{"id":3803,"date":"1999-03-01T22:09:00","date_gmt":"1999-03-01T22:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenneypolson.com\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2026-11-02T22:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T22:26:16","slug":"the-kenney-polson-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenneypolson.com\/?p=3803","title":{"rendered":"The Kenney Polson Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eaeaea&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|40px||40px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><strong>Student writer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><strong>Campus Digest<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nurse, this is de\ufb01nitely a case where a transplant results in a series of foot tapping. hip shaking, head bobbing side effects known throughout the world as the Kenney Poison syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>Prognosis: A highly infectious good time ONLY if you attend Kermey PoIson\u2018s &#8220;Paradise&#8221; compact release party Sept. 25 at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center, prescribed by the Merced County Arts Council and KJAZZ I07.7.<\/p>\n<p>With a master&#8217;s degree in jazz composition- arranging from the internationally acclaimed Fine Arts School at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and a resume that would make any jazz fan dizzy, saxophonist Poison moved his family to Merced a year ago to serve as a jazz director at Merced College.<\/p>\n<p>Poison has shared audiences with James Brown, Little Richard, Bettye Swan, Z.Z. Hill, Joe Williams, DJ. Rodgers, Gil Scott-Heron, Fred Wesley, Lee Garrett and a host of <g class=\"gr_ gr_24 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"24\" data-gr-id=\"24\">othets<\/g> on stages around the world.<\/p>\n<p>He has also performed on national television (CBS) with Kenney Burrell, Jimmy Heath, Phil Woods. David Sanborn and Winton Marsalis.<\/p>\n<p>During the educator&#8217;s musical career, he has\u2018 been sought as a clinician and also as an adjudicator for concert band and jazz band competitions. He has taught both public and private school in Fresno and in Bogota, Colombia, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; given clinics, performances and lectures on jazz in Beijing, China; and: is presently teaching at Merced College.<\/p>\n<p>Many of Polson\u2018s smooth jazz compositions on his new compact disc. &#8220;Paradise,&#8221; was recorded with some of Brazil\u2019s most accomplished jazz musicians and will be presented at this event by the Kenney Poison Project with special guests.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-992\" src=\"https:\/\/kenneypolson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KP-syndrome-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\"><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student writer Campus Digest Nurse, this is de\ufb01nitely a case where a transplant results in a series of foot tapping. hip shaking, head bobbing side effects known throughout the world as the Kenney Poison syndrome. 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