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Ken Skinner, leader and founder of the jazzmongers!, was born in Montreal Quebec on June 28, 1962 into a very musical family. Ken's father Kenny Sr. was a jazz pianist in Montreal, Quebec and was quite well known in the area having played with such legends of Canadian jazz like Nelson Symonds, Norm Villeneuve, Charlie Biddle, Doug Richardson and Stu Losby. Kenny Sr. is listed in the "Who's Who of jazz in Montreal" by John Gilmore, and even backed up cats at after hours clubs like Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett in his heyday. Kenny Sr. was also connected to the Peterson family through stints playing in Chuck Peterson's band. Oscar married one of Kenny's cousins and hanging out with Oliver Jones and Joe Sealy in the late fifties and early sixties was just par for the course. Kenny Sr. was so well respected and liked by other musicians that Miles Davis even took time out from his busy touring schedule and sparred a couple of rounds with Kenny Sr., also a huge boxing student...