Professional, self-taught musician (piano and electric guitar), and vocalist Terrence Howard was created March 11, 1969, in Chicago, IL, but was raised in Cleveland, OH, the grandson of NY stage professional Minnie Gentry. Emancipated by enough time he was 16, Howard shifted to NEW YORK at age 18, studying chemical …

The Memphis-based retro-soul act the Bo-Keys trace their roots back again to 1998, when musician Scott Bomar was enlisted to make a supporting band for Sir Mack Grain. Bomar made a decision to revive the audio and sensibility of Memphis within the ’60s — the fantastic age group of Stax/Volt, …

Provided a high-profile i’m all over this the all-star compilation Move Wit tha Flava as their first documenting opportunity, Zhané resided up to the pressure and arrived away with among the R&B party anthems from the ’90s, “Hey, Mr. DJ.” Jean Norris and Renee Neufville fulfilled while both had been …

Empire, a music drama tv series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, premiered on Fox in January 2015 and introduced the Lyon family members, headed by Empire Entertainment CEO Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) — a troubled ex – drug dealer-turned-rap musician and businessman — and Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. …

Andy Kirk was never a significant musician (actually he hardly ever really soloed), arranger or character yet he was an effective big bandleader within the 1930s and ’40s. He began playing bass sax and tuba in Denver with George Morrison’s music group in 1918. In 1925, he shifted to Dallas …

A very important and talented musician/arranger whose lifestyle was cut short simply by illness, Alex Hill accomplished a good deal in a brief period of your time without gaining any true fame. Regarded a tiny prodigy, Hill was trained piano by his mom. He went to Shorter University and fulfilled …

A blues combo that fuses modern styles using the vintage Chicago audio from the ’50s, Mississippi High temperature was formed within the Windy Town in 1991 by Israeli-born, Belgian-bred vocalist and harp guy Pierre Lacocque. The band’s tale started when blues guitarist and vocalist Jon McDonald asked Lacocque on-stage throughout …