Birth name Walter Beasley Role Musical Artist | Name Walter Beasley Website walterbeasley.com | |
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Born May 24, 1961 (age 63) ( 1961-05-24 ) Occupation(s) Musician, professor, recording artist, performer, performance consultant Albums Sax Meditations, Backatcha!, Live In The Groove Genres Smooth jazz, Rhythm and blues Similar People Sylvester Weaver, Najee, Ed OG, Gerald Veasley Profiles | ||
Walter Beasley - Come On Over [Blackstreams 2017]
Walter Beasley is an American saxophonist, a professor of music at the Berklee College of Music, and founder of Affable Publishing and Affable Records.
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- Walter Beasley Come On Over Blackstreams 2017
- Walter Beasley For Your Pleasure
- Biography
- Educational
- Live
- Books
- APPs
- Awards and accolades
- References
Walter Beasley - For Your Pleasure
Biography
Beasley grew up in El Centro, California. By the age of 13 he was singing in Spanish in a band called Los Elegantes, and he played in various 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 at the same school, which became a permanent career. He is now professor at the school.
In 1987, he released his first, self-titled, album, and since 1998 has been one of the top ten best-selling African American saxophonists in the world. Having grown up as a fan of R&B and funk and trained in classical and jazz saxophone, his own style falls between contemporary R&B and contemporary jazz, a blend which has been called "smooth jazz".
He is not only an alto and soprano saxophonist and a singer, but also a composer and producer. He is the founder and CEO of Affable Publishing, and the owner of Affable Records.