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He recorded TV jingles for Don Elliott Productions and also recorded for Playscape
Records with Michael Mussilami, Randy Brecker, Ray Drummond, Claudio Roditi, Ralph Moore, Thomas Chapin, as well as for Janet
Marlow and Phyllis Hyman. He has performed in concert with jazz notables Clark Terry, Phil Woods, Jackie
McLean, Kenny Burrell, Steve Rossi, 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.
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A b o u t K e n t H e w i t t
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Pianist/Composer,
Arranger 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. .
His 2006 recording, Time on my Hands, is a jazz trio recording of unique and
elegant standards from great American and Brazilian composers. In 2008 he wrote a music theory book called Jazz Piano, Methods and Songbook. His most recent recordings include Flow Like the River with jazz vocalist Carolyn Hartsfield and
Remembering Mercer, in honor of the Johnny Mercer Centennial with vocalist Barbara Slater.
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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