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Norman Connors (born March 1, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, producer, and headliner, who has led some influential jazz and R&B groups. He had some big R&B hits of the day, especially in the area love ballads and songs with a positive statement in both titles and lyrics.
Connors became interested in jazz as a child, and began playing drums early, once sitting in for Elvin Jones at a John Coltrane performance he attended while in middle school. Connors studied music at Temple University and Juilliard; his first recording was on Archie Shepp's 1967...
Nacido en Kansas City, Brown se interesó por la
guitarra a los seis años jugueteando con la
acústica de seis cuerdas de su hermano. Inicialmente
tocaba temas de Jimi Hendrix o los Isley Brothers, pero
cuando descubrió a uno de los guitarristas favoritos
de su padre, Wes Montgomery, todo cambió.
Brown empezó a tocar temas de jazz contemporáneo
y estándares. Su creciente interés por el jazz le llevó
a trasladarse a Los Angeles a mediados de los ochenta,
allí estudiaría en el Instituto de Música de Hollywood e
inmediatamente después de graduarse firmará por la
subsidiaria de Motown, MoJazz, en...
There are at least three Norman bates'.
One is a hardcore band from jersey: http://www.myspace.com/normanbatesmetal
And the other one is a german jazz/funk/downtempo-rapper/singer, better known just as "Bates". He is currently working within his homebase "Zughafen", as well as artists like clueso, the rythm club or Makabu.
www.normanbates.de
Another one is a nu-metal / crossover band from Rakovník in Czech Republic. Check out their Bandzone profile. .