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Norman Connors

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Norman Connors (born March 1, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, and producer who has led some influential jazz and R&B groups. [1]

44 relations: Al Johnson (musician), Archie Shepp, Arista Records, Bill Cosby, Black Love (Carlos Garnett album), Buddah Records, Capitol Records, Carlos Garnett, Cobblestone Records, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Donald Fagen, Elvin Jones, Hues (album), Jazz, Jazz fusion, Jean Carn, John Coltrane, Juilliard School, Lex Humphries, Live at the East, Love in Us All, Marion Meadows, Michael Henderson, Middle school, Miles Davis, Motown, Nippon Columbia, Norman Brown (guitarist), Pharoah Sanders, Philadelphia, Phyllis Hyman, Rhythm and blues, Romantic Journey, Sam Rivers, Saturday Night Special (album), Shanachie Records, Smooth jazz, Steely Dan, Streams (album), Temple University, This Is Your Life (Norman Connors album), Village of the Pharoahs, Walter Becker, You Are My Starship.

Al Johnson (musician)

Alfred Orlando "Al" Johnson (February 11, 1948 – October 26, 2013) was an American R&B singer, writer, arranger and producer.

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Archie Shepp

Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist.

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Arista Records

Arista Records, Inc. was a major American record label.

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Bill Cosby

William Henry Cosby Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, author, and convicted sex offender.

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Black Love (Carlos Garnett album)

Black Love is an album by saxophonist Carlos Garnett which was recorded in 1974 and released on the Muse label.

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Buddah Records

Buddah Records (later known as Buddha Records) was an American record label founded in 1967 in New York City.

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Capitol Records

Capitol Records, Inc. is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.

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Carlos Garnett

Carlos Garnett (born December 1, 1938) is a Panamanian-American jazz saxophonist.

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Cobblestone Records

Cobblestone Records was an American jazz record label founded by Joe Fields in New York City in 1972.

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Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater (born May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer.

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Donald Fagen

Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan.

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Elvin Jones

Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era.

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Hues (album)

Hues is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers featuring performances recorded between 1971 and 1973 and released on the Impulse! label.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion (also known as fusion) is a musical genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined aspects of jazz harmony and improvisation with styles such as funk, rock, rhythm and blues, and Latin jazz.

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Jean Carn

Jean Carn, also spelled Jean Carne (born Sarah Jean Perkins; March 15, 1947) is an American jazz and pop singer.

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John Coltrane

John William Coltrane, also known as "Trane" (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967),.

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Juilliard School

The Juilliard School, informally referred to as Juilliard and located in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, is a performing arts conservatory established in 1905.

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Lex Humphries

Lex Humphries (August 22, 1936 – July 11, 1994) was a jazz drummer.

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Live at the East

Live at the East is a live album by American saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders released on the Impulse! label.

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Love in Us All

Love in Us All is an album by American saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders released on the Impulse! label.

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Marion Meadows

Marion Meadows is an American saxophonist, composer, and contemporary jazz recording artist.

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Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson (born 1951) is an American bass guitarist and vocalist best known for his bass playing with Miles Davis in the early 1970s, on early fusion albums such as Jack Johnson, Live-Evil, and Agharta, as well as series of R&B/soul hits, particularly the Norman Connors produced hit, You Are My Starship in 1976 and other songs in the mid to late 1970s.

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Middle school

A middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school.

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Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.

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Motown

Motown is an American record company.

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Nippon Columbia

, often pronounced Korombia,, is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as.

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Norman Brown (guitarist)

Norman Brown (born December 18, 1970 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American smooth jazz guitarist and singer.

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Pharoah Sanders

Pharoah Sanders (born October 13, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Phyllis Hyman

Phyllis Linda Hyman (July 6, 1949 – June 30, 1995) was an American singer and actress.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Romantic Journey

Romantic Journey is an album released in 1977 by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors.

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Sam Rivers

Samuel Carthorne Rivers (September 25, 1923 – December 26, 2011) was an American jazz musician and composer.

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Saturday Night Special (album)

Saturday Night Special is an album by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors.

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Shanachie Records

Shanachie Records is a New Jersey-based record label founded in 1975 by Richard Nevins and Dan Collins.

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Smooth jazz

Smooth jazz is music that evolved from a blend of jazz fusion and easy listening pop music, featuring a polished pop feel with little to no jazz improvisation.

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Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an American rock band founded by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals) in 1972.

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Streams (album)

Streams is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers featuring performances recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1973 for the Impulse! label.

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Temple University

Temple University (Temple or TU) is a state-related research university located in the Cecil B. Moore neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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This Is Your Life (Norman Connors album)

This Is Your Life is an album by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors and the Starship Orchestra featuring Eleanor Mills.

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Village of the Pharoahs

Village of the Pharoahs is the eighth album by American saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders, released in 1973 on the Impulse! label.

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Walter Becker

Walter Carl Becker (February 20, 1950 – September 3, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer.

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You Are My Starship

You Are My Starship is an album by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Connors

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