Funk - Jazz - Jam, Contemporary Radio Pop with R&B, Smooth Jazz, Pop/R&B Songwriter, R&B, Urban Dance Pop, You Gotta Dance, Combination music , smooth jazz instrumental, R&B/Urban/Pop
The Groove
An EP of music from my album "In the zone," -different versions of 'in the groove'.The 'In The Groove'(radio mix} is the day radio mix,the club mix is a more extended dance version,the 'Jazz FM mix' is the cruising, more late-night love making version.
The album has a blend of smooth jazzy cuts like 'Sometimes'& ' Between The Spaces', up-tempo cuts like' In The Zone', 'Montuno' & 'Burnt' offerings','Wah-Wha Man' has an acid jazz feel & lots of wah-wah effects, and 'Wicked Thoughts' has a reggae feel.
This is my first album of 'My Collective Series' of three albums of jazz fusion, r&b, soul, dance & pop.'Have You Got The Time' was written and concieved in london in 1983' with other tracks while living there for three for 3 a half years.
This is fusion of jazz, r&b, pop and soul of music i wrote with a few covers that I recorded in LA. and London over the past twenty years. It's one of 'My Collective Series' of three albums.
This is old-school funk and soul from the seventies with hits from the past and an original I co wrote with the other guitarist Chris Staines of 'The Atlantic Soul Machine' featuring me on guitar and vocals.
'Heart of Stone' is page two of 'My Collective Series' of three fusion, r&b, soul, dance & jazz cd's written and recorded over the past twenty years. This CD has more r&b, soul, pop & dance tracks.
Artist Statement I hope that everyone enjoy's my music ,my videos and my various websites. I've been told that i sounded somewhat like 'George Benson' and at times BB. King, sometimes both. I'll be releasing more albums later this year of songs and recordings i 've written and recorded here in LA. and London. Musically Yours, Emmett North Jr.
Bio I was introduced to playing the guitar at age nine years old. I was shown a few licks of a song called 'Honky Tonk' by a friend. I didn't learn the rest of the song until i was twelve.I was born in Middletown,Ohio between Dayton and Cincinnati. My family moved to Dayton which is a much larger city and had a great many bands, gospel ,Blues & R&B singers tons of good musicians and big shows in town.I started writing songs in the fifth grade and i wrote one about my teacher for the last day of school. At twelve i started playing for gospel groups,at church's and at thirteen i played my first blues gig with a local blues star 'Piney Brown'.My mother's side of the family were the musicians.My mom sung in the choir and she played piano and my aunts sang in church and played piano and organ,my moms brothers played sax, trumpet and trombone played in the military and church.I travelled to many cities with bands and gospel singers until seventeen then i had my own band called 'The Ohio Twisters'.With the various groups i performed in Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta,Pittsburg, Louisville,Indianapolis and many other cities and was still in high school. I had two bands while in the army.I had a german band that i went on tour with on my leave from my military post. I had a band also made up of my military buddies who could play and sing. I would get off of guard duty or KP if my battalion commander was having a party because he would want me and my band to perform for the officers parties .I went on the road with a USO tour to other military facilities to entertain the troops.I went on the road with my german band on tour with a famous german band at the time.I was asked to join the group 'Heat Wave' a year before moving to La. I was insecure about moving to england at the time, a year later i went to La. to audition for singer' Bobby Womack' but was hired by 'Barry White' because his office was in the same building at the time and he auditioned me first. You can learn more about me at my site: interjazz.com/emmettnorthjr. and some of the other sites listed. I hope you'll enjoy the ride of my life experiences.There's much more bio at my official site at: www.interjazz.com/emmettnorthjr.,Chow Baby!
Career Highlights/Vital Stats I was hired by Barry White and three months later i was touring europe and south america. I wrote a song called 'Making Believe That It's You' for 'The Love Unlimited Orchestra.Perfprming at 'The Radio City Music Hall' with 'The Rockets' dancers. I was in the first ' Blues Brothers' movie. I recorded and worked for 'Wolfman Jack' on a blues album and worked with his house band on his TV. Show ,where i got to play with 'Chuck Berry' and behind 'Tanya Tucker' who was on the show.. I performed locally on The Gil Whitney TV. show in Dayton as a solo artist, 'The Fifth Dimension'was also on the show. I moved to London,England in 81' and started working and recording with a reggae singing group called The Chosen Few'. I became the band leader/ director. My first gig with them the lead singer for 'The Foundations saw me and wanted me to work with them.I toured with the Foundations to the Isle of Wight and the Isle of Man,Scotland and Wales,also Tv.show 'Unforgettable'. 'The Funkmasters british funk/soul/Pop group made up of session players,we recorded a song that went to no.3 in british charts,DJ./ prod. Tony Williams put us together, we appeared on Top of the Pops'TV. Show. I appeared on 'The Merv Griffin's Show' and 'The Dinah Shores Show' with Barry White. I'ved appeared on many TV.shows as a solo artist and did numerous radio interviews states side and abroad.
Influences/Similar To (Guitarist) George Benson,Grant Green,Wes Montgomery,BB.King,Wilbert Longmire,Robert Ward,Leroy'Sugarfoot' Bonner. ( Horns) Miles Davis, Freddy Hubbard,, Grover Washington Jr. ( Keyboards) Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Smith,Bob James, Ramsey Lewis,George Duke. ( Drums) Billy Cobham, Jack Dejohnette, Steve Gadd,Harvey Mason. ( Bass) Stanley Clark, Larry Graham, Ron Carter, Abraham Laboriel,Verdean White. ( Singers) George Benson, Sam Cooke, Bobby Womack, James Taylor.
Contact Information Emmett North Jr. 11820 Kittridge Street#40 North Hollywood, CA 91606 2465 United States Tel. 818 487 9212
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