Kenny Washington

Kenny Washington (born May 29, 1958) is an American jazz drummer born in Staten Island, New York. His brother is bassist Reggie Washington.

He grew up in the Stapleton Projects and attended P.S. 14. He studied at The High School of Music & Art, graduating in 1976. He has worked with Ronnie Mathews, Lee Konitz, Betty Carter, Johnny Griffin, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, George Cables, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Ahmad Jamal, Sonny Stitt, James Spaulding, Phil Woods, Bill Charlap, Bobby Watson, Curtis Lundy, and Tommy Flanagan.

Discography

As sideman

With Ruby Braff

• 2000 Cape Codfather
• 2000 In the Wee, Small Hours in London and New York
• 2001 Music for the Still of the Night

With Joshua Breakstone

• 1989 Self-Portrait in Swing
• 1990 9 by 3
• 1991 Walk Don't Run
• 1999 This Just In

With Kenny Burrell

• 1986 Generation
• 1988 Pieces of Blue and the Blues

With Bill Charlap

• 1998 All Through the Night (Criss Cross)
• 2000 Written in the Stars (Blue Note)
• 2002 S'Wonderful (Venus)
• 2002 Stardust (Blue Note)
• 2004 Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein (Blue Note)
• 2005 Plays George Gershwin: The American Soul (Blue Note, 2005)
• 2007 Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 2007)
• 2015 The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern, Tony Bennett/Bill Charlap
• 2016 Notes from New York

With Teddy Edwards and Houston Person

• Horn to Horn (Muse, 1994 [1996])
• Close Encounters (HighNote, 1996 [1999])

With Dizzy Gillespie

• 1992 Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Telarc)
• 1992 To Diz with Love (Telarc)
• 1992 To Bird with Love (Telarc)

With Etta Jones

• My Buddy: Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnson (HighNote, 1998)
• All the Way (HighNote, 1999)

With Lee Konitz

• 1977 Lee Konitz Nonet (Chiaroscuro)
• 1994 Jazz Nocturne (Venus/Evidence)

With Jane Monheit

• 2002 In the Sun
• 2003 Live at the Rainbow Room

With Mingus Dynasty

• 1984 Live at the Village Vanguard
• 1988 Mingus' Sounds of Love
• 1997 Reincarnation

With Hod O'Brien

• 1990 Ridin' High
• 1998 So That's How It Is
• 2005 Live at Blues Alley: First Set
• 2006 Live at Blues Alley: Second Set
• 2007 Live at Blues Alley: Third Set

With Houston Person

• Person-ified (HighNote, 1997)
• My Romance (HighNote, 1998)

With Melvin Rhyne

• 1991 The Legend
• 1993 Boss Organ
• 1996 Mel's Spell
• 1997 Stick to the Kick
• 1999 Kojo
• 2000 Classmasters
• 2004 Tomorrow Yesterday Today

With Wallace Roney

• Munchin' (Muse, 1993)
• Crunchin' (Muse, 1993)

With Charlie Rouse

• Social Call (Uptown, 1984) with Red Rodney

With Randy Sandke

• 1998 Awakening
• 2003 Cliffhanger
• 2006 The Subway Ballet

With others

• 1983 Call It Whachawana, Johnny Griffin (Galaxy)
• 1983 Two at the Top, Frank Wess and Johnny Coles (Uptown)
• 1985 Round Trip, Ralph Moore
• 1988 Superblue, Superblue (Blue Note)
• 1988 Brilliant Corners, James Spaulding (Muse)
• 1989 Here's to My Lady, Phil Woods
• 1989 Jazz Poet, Tommy Flanagan
• 1991 What's New, Walter Bishop Jr. (DIW)
• 1991 Live at the Village Gate, Clark Terry
• 1992 Ann Hampton Callaway, Ann Hampton Callaway
• 1992 I Remember Clifford, Arturo Sandoval
• 1992 Crazy for You, John Hicks (Red Baron)
• 1992 Downtown Sounds, Grant Stewart (Criss Cross)
• 1993 Caracas, Lou Donaldson
• 1993 Joshua Redman, Joshua Redman
• 1995 Burnin' in the Woodhouse, Milt Jackson
• 1997 Back in New York, Doug Raney
• 1999 Le Grand Freddy, Freddy Cole
• 2000 Blue Suite, Gary Smulyan
• 2000 Excursions, Jim Rotondi
• 2001 Feelin' It, Jimmy McGriff
• 2001 The Promise Land, Cedar Walton (HighNote)
• 2005 Back in New York, Scott Hamilton
• 2005 Mean What You Say, Eddie Daniels
• 2007 Ain't Necessarily So, Andy Bey
• 2008 Boss Bones, Wycliffe Gordon
• 2009 A Quiet Time, Ahmad Jamal
• 2010 For the Love of You, Joe Locke