A Zoom Hang with Neal Wilkinson featuring Kenny Washington

Affectionately known as the “Jazz Maniac,” Brooklyn (New York) native, Kenny Washington, has been renowned as one of the most enlightened and proficient performers and teachers of the art of jazz drumming for quite some time. Arriving on the scene in 1977, Washington has been in constant demand and has performed and recorded with many legendary artists including Lee Konitz, Betty Carter, Johnny Griffin, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, George Cables, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sonny Stitt, James Spaulding, Phil Woods, Bill Charlap, Ahmad Jamal, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Milt Jackson, Bobby Watson, Curtis Lundy, and, Tommy Flanagan, to name a few.

In terms of his teaching acumen, Washington has taught at Juilliard, SUNY Purchase and NYU. He continues to share his wealth of knowledge with hundreds of students each year. In fact, just last year (2019) Washington held a teaching residency at Michigan State University that brought students a unique…