JOE KENNEDY
Joe Kennedy began playing piano at 8 with Classical repertoire and began jazz at 15. At 16, Kennedy was learning and playing at local blues jams. At 18 Joe was playing as a sideman on the Southeastern Wisconsin blues circuit. By 21 he had his own working trio, and at 22 recorded his debut CD, Submerged. In 2004, Joe took 1st place as Wisconsin’s best Blues Keyboardist in a State wide competition. Kennedy’s talents have been heard from Memphis to Michigan. Kennedy received his BA in Music, Jazz Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in 2007, Cum Laude, and his BS in Business Mgmt., Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in 2007, Cum Laude.
Through his playing, Joe has had the chance to perform with and study with World Class Players. He has studied with Dan Trudell, Dave Loeb, Bruce Paulson and Jim Sodke. He has had the chance to perform for Koko Taylor, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Joe LaBarbera, and Wayne Bergeron.
The Joe Kennedy Trio is a group with energy, entertainment and enthusiasm for the music. They play a brand of bluesy jazz, mixed with the Dixieland feels of yesterday. Obviously a group that has their ears open to the music of the past.