380 - Will Kennedy: His Yellowjackets Legacy, His Educational Mission, His Bay Area Roots
Working Drummer4 Elo 2022

380 - Will Kennedy: His Yellowjackets Legacy, His Educational Mission, His Bay Area Roots

Will Kennedy's musicality and finesse are legendary in the jazz world and beyond, performing with luminaries such as Yellowjackets, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Snarky Puppy, Bobby McFerrin, Esperanza Spalding, George Benson, and Lee Ritenour. His career is marked by pushing musical boundaries and a desire to be inspired yet be an inspiration. As a longstanding member of the Yellowjackets, the celebrated jazz quartet that includes fellow USC Thornton faculty members Bob Mintzer and Russell Ferrante. Kennedy played percussion and began private lessons with teacher Bill Nawrocki throughout his school years. He also studied under professor and mentor Bill Bell, performing with him in San Francisco. Kennedy quickly became a fixture in the Bay Area scene as a teenager, and was introduced to legendary steel pan virtuoso Andy Narell with whom he recorded and toured Europe. Joining the Thornton faculty in Fall 2018, Kennedy took over the duties of drumset instruction for Ndugu Chancler, longtime faculty member and one of the founders of the Popular Music program. In this episode, Will talks about: His early teachers and influences in the Bay Area, from groove with Willie "Wild" Sparks to jazz with Tony Williams Playing on daytime talkshow, movie soundtracks, and other studio word during his hiatus from Yellowjackets His approach to teaching pop drumming at USC His physical approach and how he uses and teaches rudiments What it means to play with your body vs. against your body

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