John Beasley (musician)
| John Beasley | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John Daniel Beasley |
| Born |
September 28, 1960 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, blues, soul, R&B, funk, Afro-Cuban, Latin, classical, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, producer, arranger |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards |
| Labels | Windham Hill, Resonance, Mack Avenue |
| Associated acts | Queen Latifah, Wall-E, Miles Davis, Chaka Khan, Steely Dan |
| Website | www |
John Beasley (born September 28, 1960) is an American composer, pianist, producer, and arranger who has recorded and performed with Miles Davis, Steely Dan, Chaka Khan, James Brown, Spice Girls, Dianne Reeves, Ry Cooder, Chick Corea and Sérgio Mendes, Freddie Hubbard, John Patitucci, Queen Latifah, Lee Ritenour, Mike Stern, and Ivan Lins.
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Beasley is third-generation musician who was raised in a house filled with music. His grandfather, Rule Oliver, played trombone in territory bands and was a junior high school band director for 50 years in Arkansas. His mother, Lida Beasley, is a brass instrumentalist, who for most of her career taught music at various public schools and colleges, along with being band director and conducting operas.
Growing up around musicians, Beasley learned how to play trumpet, oboe, drums, saxophone, and flute, mostly because of his mother's need for wind instrumentalists for her bands. His father, Rule Curtis Beasley (b. 1931), is a pianist and bassoonist, who played with the Fort Worth Symphony. Rule Beasley also was a professor of music composition at University of North Texas College of Music and at Santa Monica College, where he taught many musicians performing today.
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