Drummer Kenny Hadley’s playing experience includes European and South American tours, performances with Van Morrison, Dizzy Gillespie, the Count Basie Orchestra, Peter Wolf, The Drifters, Rebecca Paris, the North Shore Music Theater and Franklin School for the Performing Arts. He serves as orchestra contractor for the Franklin Performing Arts Company and has co-produced The Sacred Music of Duke Ellington, Tis’The Season, and the CD recordings of Electric Youth. His teaching experience includes the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (1998-present), Milton After-School Program, DiScenso’s Drum Shop (1995-present) and numerous teaching clinics and master classes throughout New England. The Kenny Hadley Big Band has shared the stage with the Count Basie Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie’s Band and The Duke Ellington Orchestra and has hosted guest soloists including Clark Terry and Louie Bellson. The band’s acclaimed recordings include Come Sunday, A Beautiful Friendship and the new release Common Thread with Jazz Vocalist Amanda Carr.