Biography
From his start in Memphis where he played in his father’s church choir, veteran saxophonist Kirk Whalum drew inspiration from your rich music traditions of this city, including gospel, R&B, blues, and finally jazz. He received a scholarship or grant to wait music college at Tx Southern University or college, where he created a music group in 1979 and started playing displays on the neighborhood membership circuit. When he opened up for Bob Adam in Houston in 1984, the pianist was impressed with Whalum’s expressive design, and asked him to try out on his record 12. Whalum shortly agreed upon with Columbia Information and released his initial single record, Floppy Drive, in 1985. That record (along with the following two, 1988’s AND YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT! and 1989’s The Guarantee) was made by Adam, continuing the music artists’ fruitful relationship. The first ’90s noticed Whalum issuing two even more albums in the Columbia label — Caché in 1993 and In This Lifestyle in 1995 — all of them getting the saxophonist elevated commercial interest and critical compliment. Afterwards, a duet with Adam titled “Joined up with on the Hip” had taken Whalum’s profession to a fresh level, because the tune garnered Whalum his initial Grammy nomination. In 1997, Whalum jumped brands to indication with Warner Bros. His initial single record on Warner’s tabs, Colors, premiered that same season, and perhaps a lot more than any other record, showed Whalum’s capability to synthesize music from a number of sources to make a fusion of pop, jazz, and R&B. The next year, Gospel Based on Jazz, Section 1 exhibited his capability to go back to the music of his youth stylistically, while also going after the type of religious depth which has a lengthy background in jazz, echoing performers like John Coltrane in benefiting from the saxophone’s exclusive expressive characteristics. The 10 years also brought Whalum a wonderfully diverse group of program and touring careers, working with performers like Whitney Houston, Babyface, Yolanda Adams, Consider 6, Bebe & Cece Winans, Barbra Streisand, Edwin Hawkins, Quincy Jones, Kevin Mahogany, Al Green, and Luther Vandross. Furthermore to his single albums, Whalum done several film ratings, including those for The Prince of Tides, Boyz within the Hood, Grand Canyon, and Cousins. His sax single was presented on Whitney Houston’s wildly well-known single “I’LL Always Like You,” around the soundtrack for The Bodyguard. The group of fans that Whalum have been building through the entire ’80s and ’90s exploded along with his 1998 launch, FOR YOU PERSONALLY, which spent almost two years near the top of the Billboard Modern Jazz Graph and yielded four TOP NAC strikes. His self-produced recording, 2000’s Hymns within the Backyard, produced a very much quieter effect but was critically acclaimed, actually generating Whalum another Grammy nomination. Also in 2000, Whalum documented once again for Warner Bros. and released Unconditional, his third record for the label. Unconditional came back to the modern jazz design that had designated his early produces, with several unexpected addresses, including variations of Macy Gray’s “I Try” and *NSYNC’s “God WILL NEED TO HAVE Spent a bit more Time you.” “Can’t Quit the Rainfall,” a melody created and sung by Shai, may be the just other melody on the record not constructed by Whalum. Since 2001, Whalum provides released four studio room albums, including his second level of gospel music, The Gospel Based on Jazz: Section 2, and Kirk Whalum Performs the Babyface Songbook, released on Rendezvous Music in 2005. In 2008, Whalum released Claims Made, an advantage record for the Millennium Task focused on the comfort of craving for food, disease avoidance, and economic advancement in Africa. This year 2010, Whalum released The Gospel Based on Jazz: Section III. This quantity included performances by George Duke, Lalah Hathaway, Bishop T.D. Jakes, and Kevin Whalum, amongst others. Whalum was produced Leader and CEO from the Stax Museum of American Spirit Music afterwards in the entire year, and in August, he released Everything Is certainly Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway, his second record of the entire year on Rendezvous Music.
Quick Facts
Full Name Kirk Whalum
Profession Songwriter, Saxophonist
Education Texas Southern University
Nationality American
Spouse Ruby Whalum
Children Kyle Whalum
Parents Thelma Twigg Whalum, Kenneth Whalum Senior
Siblings Kevin Whalum, Kenneth Whalum
Awards Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song
Music Groups The Rippingtons, Loop
Music Songs Falling in Love With Jesus, All I Do, Now 'til Forever, Make Me a Believer, Do You Feel Me, Ta Ta You Jesus, Into My Soul, It's What I Do, He's Been Just That Good, We're Still Friends, Sunday's Best, Love Is the Answer, You Are Everything, Keep on Pushing, Groverworked & Underpaid, Waltz for David, Can't Stop the Rain, Love Is a Losing Game, Any Love, Un Amor Supremo, No-Word Praise, I Wouldn't Be a Man, Big Ol' Shoes, Afterthought, That's The Way Love Goes, Hoddamile, You Had to Know, Trust God, Sax in the Garden, Thy Kingdom Come, Africa Jesus Africa, Where He Leads Me
Albums The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III, The Gospel According to Jazz: Chapter II, The Gospel According to Jazz: Chapter 1, Hymns in the Garden, Romance Language, Kirk Whalum Performs the Babyface Songbook, Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway, Joined at the Hip, Unconditional, In This Life, Into My Soul, Weekend in Monaco, Floppy Disk, The Promise, And You Know That!, Promises Made: The Millennium Promise Jazz Project, Loop Band, Colors, Human Nature, For You, Round Trip, Performs the Babyface Songbook, Caché, The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV, The Best of Kirk Whalum, Icons of Jazz, More of Everything is Everything - EP
Nominations Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance, Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Album
Movies Miss HIV, The Prince of Tides
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Music Department
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Jean-Michel Jarre: A Journey Into Sound |
2015 |
TV Movie documentary musician: sax soloist |
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Kirk Whalum: The Gospel According to Jazz (IV) |
2015 |
music producer |
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Cousins |
1989 |
musician: sax soloist |
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Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Only You |
1994 |
performer: "Livin' In The Streets" / writer: "Livin' In The Streets" |
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Cousins |
1989 |
"Adulterer's Blues", "Adulterer's Blues Two" |
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Actor
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Kirk Whalum: The Gospel According to Jazz (IV) |
2015 |
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The Prince of Tides |
1991 |
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Saxophonist |
Composer
Composer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Little Town of Bethlehem |
2010 |
Video documentary |
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Miss HIV |
2007 |
Documentary |
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Producer
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Kirk Whalum: The Gospel According to Jazz (IV) |
2015 |
executive producer |
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Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Praise the Lord |
2015 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Marcus |
2015 |
Video documentary |
Himself |
Take Me to the River |
2014 |
Documentary |
Himself |
The Mo'Nique Show |
2011 |
TV Series |
Himself |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
1993-2010 |
TV Series |
Himself - Guest Musician / Himself |
18th Annual Trumpet Awards |
2010 |
TV Special |
Himself |
Christmas Glory: In the Key of Love |
2007 |
TV Special |
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21st Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards |
2006 |
TV Special |
Himself |
The Jazzspel with Eric J |
2003 |
TV Series |
Himself (2003-2008) |
Classic Whitney |
1997 |
TV Movie |
Himself |
Soul Train |
1993 |
TV Series documentary |
Guest |
An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration |
1993 |
TV Movie |
Himself |
Larry Carlton: Live |
1987 |
Video documentary |
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Jean Michel Jarre Rendez-vous Houston: A City in Concert |
1986 |
TV Special |
Alto Saxophone |
Nominated awards
Nominated awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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2016 |
Grammy |
Grammy Awards |
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album |
For the album "The Gospel According to Jazz, Volume IV." |
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2016 |
Image Award |
Image Awards |
Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary) |
Album: "The Gospel According to Jazz - Chapter IV" |
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