Showing posts with label LEGENDS IN JAZZ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LEGENDS IN JAZZ. Show all posts
Friday, March 17, 2017
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Al Jarreau & George Benson
Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the fifth of six children. His website refers to Reservoir Avenue, the name of the street where he lived. His father was a minister and singer, and his mother was a church pianist. He and his
family sang together in church concerts and in benefits, and he and his
mother performed at PTA meetings. Read More
George Benson- Benson was born and raised in the Hill District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.At the age of 7, Benson first played the ukulele in a corner drug
store, for which he was paid a few dollars. At the age of 8, he played
guitar in an unlicensed nightclub on Friday and Saturday nights, but the police soon closed the club down. At the age of 10, Benson recorded his first single record, She Makes Me Mad, with RCA-Victor in New York, under the name Little Georgie. Read More
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Walter Beasley
Walter Beasley's musical journey began in the early 1970s. When his aunt gave him his first Grover Washington, Jr. Before long, he bought a copy of Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway's 1972 collaboration album. These two classic recordings became the foundation of the young saxman and vocalist's musical awakening. Read more on Beasley an educator at Berklee College of Music.
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