Dec 02 2008
The Rocky Wynder Trio
One of the many great things about living in east Tennessee is the music. I am not sure if it the geographical definition that the Appalachian Mountains create, or the convergence of the Rock & Roll and the Blues from Sun Studio in Memphis with the jazz of New Orleans further to the south caressing the R & B, Motown, and Rap passing through from Detroit, to the hot Latin sounds flowing northward from Miami, and who can forget the home of country music an hour or so to the west; whatever the geographical isolation or surreal mixing of musical styles, east Tennessee has its own sound.
One of the maestros of this sound is Rocky Wynder. Rocky arrived as a musician in the Knoxville area in 1950 and, along with fellow musicians, was abandoned here. This could be where Rocky fell into a Blues genre or latched onto the hot Latin sounds that were puring out of Miami but not Rocky. To be an original, to rise to the level of legend one cannot slip into a comfortable genre but must flow seamlessly between genres; demonstrating through expert skill and confidence the connections that unite the genres. This is Rocky Wynder. He is a recognized legend in world of jazz, though he is not a prisoner to the genre.
Knoxville is proud to have a musician of this caliber and a man of this distinction as a resident. If you want to see this man work his magic, the Lawson McGhee Library is proud to be able to host Rocky Wynder and the Rocky Wynder Trio in the Arts @ the Library Room this Friday, December 5, 2008 at 6:00 PM. Admission is free!
For more information call 865-215-8729.
Click HERE for a map to the Lawson McGhee Library.
