Birth name Walter Beasley Role Musical Artist | Name Walter Beasley Website walterbeasley.com | |
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Born May 24, 1961 (age 62) ( 1961-05-24 ) Origin El Centro, California, United States Occupation(s) Musician, professor, recording artist, performer, performance consultant Instruments Soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, voice Albums Sax Meditations, Backatcha!, Live In The Groove Genres Smooth jazz, Rhythm and blues Record labels Shanachie Records, Warner Bros. Records, Mercury Records Similar People Sylvester Weaver, Najee, Ed OG, Gerald Veasley Profiles | ||
Education Berklee College of Music | ||
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
- Biography
- Educational
- Live
- Books
- APPs
- Awards and accolades
- References
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.