My name is Ken.
There are many spaces in which you'll find me.
In a conversational space with Ulf Meyer.
Ou dans l'intimité des choses avec Quintet Jean Paul....
... or hanging out with TRIO X in Hamburg,
With my students, who inspire me always...
... or in the tense grip of a tune....
Often inward and mindful.
then again, at play in the world....
... in Copenhagen with my DK band....
... or as a sideman for the cool Bettina Russmann...
...or posing for pics at the Admi with Ulf and Steven....
I have a moment of grace, while the band plays.
I can also dig in to a musical moment...
... with great players, dancers, writers, singers.....
...'Cause we're telling stories, shapin' things... together
Listening.
And that gives me hope.
...and then sometimes I hide away in my studio in Berlin....
... checking in with myself.
We all stand in the afterglow of many...
...who shine on through all of us.
I experience such pleasure
... listening to the sounds of the world.
Welcome to my online space.
"With his expressive voice and his unerring instinct for sound, Ken Norris fuses the qualities of a skilled jazz vocalist with the approach of an instrumentalist. Norris plays in his own special way, always with a revisited and corrected instrumentation. Above all, he performs a jazz in which the role of the singer is completely reexamined. . . He creates space for the voice in the center of the arrangement. Pretentious? Absolutely not. Rather, he is a lover of musical interaction." - Le Dauphinois
“Look out: a revelation! The talent of a true jazz singer, gifted with a superb musical harmonic sense. To situate this newcomer, those who adore Kurt Elling and David Lynx will not be disappointed. . . .. In a year of ‘nothing new on the jazz scene, thank you for daring." - Alex Dutilh, Jazzman Magaine, Paris.