Anthony King - Fritz Kilo Jovi of Seaside *THE SMOOTHJAZZ LOFT*
Enjoy the great sound of
Anthony King !!!
This track is from his brand new
album TRAVELS OF ESCOBAR.
Travels Of
Escobar is the latest release from Anthony King, featuring music that covers a wide range of smooth jazz instrumentals written for the listener to relax, workout, travel or just play in the background at work, easy listening music.
Anthony King was born in
Monterey, California. He comes from a musical family and is the youngest of six children.
Anthony’s father,
Jesse Sr., was a drummer in
New York in his youth and his mother, a New York native as well, was a vocalist and piano player. She was the director of the choir in the local
C.O.G.I.C church in
Seaside, California where Anthony grew up. As early as 3 years old, Anthony would sit on the piano bench in church as his mother would play and sing. His older brothers and sisters also played instruments, with his older brother
David being the first influence in his life. What made this so special is that David is vision impaired and would often be led to the drums with both eyes patched. David had many funk bands in the mid 70′s and would let Anthony watch as he controlled the rehearsals with his groove.
Listening to the horn bands of that era,
James Brown, CunFunkshun,
Brass Construction,
Earth, Wind and Fire,
Tower of Power and the
Average White Band, molded Anthony into listening to arrangement, dynamics and pocket
. In the mid 70′s, Anthony’s father would take the family to the city parades where in
1979, the
Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps changed his life. A few years later, Anthony found himself auditioning for the
Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps
Drum Line. However, due to falling grades in school, his mother made the right decision to pull him away from that activity.
After high school, jazz fusion was an influence. Two very important recordings would change everything for
Anthony; Road Games by
Alan Holdsworth and
Slow Motion by
Andy Narrell. Both drummers on those records,
Chad Wackerman and, now great friend,
William Kennedy opened his approach to music and drumming.
Anthony has worked for
Motown Records & Polygram
International Records. He has toured with
Rosie Gaine’s formerly of
Prince, John Cortes Sextet and
Edwin Hawkins,
Grammy Award winning vocalist
Tony Lindsay of
Santana, Ms.
Monet, vocalist of Tower of Power
Larry Bragg, as well as alto saxophonist of
TOP Tom Politzer and former trumpet player for TOP
Mic Gillette, bassist
Myron Dove and
Doobie Brother bassist
Skylark. Anthony was awarded two time
Drummer of the
Year of the Gospel Emmy Awards and in
1994, Anthony was voted the
Best Unsigned Drummer in
Northern California by
BAM magazine readers pole.
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