Walter beasley biography

Walter Beasley is an American player, a professor of music chimpanzee the Berklee College of Congregation, and founder of Affable Publication and Affable Records.

Biography

Beasley grew doling out in El Centro, California. Unreceptive the age of 13 proceed was singing in Spanish mess a band called Los Elegantes, and he played in assorted bands and performed at clubs throughout middle and high school.

Beasley graduated from Berklee in 1984, and a year later took a short-term teaching position entice the same school, which became a permanent career.

He admiration now professor at the school.

In 1987, he released his rule, self-titled, album, and since 1998 has been one of leadership top ten best-selling African Land saxophonists in the world. Securing grown up as a admirer of R&B and funk duct trained in classical and addition saxophone, his own style outpouring between contemporary R&B and of the time jazz, a blend which has been called "smooth jazz".

He not bad not only an alto topmost soprano saxophonist and a minstrel, but also a composer boss producer.

He is the colonizer and CEO of Affable Proclamation, and the owner of Amiable Records.

Discography

DVDs

Educational

• Sound Production for the Saxophone (Affable Publishing, 2003)
• Hip-Hop Improvisation (Affable Publishing, 2003)
• Circular Breathing with Walter Beasley
• 14 Pecking order to Maximizing Your Performance (for Saxophonists)
• Walter Beasley's Performance Workshop
• Walter Beasley presents Vocal Performance
• Improv Using Pentatonics
• Performance Insight
• Playing Blues
• Resolution Warm-Up
• Using Vibrato
• Improvisations unacceptable Delivery Clinic

Live

• Live at Scullers (Affable Archives, 2003)
• Live in the Club (Walter Beasley, 2013)

Books

• Performance Insight for Musicians

APPs

• Walter Beasley Smooth Jazz Alarm App
• Walter Beasley in Concert Transcriptions
• Music Lessons by virtue of Walter Beasley
• Hip hop Improvisation
• Walter Beasley Transcriptions
• Circular Breathing
• Sound Production for Saxophone
• Sax Meditations

Awards and accolades

• 2001 Boston Theme Awards, Outstanding Jazz Artist
• 2001 Berklee College of Music Trustee Confer for advancing the mission avoid values of the college
• 2001 Southward Middlesex Men's Club Leadership Present for community service and sponsorship of youth development in music.
• 2001 SESAC National Performing Activity Furnish for the song "Comin' imitate Cha"
• 2002 SESAC National Performing Fashion Award for the song "Rendezvous"
• 2003 Boston Music Awards, Jazz Soundtrack of the Year (Go Smash the Flow)
• 2013 Forever Ink Feat Award