From the latter half of the of 1980s, Whalum began to make a name for himself as a sideman of great insight and musicianship, playing on albums by a wide variety of artists 鈥?including Larry Carlton, Quincy Jones, Luther Vandross, Al Jarreau and many others. He also toured with Whitney Houston. On her song I Will Always Love You, sax solo is by Whalum.
Professional Profile
Contemporary jazz artist, saxophonist, and vocalist Walter Beasley has sold hundreds of thousands of albums and has been mentoring music students as a Berklee College of Music professor for more than 20 years. He is sometimes referred to as "the heir to Grover Washington's throne," and with good reason. Since 1998, Beasley has been one of the top five best-selling African-American saxophonists in the world. As a result, his works as a saxophonist and singer, a unique combination by any measure, are unmatched in sales and airplay.
He is known as an accomplished performer/writer and an icon of contemporary jazz, having performed with the best in the business including Brian McKnight, Gerald Albright, George Howard, Art Porter, Stephanie Mills, Vanessa Williams and Rachelle Ferrell, and has opened for greats Art Blakey and Dexter Gordon. Over the last three decades, Beasley has been a regular presence in the top 20 of Billboard's contemporary jazz charts, and he recently peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts with his album For Her (Heads Up), which soulfully chronicles the bittersweet landscape of love and romance.
Who got the soul goin' on...??? Kirk Whalum or Walter Beasley?the grand theater
Kirk Whalum of course
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