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John Beasley
p, syn, *1960 US, Shreveport, Louisiana
Musician / Composer / Arranger / Producer of Jazz
US pianist With a music career spanning three decades, Beasley's credits reads like a who's who list in the music world. He has performed/recorded with illustrious artists including Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Thad Jones, Hubert Laws, Diane Reeves, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Bobby Hutcherson, Wallace Roney, James Moody, Billy Hart, Buster Williams, Chris Potter, John Patittuci, Carmen Lundy, Marc Turner, Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Kenny Rankin, Brian Lynch; took the lead as Musical Director for Grammy Award winning Steely Dan, Queen Latifah and AR Rahman; arranges for popular television shows American Idol and The Tonight Show; played on box office hits Wall-E, Austin Powers; and composed for TV series Star Trek, Cheers and Fame. As a solo recording artist, Beasley's compositions, arrangements and playing are inventive, explorative and exquisitely realized expanding musical thought, transcending limitations and genres while maintaining his unique and unmistakable style not only in jazz, but blues, classical and world music as well. His nine solo recordings illustrate how adept he is at writing both lyrically, rhythmically and across boundaries.
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Beasley presents MONK'estra vol. 2 | John Beasley | 2017 | Album |
| John Beasley presents MONK'estra vol. 1 | John Beasley | 2016 | Album |
| Face The Truth | Gianfranco Continenza Featuring Don Mock, Bob Mintzer, Walter Martino, John Beasley, Michael Manring, Tetsuo Sakurai, Dino D'Autorio, Lorenzo Feliciati, Alessandro Centofanti, Ernesttico, Sergey Boykov, Adriano Brunelli, Federico Righi | 2011 | Album |
| Positootly! | John Beasley | 2009 | Album |
| Letter To Herbie | John Beasley | 2008 | Album |
| Nuances - 15 piano solos | John Beasley | 2006 | Album |
| One Live Night | John Beasley | 2005 | Album |
| Surfacing | John Beasley | 2001 | Album |
| Solos/ Piano Scoring -VOL 2 | Al Capps, John Beasley, Mark Levang, Mitchel Forman | 1999 | Album |
| Mose The Fireman | Walter Becker, John Beasley, Michael Keaton | 1993 | Album |
| A Change Of Heart | John Beasley | 1993 | Album |
| Cauldron | John Beasley | 1992 | Album |
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