Leroy Burgess - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Singer/Songwriter/Musician/Producer/Arranger who has recorded as or with Black Ivory, Fantastic Aleems, Convertion, Phreek, Logg, Inner Life, BB&Q Band, Change , Ben E. King, Eddie Kendricks, Cassius, Slippery People, Rick James, High Frequency, Billy Jones, Caprice, T.S. Monk, Venus Dodson, Peter Jacques Band, Fonda Rae, Larry Joseph & Science, Dazzle, Dino Terrell, Intrigue, Class Action, Michael Narada Walden, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Joey Negro, Personal Touch, Ecstasy, Sympho-State, El Bee & Tee, Process & The Doo Rags, Skipworth & Turner, Bumblebee Unlimited, Adeva, Mike Gee, Kool Kyle, Clurel, MODE, Angel, BME , Satin, Silk & Lace, Bobbi Humphrey, Universal Robot Band, Herbie Mann, Debbie Blackwell, Chez Damier, Belita Woods, Ron Carroll, Robert Strauss, Kashif, Curfew, Art Webb.
To book Leroy Burgess or Black Ivory for recordings or live performances please email [email protected]
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Member Since: 5/28/2007
Band Website: leroyburgess.com, facebook.com, tagged.com
Band Members: BLACK IVORY: Leroy Burgess (lead & background vocals), Stuart Bascombe (lead & background vocals) and Russell Patterson (lead & backgroundvocals)CONVERTION/LOGG/UNIVERSAL ROBOT BAND: Leroy Burgess (lead & background vocals, Fender Rhodes. synthesizers), James Calloway (bass), Sonny T. Davenport (drums/keyboards/vocals), Sonny DeGraffenreid (guitars), Michael Lewis (conga/percussion), Willis Long (percussion), Fred McFarlane (keyboards), Trevor Gale (drums), Dorothy Terrell (vocals) and Renee J.J. Burgess (vocals)ALEEM: Leroy Burgess (lead & background vocals, Fender Rhodes. keyboards), Taharqa Aleem (guitar/vocals) and Tunde-Ra Aleem (keyboards/vocals)CURRENT LIVE GROUP: James Calloway (bass), John Cooksey (drums), Greg McCray (keyboards), Austin Applegate (guitars), Michael Lewis (conga/percussion), Russell Huggins (keyboards) and E. Heckstall (vocals/keyboards)
Influences: Johnny Mathis, Glenn Osser, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet, Burt Bacharach, Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, Bernard Hermann, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Donny Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield, Gene Page, Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim, Jim Webb, Lennon and McCartney, YES, The Main Ingredient (with Donald McPherson and Cuba Gooding Sr.), Mint Condition, Maurice White, Phillip Baily and Earth Wind & Fire, Sting, Valerie Simpson & Nick Ashford, The Supremes (with Diana Ross & Jean Terrell), The Temptations (with David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks & Dennis Edwards), Patrice Rushen, Jeff Lorber, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, Thom Bell, Bobby Martin, Dionne Warwick, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson, Chaka Khan, Lauryn Hill, Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bob James, George Duke, Bob James, Steely Dan, Donald Fagan to name a few.
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Record Label: Burgess Entertainment Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Don’t Spoil It" from TIMELESS: THE CHICAGO SESSIONS

A lot of folks have asked to hear this song, which prompted me to add it to my player. From the still unreleased Chicago House project, TIMELESS (don't ask me why the folks at Dusttraxx Records contin...
Posted by Leroy Burgess on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:31:00 PST

Norman and Jerry (2 more icons join the Celestial Orchestra)

NORMAN WHITFIELD AND JERRY WEXLERAs a child of the 60s, the music these great men brought into my life was (and is) as profound an influence as any I can imagine. The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Ros...
Posted by Leroy Burgess on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:11:00 PST

LONDON, NYC, CHICAGO AND INTO THE FUTURE....

The past several weeks have been something of a whirlwind for me, so I'm just getting caught up now.Here's the re-cap (in three parts: London, NYC and Chicago)PORTOBELLO NU JAZZ FESTIVAL (August 16th)...
Posted by Leroy Burgess on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:06:00 PST

Live broadcast from the Portobello Nu Jazz Festival

Tonight @ 8:30 to 9:30 (UK time)My live performance at the Nu Jazz Festival. You can check it out at www.directdrivve.tvHope you enjoy it.LB.
Posted by Leroy Burgess on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:59:00 PST

ISSAC HAYES (The loss of a music miracle)

I was at my about to be rained out family reunion on Sunday, having just returned from a performance with Black Ivory in Schenectady, NY, when I heard the news of Master Hayes' unexpected passing. Giv...
Posted by Leroy Burgess on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:52:00 PST

SHOUT OUT TO BROTHER Q-TIP

I am greatly honored by brother Q-Tip (co-founder of the iconic group A Tribe Called Quest), in his very creative use of "You And I". It is the very first song I'd ever written professionally (with St...
Posted by Leroy Burgess on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:17:00 PST

SEAN BELL II (Day of Civil Disobedience)

In a day reminiscent of the amazing civil rights protests of the '60s, yesterday presented an example of just how outraged we are about this particular miscarriage of justice.Sit ins.. traffic stoppag...
Posted by Leroy Burgess on Thu, 08 May 2008 10:33:00 PST

SEAN BELL

My mother is Myrtle Bell Burgess, daughter of Walter Sr. and Ivy Bell of Iselin, NJ. As a result, we are related to the Sean Bell family of northern New Jersey.I have watched with great interest, the ...
Posted by Leroy Burgess on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:03:00 PST

WMC 08 and me

I’m just back from my 1st Winter Music Conference. This was a new and amazing experience for me. Let me share some of the highlights with you.First off, I’ve got to give ’props&rsquo...
Posted by Leroy Burgess on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:15:00 PST

Dont get Christmas twisted

Santa. The assault on our senses with every device at their disposal.. to get us to spend and buy.. give and give.. run up that credit card.. empty that account.. accrue more debt (as if our debts wer...
Posted by Leroy Burgess on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:24:00 PST