Jeff Kimpland

Bio:

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Singer/Songwriter Jeff Kimpland has had a great deal of passsion for music ever since he was a child. Born Feb, 13th in Cortland New York, he started singing at the age of 8 in school chorus. As he grew older he sang with several local bands for the perfomance experience. He relocated to California and continued to build his vocalist skills singing with other groups until he moved back to upstate New York. With more band and recording experience under his belt during that time, he soon moved to New York City. It was there that Kimpland's career would really start to launch and would eventually sign with Arista Records in the mid 90's.

Kimpland has had the pleasure of singing with great groups such as Saharra, Eye of the Storm, Impact, Blue Steel, Virtual Relaity, Innocence with Rage, Heir Apparent (of Capital Records fame) and many others over the years. He has also toured with groups such as Dream Theater, Rainbow, Zebra, Joe Lynn Turner and others. He has performed with the Supreme's Mary Wilson as well. He sang for Pepsi and Budweiser Beer in broadcast commercials as well as many others. He has appeared as a special guest on many recording projects as well as radio shows. Kimpland has also been asked to sing at special benefits to help raise profits to support Cancer Research, Child Hunger, as well as Animal and Child abuse just to mention a few. He has sang the National Anthem on several occasions for some great venues. One was for his favorite football team, the Buffalo Bills.

He has also worked as a producer for vocalists such as Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Charlie Thomas (of The Drifters) on his last 4 CD's. Kimpland has also recorded and produced a number of solo projects for other musicians such as Chris Taylor, Taylor Made, TJ Sacco, and R&B artist Spider. Jeff has had a wide range of musicial influences and listens to a wide variety of music, and prides himself on his ability to adapt to diverse musical styles. Googling "Jeff Kimpland" will reveal even more information about this multi-talented, versatile artist. You can also find plenty of information and video clips of Jeff on YouTube. He has also appeared on a number of CD's that are available through iTunes, Amazon, Napster, CD Baby, Rhapsody and various other music sites on the web. For official fan club information, visit Jeff's Street Team and Jeff's official website on the web. Thank you for visiting!

Member Since:

January 06, 2009

Members:

Jeff Kimpland is available for Band projects, Studio recording projects, Live shows and Touring situations. Contact, Bookings & Info. use the send message command from the contact menu above or if urgent call Romey at "Dalprotament" 707-980-5288

Influences:

Jeff has been tremendously influenced by melodic rock/AOR, rock, soul, R&B and oldies music. Some of the bands and musicians that have inspired him are: Kansas, Rainbow, Journey, Queensryche, Dream Theater, Bad Company, Joe Lynn Turner, Survivor, Iron Maiden, Loverboy, Phil Collins, Drifters, Platters, Brooklyn Bridge, Johnny Mathis, Fates Warning, George Michael, Neil Diamond, Michael Bolton, Marvin Gaye, Temptations, Four Tops, Ben E. King, The Dells, Sam Cooke, Luther Vandross, Sly & The Family Stone, Barry White, Howard Hewet, Jeffrey Osborne, Anita Baker, Barbra Streisand, Chicago, Bread, Kenny G, David Lanz, and most of all, the fellow musician's he has had the pleasure of working with throughout his career!

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Record Label:

(Past) ~Capital~ Atlantic~ Vortex~ Arkeyn Steel