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Kenn Smith (born April 27, 1962), birth name Kenneth LaMont Smith, is an American guitarist, bassist, composer, educator and journalist, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Well versed in many styles of music, Jazz, Classical, Rock, Ambient. ==Early Years== As a child of the 60s and 70s, living on the West Side of Chicago, his ears laid full of the sounds of Motown, Soul, Funk, Country, Jazz and Rock. From television shows such as Hee Haw, (where he discovered his first guitar Idol Roy Clark) to Midnight Special. Where both mother and father listen to Jazz, Blues, Soul, and R&B records daily, as well as a neighborhood filled with amateur and professional musicians. It was a great time to be a young aspiring guitarist. When the family move to the south-side of Chicago in 1975, Smith began his guitar studies at age 13 with a visit to the local music store purchasing two Mel Bay books. In 1978, the family moved to the western suburbs of Chicago Maywood, Illinois. At the age of 16 he began classical guitar studies with guitarist Bruce Walters, and later continue studies at Jack Cecchini Studio in Chicago till 1982. While attending Proviso East High School, he played electric and classical guitar as well as timpani in the Proviso Township Orchestra, electric guitar and bass in the Proviso East High School jazz band, were he received the Louis Armstrong Award for Outstanding Jazz Improvisation during his senior year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenn Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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