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The Blackbyrds

Kevin Toney

Born: January 1, 1953

Let it be stated – no shouted from the highest mountaintop – that the root source of piano virtuoso Kevin Toney’s dynamic musical artistry has ALWAYS been hardcore straight-ahead Jazz. As an A+ disciple of the Art Tatum’s, Oscar Peterson’s, McCoy Tyner's, Errol Garner’s, and Herbie Hancock’s of the idiom (as well as Detroit-born schoolmate of Geri Allen), Kevin Toney began his journey into the dexterous essence of Jazz absorbing the richness and excellence of its most exploratory players. Though as a child of the `60s, Kevin additionally enjoys and throttles the thrilling sounds of raw, unbridled Blues, Soul, and Rock ‘n Roll – and as a deeply spiritual man serves GOD in Gospel – Jazz is the music Toney has returned to time and time again to flex the freedoms and disciplines it offers in quantifiably equal measure.

Donald Byrd: Donald Byrd Live: Cookin' With Blue Note at Montreux

by Peter Jones
December 30, 2022

What a treat it must have been in 1973 to attend the Montreux Jazz Festival: the featured artists that year included Dexter Gordon, McCoy Tyner, Chico Hamilton, Sam Rivers, Bobbi Humphrey, Dr John, Marlena Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson... and Donald Byrd with his Tentet, whose July 5 performance is captured on this album. It was ...

Keyboardist Kevin Toney To Perform Sizzling Summer “California Concerts” Through August With Jazz Trio The Kevin Toney 3 And A Reunion Of '70s Soul-jazz Pioneers The Blackbyrds

August 7, 2012

KT3’s V.I.P. CD Release Show at Vitello’s for Album - NEW AMERICAN SUITE Blackbyrds Share Opening Night of Long Beach Jazz Festival with The Isley Brothers “These performances represent the new (KT3) and the vintage (Blackbyrds) and is the culmination of my journey in music!" —Kevin Toney Keyboard wizard Kevin Toney is about kick the temperature ...

Award Winning Pianist/Composer Kevin Toney And His New Trio Kevin Toney 3 Releases New American Suite On July 24

July 26, 2012

Founding Member of the Jazz/R&B Group The Blackbyrds Blends Traditional Jazz and Classical Music To Create A Musical Mosaic Which Pays Homage to America the Beautiful” In recent years America has seen a paradigm shift toward the manifestation of real, forward thinking change – especially in the minds of people of faith. On July 24th, award-winning ...

The Blackbyrds / Flying Start

By The Blackbyrds

Label: Solid Records (6)
Released: 1994
Track listing: The Blackbyrds; Do It, Fluid; Gut Level; Reggins; The Runaway; Funky Junkie; Summer Love; Life Styles; A Hot Day Today; Flying Start; I Need You; The Baby; Love Is Love; The Blackbyrds' Theme; Walking In Rhythm; Future Children, Future Hopes; April Showers; Spaced Out;

City Life / Unfinished Business

By The Blackbyrds

Label: Fantasy
Released: 1994
Track listing: City Life; Rock Creek Park; Thankful 'Bout Yourself; City Life; All I Ask; Happy Music; Love So Fine; Flying High; Hash And Eggs; Unfinished Business; Time Is Movin'; In Life; Enter In; You've Got That Something; Party Land; Lady; Unfinished Business;

Night Grooves

By The Blackbyrds

Label: BGP Records
Released: 1978
Track listing: Happy Music; Gut Level; Walking In Rhythm; Do It Fluid; Rock Creek Park; Supernatural Feeling; Soft And Easy;

Action

By The Blackbyrds

Label: Fantasy
Released: 1977
Track listing: Supernatural Feeling; Lookin' Ahead; Mysterious Vibes; Something Special; Street Games; Soft And Easy; Dreaming About You;

Time Is Movin'

By The Blackbyrds

Label: Fantasy
Released: 1976
Track listing: Time Is Movin'; Lady;