Kenny Banks Jr., Piano

Date and Time

• Friday, Nov 13, 2026  7pm - 8:30pm

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Atlanta’s own Kenny Banks Jr., a Yamaha artist, has earned a reputation as one of the most dynamic jazz artists in the Southeast and headlines the November 13 concert. Noted for his distinctive technique of blending jazz and gospel styles, Banks’s repertoire also includes flavors of Afro-Cuban and hip-hop sounds gathered from performing and recording around the world with a variety of artists.

A brilliant solo artist, Banks is also a regular on tour with vocalist Kurt Elling and vibraphonist Stefon Harris. He began playing the piano at age seven, and in his training with his father, Kenny Banks Sr., also a pianist, he learned the fundamentals of music theory, jazz, and composition. Under the guidance of his mother, a church music director, he found the church to be his first musical outlet. In his career Kenny has performed and toured with such jazz luminaries as Theo Croker, Darren English, Jennifer Holiday, Jazzmeia Horn, and Kenny Lattimore.
He performs regularly in New York at jazz clubs and with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and his artistry has enhanced numerous film and television productions originating in Atlanta.

Known for his “deeply embodied gospel and soul roots,” Kenny’s “arrangements are thrilling, modern, and surprising.” Downbeat Magazine

The November 13th Jazz at All Saints’ concert takes place in the sanctuary of All
Saints’ Episcopal Church beginning at 7:00 p.m. It will be followed by a Q&A with
Jazz at All Saints’ Artistic Director Virginia Schenck and a reception in the Parish
House. Concert tickets are $25/adult and $15/student. They can be purchased at
https://www.allsaintsatlanta.org/jazz