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Kenny Anderson

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Michael Coleman, Marc Laurens, Aron Burton, Olu Dara, Willie Kent

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  • Genre: Blues
  • Instrument: Trumpet, Saxophone, Horn Arrangements

Biography

A pair of horn players named Ken Anderson have been racking up impressive credits since the

early '90s, and have more in common than just their names. The Chicago trumpeter most often credited as Kenny Anderson and the busy session saxophonist Kenneth Anderson, sometimes just plain Ken Anderson, have both been strongly associated with funky music styles--the former with Chicago blues, the latter with the soul side of the pop music toast. But both are also heavily involved with Latin music. Kenny Anderson, in fact, has pulled off a transition from being known as a blues and rhythm and blues section man to grabbing the first chair in salsa bands, a musical transition that means it is he, and not some electric guitar string bender, who has to hit all the high notes.



In this and many of his other activities, Anderson suits the profile of a Chicago musician that has been established since the early '20s. This city's players have always found their way into at least a few different styles of music, all depending on how busy they want to be. Thus, Anderson has played behind intense bluesmen such as Luther Allison and Mighty Joe Young as well as participating in the modern jazz explorations of fellow trumpeter Malachi Thompson. A member of Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Thompson utilized Anderson as part of his group entitled Malachi Thompson's Africa Brass, named after the important John Coltrane big band recording. Anderson has also worked with Bill McFarland in that leader's Chicago Horns, and tours regularly with funksters the Ohio Players, a group that specializes in a style that Anderson came up with in one of his first professional gigs. Another funk band based out of Ohio called Slave was first formed in 1975, andAnderson worked with them in the following decade including a 1983 recording session, one of the trumpeter's earliest.



His salsa and Latin connections include the Orchestra Isla, Hector Silveira Orchestra and Chuchito Valdés. Anderson also performs and records with the interesting Ensemble Kalinda and a host of Chicago bandleaders such as Jimmy Johnson, Shirley Johnson, Willie Kent and Tad Robinson. Besides the previously mentioned saxophonist Kenneth Anderson, Chicago itself was the home of yet another player by this name who retired from music in the early '50s. Both younger men could have been happy about this development, since the senior Kenneth Anderson actually handled both trumpet and saxophone, as well as piano, which means he could have whipped any and all players named Ken Anderson with one horn tied behind his back. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide
 
 
Wikipedia: Kenny Anderson
Kenny Anderson
Position Point Guard
Nickname Special K
Height  ft  in ( m)
Weight  lb ( kg)
Nationality USA
Born October 9 1970 (1970--) (age 37)
Flag of New York Queens, New York
College Georgia Tech
Draft 2nd overall, 1991
New Jersey Nets
Pro career 1991–2005
Former teams New Jersey Nets (1991 – 1996)
Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets (1996), (2003)
Portland Trail Blazers (1996 – 1998)
Boston Celtics (1998 – 2002)
Indiana Pacers (2003 – 2004)
Atlanta Hawks (2004 – 2005)
Los Angeles Clippers (2005)
BC Žalgiris (2005 – 2006)
Awards 1993-94 NBA All-Star

Kenneth (Kenny) "Mr. Chibbs" Anderson (born October 9 1970 in Queens, New York) is a left-handed point guard who played more than a decade in the National Basketball Association.

Early life

At age 16 and as a high school sophomore, the LeFrak City, Queens[1] native who attended academic and athletic powerhouse Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood, was already considered one of the best basketball prospects in America.[2] By the end of his high school career, he was a three-time Parade All-American, a feat not accomplished since Lew Alcindor and the first player to be named All-City four times. In addition, he was a McDonalds All-American, Gatorage High School player of the year, was named Player of the Year in the state by the New York State Sportswriters Association, and was named Mr. Basketball by the New York State Coaches Organization.[3] Despite the fact that his coach, Jack Curran, benched Kenny for the first quarter of all of his games during his Freshman year at Molloy, Kenny set the all-time New York State High School scoring record, with 2,621 points. This record would stand for 18 years.

On to Georgia Tech

After a long recruiting process, the hotly-pursued Anderson signed a letter of intent in November 1988 to play his college basketball at Georgia Tech, selecting the upstart Yellow Jackets over national powers North Carolina, Duke and Syracuse.[4]

Becoming the team's starting point guard almost immediately, Anderson would play two years for Georgia Tech, helping to lead his team to the Final Four in 1990 along with swingmen Dennis Scott and Brian Oliver, who as a combination were referred to as "Lethal Weapon 3". It was Anderson's shot at the end of regulation during the Round of 16 that put their game versus favored Michigan State into overtime, with the Yellow Jackets pulling away. Georgia Tech's tournament run would end versus eventual champion UNLV in the Final Four.

With Scott and Oliver gone after that season, Anderson was left to carry a young Georgia Tech team on his back, averaging nearly 26 points a game, but only able to secure a #8 seed for the NCAA Tournament, losing in the 2nd round to Ohio State. Soon after, Anderson announced that he would forego his last two years of eligibility and declare himself eligible for the NBA Draft.

He played for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.[5]

The NBA

Anderson was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the second pick in the 1991 NBA Draft. Anderson was the youngest player in the league at that time. He failed to make an expected impact during his rookie campaign in 1991-92, averaging only seven points, two rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. However, in Anderson's second season he broke out, more than doubling his points, rebounds and assists averages. He played solidly (albeit with a tendency to be injury-prone) for the next 3½ seasons before being traded to the Charlotte Hornets in 1996.

Throughout his career Anderson has played for the Hornets (including both Charlotte and New Orleans franchises), Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics and the Indiana Pacers, and split a season for the Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Clippers.

In 1998, Portland traded Anderson to the Toronto Raptors for Damon Stoudamire, but he refused to report to the Raptors because he did not want to play in Canada. Without playing a single game for them, Anderson forced the Raptors' hand and they traded him to the Celtics for Chauncey Billups.

Anderson was released from Zalgiris Kaunas after the 2005-06 season.

Legal trouble

Anderson has experienced off-court problems as well. As a result of a divorce from his ex-wife, former The Real World: Los Angeles cast member Tami Akbar Anderson (due to infidelity), she successfully acquired a sizeable portion of his assets. She had a license plate custom-made to mark her victory with the phrase "HISCASH."[6]

He has a daughter with Spinderella from Salt 'N Pepa.[citation needed]

After the NBA

Noted on the Jim Rome Show (ESPN Radio, June 21, 2007) Kenny Anderson was named as the new coach of the Atlanta Krunk. The team is owned by Freedom Williams of [[C+C Music Factory]]. Anderson was married for the second time on July 28, 2007 in Panama City, Florida [citation needed].

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