Kevin Jones And The Music Of Tenth World at One Trick Pony

Kevin Jones is a percussionist, band leader, producer, educator. A native of Englewood, New Jersey.Jones traces his percussion expertise to the age-old ‘academy of the streets.’ Over the years Kevin has evolved an increasingly comprehensive approach to percussion, commanding respect from artists such as the Isley Brothers, Whitney Houston, Winard Harper, and Reggie Workman.
At 18 Kevin was asked to record an album with alto saxophonist Charles McPherson at the urging of Kevin's long time friend Charles "Chuck" McPherson Jr. Kevin and Chuck recorded "Free Bop" in the summer of 1978. Soon to follow was Kevin's tenure in Archie Shepp's Attica Blues Big Band in 1979 when he recorded a double album. ...

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Kevin Jones is a percussionist, band leader, producer, educator. A native of Englewood, New Jersey.Jones traces his percussion expertise to the age-old ‘academy of the streets.’ Over the years Kevin has evolved an increasingly comprehensive approach to percussion, commanding respect from artists such as the Isley Brothers, Whitney Houston, Winard Harper, and Reggie Workman.
At 18 Kevin was asked to record an album with alto saxophonist Charles McPherson at the urging of Kevin's long time friend Charles "Chuck" McPherson Jr. Kevin and Chuck recorded "Free Bop" in the summer of 1978. Soon to follow was Kevin's tenure in Archie Shepp's Attica Blues Big Band in 1979 when he recorded a double album.
Just a couple of months later Kevin was asked to join iconic and legendary soul and R&B group, The Isley Brothers; a relationship that lasted for 13 years with multiple tours and 9 different recording projects. In between that time Kevin was able to join forces with Whitney Houston for 4 glorious years touring and making many television appearances.
Kevin recorded his first solo project in 1999 with producer and pianist Kelvin Sholar Marvin Smith, Chuck Mcpherson along with saxophonist TK Blue called “Land of Eternal Tranquil Light”. It was an eclectic mix of music. Kevin and Kelvin then put together a collaborative band called Tenth World to play some local gigs. The sound turned out to be innovative and expressive. The sound blended elements of Jazz, R&B and World Music to create a unique sound that had to be recorded. They swiftly started to produce an iconic album called simply Tenth World. The group Tenth World included saxophonist Brian Horton, trumpeter Kevin Louis, drummer Jaimeo Brown, bassists Damon Warmack and Josh David Barrett. On occasion were joined by flautist George Makinto and percussionist Luisito Quintero. The core of the group remained the same for years. They toured all over the world and Kevin was signed to a contract with Motema Music. They produced another Live CD simply called “Tenth World - Live”. After moving from NY/NJ to Michigan in 2015 Kevin has had various local West Michigan musicians become part of the blend of Tenth World
The music of Tenth world is a mixture of Jazz, African Rhythms and Afro Caribbean, with a twist of R&B.

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