Kenny Kotwitz: The Nearness Of You, 1995

Kenny Kotwitz raised in Milwaukee & now living in California, was influenced by the jazz greats of New York, New Orleans, Chicago, Los Angeles & the locals by the Milwaukee River. One of his teachers was Art VanDamme, so one can hear a mix of Art, Woody Herman & ... in his style. He’s a very smooth player with a very pleasant tone. Check out his excellent very modern sounding CD, “Front Street“. Here in Detroit USA, in 1995, I caught him playing several tunes for VanDamme’s 75th birthday bash.