Jorge 20KV
20KV
Mad for Music
Jorge 20KV grew up in Mississippi during the 60"s, playing guitar with his brother, who is now a professional jazz trumpet player and composer.
As a youngster he'd back up his brother who would practice blues trumpet for hours and hours. In college he switched from guitar to baritone horn on a music scholarship in the St. Louis University Jazz band and fronted his own band
Midnight Jam.
In St. Louis he played with the likes of the Great Clark Terry and hung with Bill Watrous. " I never forgot Bill playing
SPAIN"
when asked to demonstrate vibrato on the trombone
Over the years 20KV has fronted Jazz and Pop bands and in his own band played with such well known artist as Billy Pierce of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers fame, Bill Mobley, a world renowned Jazz Trumpeter and Modern Jazz composer, Larry Pinella of Saxophone fame, and the Great Keith Killgo of the Blackbyrds, Dave Roddy Rodriguez trumpet, Johnny Long, and the great Tony "guitar" Eble and 20KV's long time sidekick Pianist, vibraphonist and drummer Dr. Phil Pearl who together created their first CD and just finished
another Album to be released soon
571-275-1086
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buttons and merchandise is sold
I personally recommend:
immediately RUN over to Spotify
find: This is Bill Mobley ~ the greatest modern Jazz composer
In history ... listen and enjoy
Find Billy Pierce on Spotify
Find the Velvet Voice of Heather Bennette on Spotify
Catch Rick Thums new Hammer Dulcimer Concert
Find Keith Killgo and the Blackbyrds all over the world
and social media
enjoy
THE SINGLE
is out on all
platforms
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Jorge Rodriguez
Recorded featuring Bill Mobley on trumpet, and Andy Strassnich on flute This original composition was the theme song for the movie short Claire's Day
Another version was just
recorded in Boston with
the great Dr Phil Pearl
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20kv is a dynamic entertainer, composer and songwriter.
After playing at Blues Alley to a packed house, a world renowned German researcher at children's hospital said "this is fantastic energy ... you should call yourself 20 thousand volts" and hence forth he has been known as 20KV
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