Kevin Nabors

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KO Productions Intro

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Released: Aug 8, 2007

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KO Productions Intro
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Yes We Can
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Genre: Afro-beat / Hip Hop / Jazz
Location CHICAGO, Illinois, US
Profile Views: 26804
Last Login: 1/3/2012
Member Since 4/20/2006
Website WWW.KEVINNABORS.COM
Record Label Unsigned "until"..<
Bio
Born and raised on Chicagos Southside, Kevin Nabors Jr. attended Gershwin Academy, where he began his unlikely music career. Influenced by the sounds of jazz he heard at home, he began to play in school. His band (Mr. Newsome Oatis Sr)director started him on the clarinet, but he quickly progressed to the saxophone. While in concert band he auditioned for the All-City High School Band. He was chosen and juggled the responsibility of All-Citys concert band and jazz band, as well as the coursework of Chicago Vocational High School. The youngest musician in All-City, Kevin set a record of nine years as a band member. Upon graduation from high school he attended the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff where he majored in Music Performance. Kevin also attended Chicago State University where he majored in Music Education. He has studied under Von Freeman, Ernie Watts,Pharez Whitted, and Roxanne Stevenson. Kevin has also done theatre work with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company,Gala, Jazz in the Alley, Black Ensemble Theatre , Muntu Dance Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Arts Building for the Performing Arts,Chicago Jazz Festival, Sons D Hiver, Vision Festival and The World Music Festival. These days you can find him sharing the stage with the likes of Wynton Marsalis, Fred Anderson, George Freeman, Roy Hargrove, Ernest Dawkins, Ari Brown, Maurice Brown, Isaiah Spencer, Guy King, Chico Debarge, KRS-1 and Corey Wilkes. Still learning and forever growing, Kevin Nabors Jr. has a sound that will be heard.. http://eventful.com/demand/D0-001-002441437-8 .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........................View the complete ....Kevin Nabors tour schedule.... .. ..............Myspace Backgrounds................Click here to make your own world live visitor map!.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... ............ .. .. .. .. My Interview with Jazz Explorations .. .. .. .. ..Yo these Video's ...just watch.lol .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Members
Kevin Nabors Quartet Kevin Nabors - Tenor and Soprano Saxophone Scott Hesse- Guitar Juniuis Paul- Bass Isaisah Spencer -Drums Kevin Nabors and Pump that Funk Kevin Nabors Tenor and Soprano Saxophones Norman Palm- Trombone William Kurk - Keys Frankie Blaze -Guitar Big Ced - Bass Dj's Qb and Alab Abstrakt Pulse Corey Wilkes -Trumpet Kevin Nabors- Tenor Saxophone Juniuis Paul- Bass Isaisah Spencer-Drums Scott Hesse-Guitar Mr.Taylor-Tapps Corey Wilkes Quintet Corey Wilkes- Trumpets Kevin Nabors- Tenor Saxophone Robert "Baabe" Irving- Piano Juniuis Paul- Bass Makaya McCraven - Drums .. .. .. .. ..
Influences
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armsrong, Coleman Hawkins, "LockJaw", Lester Young, Joe Houston,Clifford Brown, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, John Coltrane,Cannonball Adderley, Cedar Walton, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles,Curtis Mayfield,Eric Dolphy, Fela Kuta, Freddie Hubbard, George Clinton, Hank Mobley,Horace Silver, James Brown, Joe Henderson, Lee Morgan, Max Roach,Milt Jackson,Stanley Turrentine, Thelonious Monk, Wanye Shorter, Dexter Gordon and More..... Embedding disabled by request
Sounds Like
Those guys above that paved the way and now to take it in a higher form of spiritual realms of belief............. on this Earth while time is left....... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. ..Rockin With Krs one and yes I'm the Camera Man .. .. .. .. .. Part 2 .. .. .. .. ..