Eloquent Standards With Peter Kontrimas and Matt Gordy
Flow Like The River CD
Carolyn Hartsfield With Kent Hewitt and Friends
An intriguing collection of songs from the Great American Songbook that focuses, not on romantic love, but on life and hope and friendship, beautifully arranged and performed, and sung with refreshing directness, subtelty, and sensitivity to the lyrics.
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Pianist/Composer Kent Hewitt has earned degrees from Boston University and the University of Connecticut, the latter in Music Theory and Composition. He studied piano and theory with Ray Santisi, Charlie Mariano, Hal Galper, Fred Hersch, and Ron Brown. Mr. Hewitt taught at Berklee College of Music, Trinity College, The Hartford Conservatory, Summerkeys in Maine, The Music School of the Rhode Island Philharmonic as well as jazz clinics for the Hartford Jazz Society.
A consummate soloist and accompanist, he has become a mainstay of jazz and popular music in Connecticut and has been musical director of several popular jazz clubs in the state. He recorded TV jingles for Don Elliott Productions and also recorded for Playscape Records with Michael Musillami, Randy Brecker, Ray Drummond, Claudio Roditi, Ralph Moore, Thomas Chapin, as well as for guitarist/composer Janet Marlow and the legendary Phyllis Hyman.
He has performed in concert with jazz notables Clark Terry, Phil Woods, Jackie McLean, Kenny Burrell, Steve Rossi, Cassandra Wilson, Jon Hendricks, among many others. His CD of original compositions called Little Town by the Sea is a tribute to Noank in his hometown of Groton, CT. The CD was sponsored and commissioned by the Noank Historical Society and the Groton Tercentennial Committee. He has collaborated with writer Melanie Greenhouse and composed music for her popular theatrical productions: Point of Land and The Duchess. He has also collaborated with Connecticut Poet Laureate Marilyn Nelson for the prestigious Sunken Gardens poetry festival and recorded a CD of poetry and original music.
His recent recording, Time on my Hands, features Kent on Steinway piano in a jazz trio setting of unique and elegant standards from great American and Brazilian composers. Here is a pleasing repertoire of swinging jazz classics, sentimental ballads, and Latin favorites.
Kent was the first pianist to open at the famous Tropicana Hotel in Atlantic City. He has been solo house pianist at the noted New York jazz club- Jimmy Ryan’s and has toured Europe with trumpeter Laco Deczi. Please go to website http://www.kenthewitt.com/ for CDs and info.
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