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Kaialexander

Composer, Producer, Keyboardist

About Me

EVERYTHING YOU HEAR WAS WRITTEN, PRODUCED, PLAYED, SUNG, PROGRAMED, ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY KAI.Kai is an accomplished musician with nearly 32 years experience playing piano and keyboards. His diverse musical background includes his career as an adept producer, composer, arranger and performer. Kai recently toured Europe extensively with Amp Fiddler, performed with Bilal, Omar and currently performs with various bands.Kai served as music director, arranger and musician on several live and recorded projects including an album featuring Ramsey Lewis. Kai helped create the music for McDonalds “I’m Lovin’ It” campaign and two of Kai’s songs were placed on the Chicago Soul Sessions album. In 2004, Kai founded Studio Sooner where he produces music for a variety of clients.A true virtuoso with enormous talent, Kai performed as a solo pianist at Wolfgang Puck’s Spago and Chicago’s famed Gibson’s Steak House. Kai has a Fine Arts Degree in Film Scoring from Berklee College of Music. He developed his roots in jazz with his teacher Jimmy Hamilton, an original member of the Duke Ellington orchestra. www.kaialexander.net MyGen Profile Generator Go'head, play me a solo! Kai at Inn Joy Chicago, IL 10.25.07 Kai, Amp, Rob, Kenny & Bruce in Amsterdam '06 KAI PERFORMING WITH BILAL '07

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/29/2006
Band Website: kaialexander.net
Band Members: "Let Me Tell You" on GarageBand.com Funk Category Oct.12 2007Also Oct.29 2007
Influences: Duke Ellington, Claude Debuss, Chopin, Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis, Thlelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Fats Waller, Billie Holliday, Louis Armstrong, Earl "Father" Hines. Willie The "The Lion" Smith, Parilment, P-Funk, Bootsy Collins, James Brown, J.B's, Jimmy Hendricks, Jimmy Smith, Led Zepplin, Prince. Carole King, The O'Jays, Al Green, Teddy Pendergrass, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Early Whitney Houston, Quincy Jones, Joni Mitchell, Gospel Music, Scott Joplin, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Handel, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Motown, Queen Latifah, The Beatles, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Sly & the Family Stone, The Platters, The Dramatics, The Spinners, Bar Kays, Lionel Ritchie, Early Michael Jackson, Omar and all those not mentioned!.............

Sounds Like: Real Music
Type of Label: None