Kenneth Maiuri is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Florence, Massachusetts. Since early 2016, he has been the keyboardist for The B-52's. He has played in numerous other bands, such as Pedro the Lion and The Mammals. He has been part of the live band for performances of "Picture-Stories" created by Ben Katchor and Mark Mulcahy, including "The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island", "or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower"; "A Checkroom Romance;" and "Up from the Stacks". Maiuri co-composed the music to Jason Mazzotta's 2015 short film "The Century of Love, Part I." In 2023 he backed up Eggstone’s Per Sunding for his first-ever US tour. He has appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (with The B-52's), "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (as a member of the [Email] Chorus band), "Fresh Air" (with Mark Mulcahy), and "Mountain Stage" (with Mark Mulcahy and The Mammals).
Career.
Ken Maiuri wrote the weekly music column "Clubland" for the "Daily Hampshire Gazette" from April 1995 – February 2020.
He hosts the long-running radio programs "Wiggly World" (a freeform mix, Monday nights 8 – 11 p.m. ET) and the "Saturday Jazz Show" (Saturdays 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. ET) online, on the Mixlr broadcast platform.
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