Ken Slavin: The Silver Anniversary Concert!

Ken made his professional debut on the San Antonio River Walk in 1990 and since those early days, he has become one of the city’s most popular classic jazz singers and has developed a fan base around the world.

Although his smooth and intimate vocal style is often favorably compared to noted jazz vocalist Johnny Hartman or such legendary pop singers as Frank Sinatra, Matt Monro and Tony Bennett, he has steadfastly followed his own musical path, successfully finding a unique voice in a highly competitive industry.

Jim Beal, former music writer for the San Antonio Express-News, once described Ken this way: “When it comes to crooning in the classic jazz/pop tradition, Ken Slavin has no peers.”

Over the past quarter century, Ken’s dedication to singing has paid off in many exciting ways. Last year he became a voting member of The Recording Academy, which produces the GRAMMY Awards. He has produced five CDs, all of which are included on jazz radio playlists around the world and on cable TV’s Music Choice service on the “Singers and Swing” channel.

He has opened for such jazz stars as The Four Freshmen, Eddie Palmieri, David Sanborn and Chico Hamilton and performed in concert with the internationally acclaimed Jim Cullum Jazz Band and five-time Grammy Award winners Little Joe y La Familia. And he recently sang with the San Antonio Symphony at the Majestic Theatre during one of Fiesta’s biggest and oldest events: the Coronation of the Queen of the Order of the Alamo.

In 2013 he made his New York City debut at the world-famous Metropolitan Room and released a live CD to commemorate the occasion. He has returned two more times to excellent reviews and will perform there again in January 2016.