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Listen to what happens when two musical geniuses collaborate
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 3:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
During my experience as a musician, I have had the pleasure of collaborating with many different artists and bands, all of us making beautiful music together. Some of these artists have gone off and done extraordinary things with their musical career, and some have stayed more low-key, keeping a local fan base.
One outstanding artist that I had an opportunity of working with was Geoff McBride. If any of you are fans of ‘The Voice’ then this name should ring a bell. After his…
Continue See what 'The Voice' and I have in common
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 9:56pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
FORMER CONTESTANT OF THE TELEVISION SERIES "THE VOICE" GEOFF MCBRIDE FEATURED ON JAZZ ARTIST HULON'S LATEST RELEASE ALBUM "AFTER HOURS" SHOWCASING NEW COVER OF THE CLASSIC WEDDING ANTHEM "ALWAYS & FOREVER"
Los Angeles, CA – Hailing from Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, the NBC's "The Voice" former contestant Geoff McBride has turned…
"Let's Get It On"
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 9:40am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Here's a video of Geoffrey McBride and I performing Marvin Gaye's song 'Let's Get It On'
When I'm on stage, it's like nothing else matters but my saxophone and I. It's a place where I can put all my stresses and worries aside and just groove to the music. Marvin Gaye's music is some of my favorite to play because they are classics that get the crowd…
Continue Feeling Pintresting Today!
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 6:49pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I finally joined the revolution and created a Pintrest account. It took a while, but I ultimately did it. At first, I was very reluctant of joining, but now that I have, I understand what the craze is about and how easily it is to become a ‘Pintrest Addict!’
There are thousands of ideas out there to help you improve your cooking abilities, your wardrobe, expand your music library, strengthen your mind, body, and soul, and even help plan your wedding! Not to mention, there are…
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Hulon Performs "Cisco Kid"
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Hulon Performs "Follow Me"
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- Truly living up to its provocative title, Hulon’s 2010 independently released debut First Impressions spent 15 weeks on the Billboard Jazz Chart (peaking at #25). Its debut single “Sax on the Beach” reached #16 on the SmoothJazz.com Top 50 Indie Chart and was featured on the noted jazz website AllAboutJazz.com, in addition to receiving national and international airplay at terrestrial and online radio. Collaborating once again with mentor, composer, producer and fellow saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa, the Panama City, Florida based tenor saxman gets even more personal and intimate with his growing audience on his highly anticipated, musically eclectic follow-up After Hours.
World renowned for his years with The Rippingtons, The Sax Pack and numerous hit solo albums over the past 20 years, Kashiwa again brought in some of contemporary jazz’s most powerful and dynamic players to take Hulon’s musical game on the new collection to the next level; Dave Hooper (drums), Allen Hinds (guitar), Melvin Davis (bass) and Bill Heller (keyboards) all played key roles as well on First Impressions.
The new 11 track set includes a vocal and instrumental version of the Heatwave classic “Always and Forever” and eight originals penned by Kashiwa that play to Hulon’s strengths as a soulful balladeer and a grooving R&B/funk player, with a few dashes of cool and swinging traditional jazz in the mix. Highlights include the sensual late night romance “You’re Beautiful,” the whimsical mid tempo light funk tune “Takin’ My Time,” the tropical chill of “Sticky Trickuation,” the sly, “Pink Panther”-esque “Speak Easy” (featuring shuffling drum, bass and finger snap rhythm) and the high octane horn-driven jam and first single from the new release,“Do You Feel Me.”
Yet there’s lot more to Hulon’s dynamic emergence onto the urban jazz scene than simple chart stats and the support of some of the genre’s best players. At its heart, it’s the story of a musical dream long deferred and unique connections between the spiritual and emotional healing power of music and the physical healing that Dr. Hulon E. Crayton does as a rheumatologist and founder of The Arthritis and Infusion Center, which specializes in the treatment of Rheumatological diseases as well as sports related injuries. The title of one of the tracks on After Hours, the tropical flavored groove tune, “Second Opinion” is a playful ode to his longtime profession.
Over the past few years, Hulon has experienced the unique double blessing of performing for some of his patients, feeling joy and fulfillment as those who once could not even walk actually got up and danced and sang along—all thanks to him! Hulon has been practicing since 1986 and is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and of the American Board of Rheumatology. He has a Master’s in Hospital Administration and has served in the U.S. Army and the Army Reserve, obtaining the rank of Captain. In an effort to give back to the community, Hulon and his wife Dinah created the Crayton Foundation to assist in providing minorities with a feasible way to attain the funding needed to attend college; they have given numerous scholarships to students interested in pursuing a career in healthcare related fields. The foundation gave the first ever scholarship at Florida State University for African American students.
The Milwaukee born and raised Hulon was originally inspired to play the alto sax by his college roommate when he was an undergrad at Lincoln University in Missouri. He taught himself the instrument and it became a favorite hobby for a time, used as recreation and stress relief as Hulon played along to his favorite recordings. He put the horn aside for years as he went to medical school at the University of Wisconsin, started his first practice, got married and began raising a family. Hulon’s interest was rekindled when all three of his children showed an interest in music and served as first chair on their respective instruments in middle school. He had loaned his daughter his old sax and she wouldn’t give it back, so he bought a tenor at a local pawn shop (after moving to Florida) and that became his main voice as he began to pursue music professionally.
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- sax (alto), sax (baritone), sax (soprano), sax (tenor)
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- Jazz, Funk, R&B / Soul, Gospel
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Sorry for the late reply. How are you?
Salut Dr. H,
Thanks for the connection! I'm looking forward to getting to know your music :)
Peace,
TS
THIS IS HOT, WICKED AND DOPE!!!!!
It's a pleasure to meet and hear you :))"
If you're ever doing a gig in NYC and what it photographed give me a shout. You can check out some of my work on my page. Tell your friends
Bob Kolb
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