of music
composition to his repertoire. He also spent two years at Prairie View
A&M University in Texas as a Music Education Major. At the
completion of his sophomore year, he joined and spent four years in the
Army, after which time he became an independent recording artist.
Kenny performed with several bands in Texas and Germany over the
years, including The Lights of Soul (1976), Instant Function
(1976-1978), Just Us & Duane (1982), High Rise (1984-1985),
Nightwynd (1987), and The Wall of Jazz (2009). In 1984, he was signed by
the notable major label R&B producer Aubrey “Skip” Gravatt, after
Gravatt, also credited with having discovered disco queen Evelyn
Champagne King, heard one of Kenny’s studio recordings. The major label
deal never materialized, however, due to Mr. Gravatt’s untimely death.
Kenny subsequently released several independent single recordings that
received both international radio airplay and print media coverage.
Kenny began his career as a radio/video promoter and media publicist
in 1991 after successfully marketing, promoting, and publicizing his
first recording independently that year. He formally retired in 2010 to
return to his first loves of music composition and music production.
Until 2011, Kenny had released no albums as a solo artist, but did
release three R&B/Dance singles as a solo artist, entitled “All Of
My Love,” and “Just Want To Dance (With You),” in 1991 and “Vampire
Love” in 2003, all of which received international accolades. He is
currently releasing select original Jazz music tracks, with the first
track titled, “Voyage to Serenity.” “Voyage to Serenity” will also be a
selection on Kenny’s upcoming full-length compilation release entitled
“cAsE sEnSiTiVe,” which is slated for release this summer.
The multi-talented, multifaceted entertainer admits that he enjoys
composing, recording and producing equally because each contains its own
unique and separate element and experience. His choice of music for his
own listening pleasure is jazz, and he describes his personal genre as
Jazz/World Hybrid, stating “My sound was developed after I discovered
the amazing ‘coloring’ that can be affected and executed via inverted
7th, 9th, and 11th chords within a musical composition.”
Kenny’s musical influences include The Crusaders, George Duke,
Stanley Clarke, Herbie Hancock, Lenny White, and Donald Byrd. He readily
admits that the best advice he’s ever been given is “Don’t sign with a
major label,” and says he is still assessing the worst advice. Kenny
attributes his longevity and success in the music industry to “Taking
the next breath, struggling, and survival – though not necessarily in
that particular order.”