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  • Comment: Please see WP:CITEKILL with regards to the Grammy awards, and split up the five-reference-group so that each reference is placed after their respective Works. Primefac (talk) 15:32, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
  • Comment: The author has mistakenly listed Kenyatta as the author of several articles cited as references. In fact, they are by others. By my estimation, these are significant independent coverage and justify inclusion under WP:GNG. In respect for Gbawden's concerns, I'll wait a bit before just creating the article.--Carwil (talk) 03:37, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
  • Comment: 3 references, all for the last part, are not enough. » Shadowowl | talk 17:15, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
  • Comment: He didn't win a grammy- the people he worked with did. Going to be hard to demonstrate how he is notable Gbawden (talk) 07:21, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
Kamau Kenyatta
Birth nameKamau Kenyatta
BornDetroit, Michigan, U.S.[1]
OriginDetroit[1]
Genres
Occupations
Years active1972–present

Kamau Kenyatta is an American musician, record producer, arranger, film composer and jazz educator.[1] He is a lecturer of music at the University of California, San Diego. He was honored with the prestigious Barbara J. and Paul D. Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award at UCSD in May 2009.[2][3][4]

Career

In 2013, Kenyatta served as associate producer and arranger for Gregory Porter’s Blue Note Records debut album, Liquid Spirit.[5] In February 2014, Kamau won a Grammy for his work on this project in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category. As a long-time collaborator with Gregory Porter, he also produced the albums Water and Be Good – both nominated for Grammy Awards. In 2016, further releases of his productions included Gregory Porter’s Take Me To The Alley, Ed Motta’s Perpetual Gateways, and Steph Johnson’s Music Is Art. In February 2017, Kamau won a second Grammy for his co-production and arrangements on Take Me To The Alley in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category. Destiny, the most recent recording in his name, was released in the spring of 2007 and featured acclaimed jazz flutist Hubert Laws.[6]

As a film composer, Kenyatta and Laws worked together creating the score for Small Steps, Big Strides, a Fox network documentary detailing the history of African-American film. He also composed the soundtrack for The Dawn At My Back, an interactive memoir that won an award at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2015, Kamau scored the film, Spirits Of Rebellion, by director Zeinabu Irene Davis. After the international success of Liquid Spirit in 2016, he scored the Gregory Porter biopic, Don’t Forget Your Music. The film was released in the UK in the fall of 2016.[3]

As an educator, Kamau has worked from 1999 to the present at UCSD.[7] He acted as musical director for Blues Schoolhouse, at the International House Of Blues (San Diego).[citation needed] In 2009, Kenyatta became a member of the Music Department at California State Summer School for the Arts, working as the Department Co-Chair from 2010-11.[citation needed]

Discography

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards
Year Nominated Work Artist Award Result
2011 Water Gregory Porter Best Jazz Vocal Album[citation needed] Nominated
2013 "Real Good Hands" Gregory Porter Best Traditional R&B Performance[citation needed] Nominated
2014 "Hey Laura" Gregory Porter Best Traditional R&B Performance[citation needed] Nominated
2014 Liquid Spirit Gregory Porter Best Jazz Vocal Album[8] Won
2017 Take Me to the Alley Gregory Porter Best Jazz Vocal Album[9][3][10] Won

References

  1. ^ a b c Miller, Cam (4 Nov 2009). "CALIFORNIAN: Sax man or piano man? Kenyatta is both". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 17 Aug 2017.
  2. ^ George, Varga (September 24, 2016). "Grammy winners Kamau Kenyatta and Gregory Porter share tight musical bond". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 10 Jul 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "Kamau Kenyatta". San Diego Readeraccess-date=17 Aug 2017.
  4. ^ Kenyatta, Kamau. "Kamau Kenyatta receives 2nd GRAMMY!". International Academy of Jazz, San Diego (IAJSD). International Academy of Jazz, San Diego (IAJSD). Retrieved 17 Aug 2017.
  5. ^ "January 29, 2014 KAMAU KENYATTA, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER OF GRAMMY-WINNING BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM". UC San Diego, Division of Arts & Humanities. Retrieved 17 Aug 2017.
  6. ^ "Kamau Kenyatta Wins Grammy Award". University of California, San Diego; Department of Arts & Humanities. Retrieved 10 Jul 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  7. ^ Kenyatta, Kamau. "Adjunct Faculty". UC San Diego; Division of Arts & Humanities. Retrieved 17 Aug 2017.
  8. ^ "January 29, 2014 Kamau Kenyatta, Associate Producer of Grammy-Winning Best Jazz Vocal Album". UC San Diego, Division of Arts & Humanities. Retrieved 17 Aug 2017.
  9. ^ "Grammy Award Results for Kamau Kenyatta". The Recording Academy. Retrieved 10 Jul 2017.
  10. ^ Bush, Robert. "Kamau's gold: San Diego musician/producer Kamau Kenyatta wins another Grammy". San Diego Reader. Retrieved 17 Aug 2017.


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