keyon harrold: trumpeter, producer, and arranger,
katty rodriguez-harrold: plays all wood winds, artist, song writer
Jeremy Most: Guitarist, producer, artist
brian cochran: bass
Dwayne wright: bass producer
Ethan Gould keys
PJ morton producer keys songwriter
Emanuel Harrold Drums
Jasson"jaybaby" Harrold Producer
Marvin Thompson Trombone Arranger
Robert Glasper Piano
Kennith Whalum-sax
Saunders sermons-trombone
Influences
considering that i have been influenced by great ones ill start with a few of my heroes a greatist influences, COMMON, Clifford brown, The Harrold Family, miles davis, Busta Rhymes, freddie hubbard, DR.DRE, fats navarro, booker little, lee morgan, Jay-Z, charles tolliver, kenny dorham, joe henderson, The Roots, john coltrane, mccoy tyner, Kirk Franklin, herbie hancock, Erykah Badu, kenny garret, woody shaw, Pete Rock,wynton marsalis, jeff tain watts, JustBlaze, PJ Morton, Kanye West, D-Prosper, billy harper, the count basie orchestra, JayDilla, duke ellington, Tribe Called Quest, canonball adderlly, goerge coleman, Robert Glasper, wayne shorter, dizzy reece, dexter gordon, phineous newborn, art tatem, Mobb Deep, bud powell, max roach, art blakey, louis armstrong, DJ Premier, Hi-Tek, thelonious monk, billie holliday, ella fizgerrald, sarah vaughn, gil evans, jay jay johnson, willie akins, russell gunn, roy hargrove, nicholas peyton, tony williams, jaco pastorias, kurt rosenwinkle, greg tardy, Rodney Jerkins, Leon Lacy, The Neptunes, The Clark Sisters, Mo Horns, D'angelo, Most Def, Talib Quali, OutCast, Timbaland, Scott Storch, 50 cent, Leron Thomas, Jason Harrold, Clark Terry, Jimmy Owens, Jd Allen, SLumvillige, to name a few
Keyon Harrold is a talented trumpeter/composer/ Platinum music producer from the same hometown as legend Miles Davis, Saint Louis, Missouri. He has one of the most fresh and unique approaches to improvisation on the jazz scene today. He is a graduate of New School University Mannes Jazz Program. He is a protégé of the esteemed voice of jazz, Wynton Marsalis who speaks of Keyon in a Down Beat magazine artice"Talkin' Trumpets" Marsalis sais"Keyon Harrold is the future of the trumpet". And he is one of the most sought after trumpeters in the world.
Keyon is a versatile musician who has performed with a variety of artists in all kinds of settings. He has done Broadway shows to touring with rapper Jay-Z Snoop Dogg and everything in between including gospel, jazz, R&B, afro-beat, salsa, and more.
Harrold has toured and or recorded with: David Sandborn, Jay-Z, Guitarist Mark Whitfield, Pop icon Lauren Hill, Diva Chaka Khan, Artist Macy Gray, Hip hop Superstar Common Sense, pianist John Hicks, Gospel Legend Richard Smallwood, Bassist Christian McBride, Saxophonist Billie Harper's Quintet, Mo Horns, The Count Basie Orchestra, Bassist Reggie Workman, Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, Gospel icons Fred Hammond, Israel Houghton, Drummer Jeff'Tain" Watts, Neo Soul Queen Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, The Roots, Girl Band Destiny’s Child, The Hawkins Family, Trumpeter Roy Hargrove, Diva Sandra Reeves Phillips-Late Great ladies in Jazz And Blues, The Artist formally known as Prince, Producer/Song writer Steven “Soup” White, Drummer Cecil Brooks III, R&B Songstress Kelly Price, Saxophone Legend James Spalding, Jam Band “Soul Live”, The Charles Tolliver Big Band, Leon Lacy and his Inner Voices P.J. Morton and Debra brown and many others.
Keyon has toured the world sharing his talent with the masses all over Asia, Italy, England, Poland and, France to name a few and has upcoming shows in Istanbul Turkey, Austria, Spain, Holland and Israel.
The David LettermanShow with Jay-z, The Jay Leno Show, with Rodney Jerkins Common and Erykah Badu the Today Show with Katty Curry, Powell Symphony Hall, The Chris Rock Show, Fox NFL Under the Helmet, The Grammy Awards, The Stellar and Dove Awards with Israel and New Breed,, Radio City Music Hall with Usher and Mary J blige, Paisley Park, Soul Train, BET's 106 & Park with Jay-Z, are some of his recent televised performances.
Keyon is currently Touring with Music mogul Jay-z and can be seen on his new video called “The Roc Boys.” He is also leading his own Quartet/Quintet and is often seen in venues in New York like The Jazz Gallery, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola,The jazz Standard, Smalls or Fat cat Jazz Club, The Bluenote and others. He is a member of Mo Horns, Marcus Sticklands Open real deck Group, and also leads his own Horn Section around the country. Harrold also is CEO of Keykat Productions Inc. a production company that has produced hit records for 50Cent, Young Buck , Mobb Deep, LL cool J, and LL cool J to name a few.
He has studied music with Jimmy Owens, Laurie Frink, Susan Slaughter, Charles Tolliver, Cecil Bridgewater, and Eddie Henderson. And now he teaches music privately. He teaches trumpet, music theory, improvisation beginning to advanced levels.
Keyon Harrold's debut album is on the horizon.
Contact info:
Email: keyon.harrold@gmail.com
If you want to support me, buy or download the instrumental solo drumming cd “Drums Music” from Peter Hasler’s Kitchen over cdbaby.com or amazon.com. Songs to download are available on itunes.com.
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HI keyon.... hope all is well katy is back in ireland soon just got married in greece back in aug,,,, say hi 2 katy 4 us.... hows the maxell album going? are u coming 2 europe on tour? take care
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