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A world-renowned jazz saving designer and musician, composer/pianist Kevin Toney’s music addresses a broad selection of styles and it is timeless and vintage yet always modern. Born and elevated in Detroit, Michigan, he went to the exclusive Cass Technical SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL and performed with lots of the city’s best …

The Blackbyrds were a jazz-funk group with thick R&B streaks running down their backs. Constructed by Donald Byrd in 1974, the group’s first people — percussionist Pericles “Benefit” Jacobs, Jr., drummer Keith Killgo, keyboardist Kevin Toney, reeds participant Allan Barnes, bassist Joe Hall, guitarist Barney Perry — had been mined …