Henry Conerway III Trio: “With Pride for Dignity” Album Release Concert at Dizzy's Club

With pianist Kenny Banks, Jr., bassist Kevin Smith, and drummer Henry Conerway III.
This evening celebrates Henry’s new album, produced by Michael Carvin, and follows a piano trio format. They feature compositions from pianist, Kenny Banks, Jr.; as well as arrangements from Kevin Smith and Henry Conerway III. The title track "With Pride for Dignity" speaks to the experience of Africans in America, and the feeling is that the arrangements of other pieces like "Gingerbread Boy", "Slippery", "Sugar Ray" and "Cottontail"; from composers Jimmy Heath, Ray Brown, Phineas Newborn, Jr...

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With pianist Kenny Banks, Jr., bassist Kevin Smith, and drummer Henry Conerway III.
This evening celebrates Henry’s new album, produced by Michael Carvin, and follows a piano trio format. They feature compositions from pianist, Kenny Banks, Jr.; as well as arrangements from Kevin Smith and Henry Conerway III. The title track "With Pride for Dignity" speaks to the experience of Africans in America, and the feeling is that the arrangements of other pieces like "Gingerbread Boy", "Slippery", "Sugar Ray" and "Cottontail"; from composers Jimmy Heath, Ray Brown, Phineas Newborn, Jr. and Duke Ellington, speak to different chapters of the same story. One of Henry’s favorite compositions on the album is an arrangement of Marcus Printup's "Hopscotch" by Kenny and Henry. 

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