Jawanza Kobie Jazz Composer

Personel

Vic Stevens-Drums Andy Lalasis-electric bass Leon Jordan Jr.-Trumpet *Leonard ‘Doc’ Gibbs-percussion Harry ‘Butch’ Reed-Drums Mike Boone-Acoustic/Electric bass S.Greenfield-Tenor /Soprano sax Anthony DeCarlo- Guitar Webb Thomas-Drums Cliff Kellem-Acoustic Bass Tonya Lynette-Vocals Lee W. Smith-Acoustic/Electric bass Lawrence Jones-Flute Terry Thompson- Alto/Tenor/Soprano sax Henry Gibson-Drums Ron Mahdi-Acoustic bass Jackie ‘Fats’ Beard-Alto Sax *Bill Pierce-Soprano/Tenor sax Dwight Sutton-Trumpet/Flugelhorn *Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq – Tenor Sax http://www.fuasi.com/ Bruce Middle-Guitars Carl Cox-Tenor Sax Matt McCloskey-Electric Guitar Randy Bowland-Guitar; Jim Salamone-Percussion (Track12) Charlene Holloway-Vocals Jawanza Kobie – Piano/Keyboards *Bill Pierce performs courtesy of: D’addario reeds and Boston Sax Shop. *Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq courtesy of: Lifeline Productions and Publications *Leonard ‘Doc’ Gibbs performs courtesy of Drum Up Bizness Prod.

Track Listing

1. Contagious 2. Caillou’s Buddy 3. My Little Child 4. You Wasted Your Love On Me 5. My Enduring Love 6. Compliments and Shoes 7. Fats 8. After The Show 9. Mr. B.P 10. Let Me Lead 11. Billy 12. Ice Cream Girl

Artist Biography

Jawanza Kobie has composed music for Theater starting with The Freedom Theater in Philadelphia, The Elma Lewis School for Arts in Boston, Award winning Films, and Television for productions in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Boston, and Chicago with his music being showcased on PBS, ABC and other networks over his music career. Jawanza has also been an accompanist, session player and writer for artist on Warner Brothers, Philadelphia International, Alpha International Records (writer/producer) and other independent labels and projects.