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Leroy Hawthorne Jr
- 52, Male
- Grambling, LA
- United States
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- Favorite Smooth Jazz Artist
- Norman Brown, George Benson, Lee Ritenour, Marcus Miller, Wayman Tisdale, Pamela Williams, Najee, etc.
- E mail address
- http://lhawth8013@hotmail.com
- About Me:
- I am a musician and educator from Grambling, Louisiana where I also teach music classes, jazz ensemble, and guitar at Grambling State University. I am the church musician at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church of Ruston, Louisiana, and guitarist/keyboardist for Dorsey Summerfield & The Polyphonics, a jazz/r&b group from Shreveport, Louisiana (www.thepolyphonics.com and
www.myspace.com/dorseysummerfield).
Professionally, I have performed as a sideman for artists or groups such as The Manhattans, Jimmy Witherspoon, Tom Browne, Jennifer Holliday, Phyllis Hyman, Sonya Robinson, Henry Johnson, Martha Reeves, The Drifters, The Coasters, The Marvelettes, The Platters, May Palmer, and Shelia Raye Charles.
As a producer and session player, I have done recordings with local jazz, R&B, and Gospel artists such as singer/songwriter Crystal Dawn, saxaphonist Leroy Marshall, guitarist Carvel Avis, James Flounoy Project, gospel recording artist Johnathan Williams, the late trumpeter Manuel Castenada, and vocalist Christopher Naylor.
- Where do you find your music?
- artistdirect. com; F.Y.E; J & R Music World; Tower Records; iTunes;
headsup.com; You Tube; artists websites
Performance with vocalist May Palmer and saxophonist Dorsey Summerfield (I'm on the guitar)
Leroy Hawthorne Jr's Photos
Leroy Hawthorne Jr's Blog
By the Way . . .
I forgot to tell all of you that all of the music you all are listening to on my page was written, performed, produced, and recorded by me. Drums and a few keyboard patches were sequenced, and the guitar, piano solos, and bass guitar were played live. I basically do the same thing when I do gigs alone. I spent a lot of years training my ear to hear certain sounds and translating them to the music I play. Now with the advent of portable digital recorders and computer software/hardware, I am able… Continue
Posted on February 9, 2008 at 6:53am —
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Heard much of your music and I must say you possess such a great talent.
Most importantly I must further say, may God bless you for passing your musical knowledge to younger musicians.
Airborne the Musical Peacemakers of Contemporary Jazz "Winds of Change" Video - www.airbornejazz.com
Who knows maybe you can add your magic interpretation to the songs, I'm looking foward to contribute with my little knowledge either be some of my musical works or any word of advise for making cont/smooth jazz a genre we can share amongst nations around the world.
PEACE!!!
Take Care & God Bless,
~Travis
Great Solo, It's good to hear great Musicians doin it.
Much Respect Brother.
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