Jason King (singer, producer, ProTools & laptop programming, keyboard and guitar doodling,
professor, journalist, musical supervisor, songwriting and composition, management / A&R, journalist, professor, anything else you can think of...
CURRENT COLLABORATORS:
Jimmy Edgar (Warp Records)
Selan (Selonius Records)
Ornette Coleman/Denardo Coleman (Sound Grammar)
Sarah Dash (Verve)
Asha Puthli
Levar Thomas
Craig Lewis Band
PEOPLE I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH PROFESSIONALLY:
Boy George, Russell Simmons, Dres, DJ Spooky, Tweet, Suheir Hammad, Talvin Singh, De La Soul, James Earl Hardy, L.L. Cool J, Nas, TI, Dewey Redman, Andre DeShields, Martha Wash, Anthony Mackie, Billy Porter, Karen Finley, Kevin Aviance, Mr. Magic, Vivian Reed, Carl Hall, Joe Budden, Chuck D, M1, Vernon Reid, Damon Dash, Nicole Wray, Rell, Roberta Flack, Darius DeHaas, Marlon Saunders, Abbey Lincoln, Fab 5 Freddy, Daddy O...and so on and so forth...lol....
Influences
Sounds Like
VOCALS SOUND LIKE (i'm told)
Sylvester, Carl Hall, Eddie Kendricks, Damon Harris, Byron Stingily, David Joseph, Ron Isley, Prince
WHAT'S ON JK'S ITUNES NOW:
Prefab Sprout, Patrick Adams, Salsoul Orchestra, James Carter, Norman Whitfield, Blackalicious, John Coltrane, Cerrone, Tata Vega, Sylvia Striplin, Jeff Buckley, Zulema, Public Enemy, Deee-Lite, DangerMouse, Nina Simone, Rance Allen, Asha Puthli, Jeff Buckley, Allison Moyet, Faith No More, Joshie Armstead, Billie Holiday, Peggi Blu, Burt Bacharach, Clard Ward, Daniel Lanois, Dan Hartman, First Choice, De La Soul, Ullanda McCullough, Roots Manuva, Guru, Cassandra Wilson, Stargaard, Fela Kuti, John Davis Orchestra, Thelonious Monk, Cissy Houston, Sarah Dash,Cris Prolific, Brenda Fassie, Vivian Reed, Manu Dibango, Carrie Lucas, Rod Temperton, Stevie Wonder, Selan, Talib Kweli, Ornette Coleman, Julie London, Bonnie Raitt, Tata Vega, Mario Spinetti, Betty Davis, Gladys Knight, Daft Punk, Andres Levin, Q-Tip, Michael Moog, Stock Aitken & Waterman, Lillias White, Armand Van Helden, Martha Wash, The Cult, Carmen McRae, Louie Vega, Tevin Campbell, Antibalas, Masters at Work, Bunny Sigler, The Sunburst Band, Cheryl Pepsi Riley, Me'Shell Ndege'ocello, Roy Davis, Mos Def, Kenton Nix, Ann Nesby, Raphael Saadiq, U2, Shep Crawford, Roy Hargrove, The Rolling Stones, Norman Harris, Cesaria Evora, Rene & Angela, Dead or Alive, Renn Woods, D'Angelo, Patrice Rushen, Linda Clifford, Billy Porter, Joe Bataan, Maxwell, Bohannon, Black Box, The Emotions, Peggy Lee, Jenny Burton, Chic, Ashford & Simpson, Bill Withers, Margie Josephs, Ledisi, Rahsaan Patterson, Lalah Hathaway, Sananda Maitreya, Loleatta Holloway, Alicia Myers, Unlimited Touch, Ultra Nate, Diana Ross, Luther Vandross, Thelma Houston, Ronnie Dyson, LaToiya Williams, Pam Todd, El Coco, Lenky Marsden, Timbaland, Jay-Z, Nas, Dusty Springfield, Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack, will.i.am, Cee-lo, Missy Elliot.....
Jason King
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TEN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT JASON KING:
1. Jason King is a musician, producer, journalist, entrepreneur, live event & concert producer who hails from Canada and lives in New York.
2. Jason King is the Artistic Director of The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music,an undergraduate program at NYU designed to train the next generation of music industry leaders.
3. Jason King teaches classes on record producing, the music business, branding and marketing, new media, hip-hop, r&b and soul, jazz.
4. Jason King is the founder of Superlatude, a company that works with major and indie label recording artists to achieve or sustain global success and consults with record labels and production companies.
5. Jason King is working on Deep Pockets, his first solo music album (dance, pop and r&b), on which he produces, plays all instruments and all vocals.
6. Jason King is a longtime contributing writer for Vibe, Blender and The Village Voice etc.
7. Jason King holds a Ph.D and he has been interviewed as a pop music expert by everyone from The New York Times to Rolling Stone.
8. Jason King's forthcoming book is Blue Magic: Spirit and Energy in Popular Music (Duke University Press), studying the music of artists like Roberta Flack, Jay-Z and Timbaland.
9. Jason King has produced or co-produced starstudded events at NYU such as: The Making of Public Enemy's 'It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back', Sylvester: The Life and Work of a Musical Icon, The Making of Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force's Planet Rock
10. Jason King has worked extensively in theater (Bway, off Bway, off off Bway), originally as an actor and singer, then as a director, marketing consultant, lyricist, and composer.
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