Live Performances → Kenny Phelps
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This is an image of the wonderful Dee Dee Bridgewater made during at the 2012 Portland Jazz Fest. I was photographing the festival for Downbeat Magazine. The guys in this amazing band included Jimmy Greene on tenor, soprano and flute, the “always smiling” Edsel Gomez on piano, Kenny Davis on bass and Indy’s own Kenny Phelps on drums. I’ve know Kenny Phelps for years and it was great to see him be asked to join Dee Dee’s band. It was nice to see that the Portland audience liked Kenny as much as we do in Indy. As usual, Dee Dee & band put on wonderful 90+ minute show, featuring many classic songs made famous by Billie, including “God Bless the Child” and “Strange Fruit”
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You’re looking at the hand of bass player Frank Smith. This image was taken at 1/4 sec which is why you’ll see the blurring of the fingers and vibration of the strings. Frank is a first call bass player in Indy and has played with all the great musicians coming through the city.
This image was made in the Jazz Kitchen on 2/6/2012 during his performance with the Smith-Weakley Trio featuring Frank on bass, Steve Weakley on guitar and Sir Lawrence Clark lll on drums.