Kenneth Whalum III

Kenneth Whalum III, occasionally credited as simply Kenneth Whalum, is a saxophonist and arranger. He in addition has branched out to record a dreamy and aching design of modern R&B that deviates in the sounds noticed on industrial radio. The kid of Kenneth T. Whalum, who’s the pastor of Memphis, Tennessee’s Support Olivet Baptist Cathedral, Whalum is element of a deeply musical family members which includes Kirk Whalum, Kevin Whalum, and Kyle Whalum, among various other music artists. After he performed saxophone on and offered as executive manufacturer for the brand new Olivet Sanctuary Choir’s record 4God2God: 2nd Possibilities, Whalum made an appearance on many high-profile R&B and rap recordings. Among the sooner albums that feature him are Jay-Z’s American Gangster, as noticed on the showcase “Roc Children (As well as the Champion Is definitely…),” and Maxwell’s BLACKsummers’night. This year 2010, Whalum released his 1st solo jazz documenting, To THOSE THAT Believe. Pursuing that, he added to a stylistically wide range of albums by famous brands Christian Scott, John Tale, Kris Bowers, and Big K.R.We.T., the final of whom was presented on Whalum’s early 2014 solitary “Aside.” In 2015, he teased the discharge of his second recording, Through Hell and Large Water, using the track “Ghost City.”