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Keyboardist Weldon Irvine looms large in the pantheon of jazz-funk, profoundly influencing the subsequent generations of hip-hop artists for whom he served as collaborator and mentor. Born in Hampton, VA, on October 27, 1943, Irvine was raised by his grandparents in the wake of his parents’ divorce, and while his grandmother played standup bass in a series of regional classical ensembles, her husband served as dean of the men’s college at Hampton Institute. Irvine began playing piano as a teen, and while he later majored in literature at Hampton, music remained his first love, especially after discovering jazz. Upon settling in New York City in 1965, he was recruited into Kenny Dorham and Joe Henderson’s big band, a year later signing on with Nina Simone as the legendary singer’s organist, bandleader, arranger, and road manager. The two also wrote songs together, and after seeing a performance of playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s To Be Young, Gifted and Black, Simone instructed Irvine to compose lyrics for a song of the same title. After two weeks of writer’s block, the words came to him in a flash of inspiration, and the finished song would later merit cover versions by performers including Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and Donny Hathaway on i...
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Top 10 Weldon Irvine Songs
We Gettin' Down
I Love You
Music Is The Key
Do Something For Yourself
Morning Sunrise
Sinbad
Here's Where I Came In
What's Goin' On?
Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
Gospel Feeling
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Top 10 Weldon Irvine Albums
Sinbad
The Sisters
Spirit Man
Liberated Brother
Time Capsule
Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine)
Cosmic Vortex
In Harmony
Keyboards Wild Dj's Smile
The Sisiters
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soul seven;kim wilson / jeffrey wright;bill sims, jr. / g-funk / master.p / aicelle santos / gretchen barreto / soldiers of fortune / spectrals / grupo salvaje / congotronics vs rockers
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