Artist description Earnest Walker, Jr. is an instrumentalist artist that produces and plays all of his own material. His is a style of music that mixes smooth jazz with the hip hop sounds of Acid jazz. Very original, very good, but not alien to the ear. If you like good saxophone with a fresh sound, you are going to love this CD.

Music Style Smooth jazz/Acid jazz/Spoken Word

Musical Influences Grover Washington, Jr. / Earth, Wind & Fire / Cannonbal Adderly / John Coltrane / Charlie Parker / The Crusaders

Similar Artists Kenny G / Najee / Grover Washington, Jr / Incognito / Kirk Whalum / Gerald Albright / Boney James / David Sanborn / Art Porter

Artist History Born in a military family, Earnest spent the first 15 years of his life traveling the country. The experience taught him an appreciation of different cultures and music styles. After studying music education and jazz at Bethune-Cookman College and Florida State University Earnest toured and performed in most of the central to eastern portions of the country, including Miami, Daytona Beach, Charleston SC, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Atlanta, Tampa, Orlando, and Denver. Because he has performed on stage and as a session player for 25 years, his recorded sound is incredible, but you have not heard Earnest Walker, Jr. until you have seen his live performance. Writer Jenny James of "The Current" newspaper of Charleston put it this way: ?If my man made love to me the way Earnest Walker makes love to his horn on stage then I would be one happy woman indeed?

Group Members Earnest Walker, Jr. - Alto and Soprano Sax, Digital Horn, Keyboards.

Instruments Alto and Soprano Sax. Digital Horn. Keyboards. Bass. Drums. Vocals.

Albums Raindrops In The Sun, Philly Phunk

Additional Info Earnest Walker, Jr. makes no pretenses. He is self published and self produced. He financed his compact disc himself, paying musicians, engineers and recording studios. He is under contract to no one and would not hesitate to sign with a label that would take care of him as far as recordings and tours. If you fit this catagory feel free to contact him in Philadelphia at 215-438-2810.

Location Philadelphia, PA - USA

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