BLACK IVORY: Leroy Burgess (lead & background vocals), Stuart Bascombe (lead & background vocals) and Russell Patterson (lead & backgroundvocals)
CONVERTION/LOGG/UNIVERSAL ROBOT BAND: Leroy Burgess (lead & background vocals, Fender Rhodes. synthesizers), James Calloway (bass), Sonny T. Davenport (drums/keyboards/vocals), Sonny DeGraffenreid (guitars), Michael Lewis (conga/percussion), Willis Long (percussion), Fred McFarlane (keyboards), Trevor Gale (drums), Dorothy Terrell (vocals) and Renee J.J. Burgess (vocals)
ALEEM: Leroy Burgess (lead & background vocals, Fender Rhodes. keyboards), Taharqa Aleem (guitar/vocals) and Tunde-Ra Aleem (keyboards/vocals)
CURRENT LIVE GROUP: James Calloway (bass), John Cooksey (drums), Greg McCray (keyboards), Austin Applegate (guitars), Michael Lewis (conga/percussion), Russell Huggins (keyboards) and E. Heckstall (vocals/keyboards)
Influences
Johnny Mathis, Glenn Osser, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet, Burt Bacharach, Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, Bernard Hermann, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Donny Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield, Gene Page, Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim, Jim Webb, Lennon and McCartney, YES, The Main Ingredient (with Donald McPherson and Cuba Gooding Sr.), Mint Condition, Maurice White, Phillip Baily and Earth Wind & Fire, Sting, Valerie Simpson & Nick Ashford, The Supremes (with Diana Ross & Jean Terrell), The Temptations (with David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks & Dennis Edwards), Patrice Rushen, Jeff Lorber, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, Thom Bell, Bobby Martin, Dionne Warwick, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson, Chaka Khan, Lauryn Hill, Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bob James, George Duke, Bob James, Steely Dan, Donald Fagan to name a few.
Singer/Songwriter/Musician/Producer/Arranger who has recorded as or with Black Ivory, Fantastic Aleems, Convertion, Phreek, Logg, Inner Life, BB&Q Band, Change , Ben E. King, Eddie Kendricks, Cassius, Slippery People, Rick James, High Frequency, Billy Jones, Caprice, T.S. Monk, Venus Dodson, Peter Jacques Band, Fonda Rae, Larry Joseph & Science, Dazzle, Dino Terrell, Intrigue, Class Action, Michael Narada Walden, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Joey Negro, Personal Touch, Ecstasy, Sympho-State, El Bee & Tee, Process & The Doo Rags, Skipworth & Turner, Bumblebee Unlimited, Adeva, Mike Gee, Kool Kyle, Clurel, MODE, Angel, BME , Satin, Silk & Lace, Bobbi Humphrey, Universal Robot Band, Herbie Mann, Debbie Blackwell, Chez Damier, Belita Woods, Ron Carroll, Robert Strauss, Kashif, Curfew, Art Webb.
To book Leroy Burgess or Black Ivory for recordings or live performances please email leeboogie1@gmail.com
Thanx for accepting the friend request Disco funk rules!...anyone watching this, feel free to check out my new track "Bavarian Beer Party" on my profile, a deep filtered House track. see you sometime Dr Eq
The Legendary Leroy Burgess! Thx for the love... We are honored! Great Show Friday on the Cruise... You tore it down man! Once again, thx for the invite... We had a great time.
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June 12th, 2009:
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Hello Leroy...Its been a long time since I've been by your site..Pray all is well with you and family..You know besides being a friend I am aslo a GREAT fan of Black Ivory and your fallsetto sound,if you did't know..You are one of my favorite singers in the indusrty..Yeah!.I was and my friends,as well as Bobby Caveness were miserized by Black Ivory back in the day ..So thats why I stop by from time to time for those memories and to show love and respect..Ive een busy myself work on some projects..To debut later in the year..Hopefully with God's blessing..we will achevieve our goals..And I'll meet you and guys personally..I am a very hard worker and determined to make it..May God Bless you and family..Please keep in touch..Freddy
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