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A spin-off through the Isley Brothers, bassist Marvin Isley, drummer/guitarist Ernie Isley, and their keyboardist/brother-in-law Chris Jasper worked in the Isley Brothers’ “3 + 3” music group from 1969 until 1984. They agreed upon with CBS as another entity and got substantial success using their debut LP, Broadway’s Nearer to …

Any serious set of extremely influential keyboardists in the soul/pop/funk field would need to are the Isley Brothers’ Chris Jasper. Jasper could be heard setting up adept acoustic piano, body organ, cool clavinet, and Moog/Arp synthesizer lines on such seminal ’70s strikes as “Who’s That Woman,” “Battle the energy,” “For …

Guitarist/drummer/vocalist/songwriter Ernie Isley infused the Isley Brothers having a Jimi Hendrix-like virtuosity that took the veteran R&B group right into a more rockin’ path, earning 11 platinum and five platinum albums. Later on as an associate of Isley/Jasper/Isley, he sang business lead within the R&B strike “Look another Method,” and …