Ben Tankard

He’s been known as “the Quincy Jones of Gospel,” and besides getting among the best-selling instrumentalists in Christian music, key pad participant Ben Tankard provides justified his label, making many stellar gospel tasks aswell as portion as an professional vice-president at Tribute Information, that he has documented extensively. Delivered in Florida to a minister dad and a missionary mom, he started playing drums in cathedral at age three. He afterwards graduated to tuba and was provided many music scholarships to university, though he ultimately accepted a golf ball scholarship rather. Tankard endured a tough period of despair and homelessness whenever a leg injury avoided him from turning professional (though he was drafted with the NBA). A trip to a revival program put him on the right course, and almost right away, he became an extremely talented key pad/organ participant. Tankard started his see in tune with 1990’s Keynote Loudspeaker, documented for Tribute. He continuing recording and shortly moved into creation and arranging aswell, contacting his reserves of early musical schooling to supply impeccable careers for Yolanda Adams, the Alabama Condition Mass Choir, and Michael Bruce. His albums had been frequently light jazz functions, offering relaxing, reflective gospel instrumentals which were comparable to mainstream attempts from George Benson and Kenny G. Furthermore to his several single albums, Tankard offers earned various Platinum and Platinum information via his creation function, collaborating with a bunch of Grammy-winning performers including Consider 6, Fred Hammond, Kelly Cost, John P. Kee, Shirley Murdock, Twinkie Clark, and Gerald Albright.