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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...

Norman Brown nasceu em Missouri, Kansas City no dia 18 de dezembro de 1963. Cantor e guitarrista de Smooth Jazz, é considerado predecessor de George Benson. Seu álbum de estréia saiu pelo selo Motown Records em 1992 "Just Between Us". Depois vieram, "After The Storm em 1994 e "Better Days Ahead" em 1996 com grande performance. Brown se transferiu para a Warner Bros. Records. em 2000 realizando "Celebration", produzido por Paul Brown. Em 2002 formou o BWB com o saxofonista Kirk Whalum e o trompetista Rick Braun, no álbum "Groovin". Em 2003 ele seu produtor Paul Brown ganharam o Grammy...

Rock / Alternative / Pop Member Since 5/2/2005 Band Website whitfieldband.com Band Members Jobie Mallett (Lead vocals, guitar, keyboards) Sam Bastedo (Drums, percussion, backing vocals) Josh McCulloch (Bass guitar, backing vocals) Jordan Irwin (Lead guitar) About Whitfield Vancouvers Whitfield have just completed their new album entitled Well Behaved & Working For You. The album was recorded over 2 intense weeks with producers The Glitter Twins at Oregon Citys Supernatural Sound, one of the most reputable studios in the North West. A handful of advance copies generated extraordinary reviews and interest in the group, and the local CD release party was...