ART WEISS
ARTNEWS (ROOT BEAT WORLD JAZZ)MULTI-INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSER/ARRANGER/PRODUCER
HIS STYLE IS CALLED "ROOT BEAT," A MIXTURE OF ALL RHYTHMS AND SOUNDS OF MUSICAL CULTURE.ART, WHO’S STYLE OF MUSIC IS INFLUENCED BY HIS ETHNIC BACKGROUND FORMATIVE YEARS SPENT IN EUROPE WITH HIS FAMILY WHICH, TOURED WITH THEIR OWN CIRCUS. ART AT THE AGE OF FIVE LEARNED MANY DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS TAUGHT TO HIM BY HIS FATHER, AND FAMILY. IT WAS TO HIS ADVANTAGE THAT HE GAINED EXPERIENCE AT SUCH AN EARLY TIME IN HIS LIFE , HE LEARNED TO PLAY A TOTAL OF 18 INSTRUMENTS.1978 -2005: ART ACCOMPANIED MANY INTERNATIONAL STARS WITH HIS BAND "ART WHITE GROUP." HE HAS BACKED UP SUCH NAMES AS;
PERCY SLEDGE, JIM KAHR, SAM AND DAVE, JOAN FAULKNER, PETER LANCASTER, ART PEPPER, ARCHIE SHEP, PETER BORDZMAN. ALBERD MANGELSDORF, FREDY FENDER THE PLATTERS REVUE, MUSIQUE, GEORGE McCRAE , P.M. SIMSON, STEVE THORTON, JOHN HAMOND, NAJEE, CLARK TERRY, RAY BROWN, KILLI EL HOUSSAINE, MORY KANTE, SALIF KEITA, GYNUS, PAPAart, SLIPSTREAM, BAD BOYZ, DON CHERRY, BOB MINZER, PAPLO NAHA, CANDY DULFER , ART PEPPER, MIKE STERN, VICTOR WOOTEN, THE MANHATTANS, LATOYA JACKSON, KING POKE, THE BRASS CONSTRUCTION, STYLISTICS, CURTIS MAYFIELD, MELANIE THORTON (LA’BOUCHE), LINDSEY TAYLOR, HOWARD PAUL, BERNIE KENERSON, PHIL MORRISON. TOM LELLIS, ANNIE SELLICK, BOB ALBERTI, PHIL FLANIGEN, JIM SCHNEIDER, BOB MASTELLER,BERNIE KENERSON ,JB SOUL GENERALS , AMERIKIN AND MORE. ALL OF THIS EXPERIENCE HAS MADE HIM A DYNAMIC, RHYTHMIC AND FLEXIBLE WORLD MUSICIAN.1990: ART STARTED A NEW PROJECT (ARTNEWS) WITH HIS OWN ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS.1991: UP BEAT EUROPA JAZZ AWARD WINNER FOR BEST JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR1998: WAS AWARDED THE KING OF SLOW HIP-HOP JAZZ AWARD (MERCURY RECORDS) (EUROPE)1998: GOLD ALBUM (I MISS YOU; MERCURY RECORDS) (EUROPE)1998: MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES1971 - 2005: VARIOUS AWARDS AND APPRECIATION CERTIFICATES FROM US ARMY AND AIR FORCE (EUROPE, US)ARTNEWS:
PRESENT WORKS:
AN OUTSTANDING BLEND OF CONTEMPORARY, BE- BOP, AFRICAN FUNK, JAZZ, AND LATIN WORLD MUSIC INFLUENCES. THE BAND EXPRESSES A SPIRITUALY PASSIONATE AND HIGHLY DYNAMIC, HARMONIC FEELING CALLED: ROOT BEATS, TO ITS AUDIENCE.ART’S DISCOGRAPHY:
Heavens Door: Bluberlips Records, 1979
Between the Universes: Acanta Records, 1982
Better Days are Coming: Bellaphone Records, 1984
Neon: Bellaphone Records, 1986
Artnews Jazz It Up: B.C.M Records, 1989
Keepers of Humanity: Mons Records, 1996
Cappuccino: Mercury Records, 1997 Gold
Africa: Sony Music, 1998
Zoo; Mon’s Records, 1998
Art Weiss: BCM4One Records, 1999
Play What You Feel; BCM4one Records, 2001
Passion: BCM4one Records, 2002
Artstrain : BCM 4oneRecords, 2003
Jazz It Up vol 1 BCM4oneRecords 2005
Jazz It Up vol 2 BCM4one Records 2006
MOZart BCM4oneRecords 2007
ART’S LATEST ALBUM: ROOT BEATS (DUE OUT MAY. 2008)Art’s Slogan: Why be normal when you can be yourself.FOR MORE INFORMATION & BOOKING CONTACT: PRODUCTIONS
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