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Joseph R Lewis, Jr
A
Minnesota native, Joe started playing
drums at the age of 12. Playing in bands
in his HS years, Joe formed a group
called, "The Family". The Family became
well known, played with PRINCE and SONNY
T and well known funk bands. After
playing with Prince, The Family went
professional and toured throughout
Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin where
they played with The Time, Jimmy Jam,
Andre Simone and Alexander O'Neal. Joe
moved his family to Fairfield, CA in
1985, and started playing with the Bay
area R&B groups including Movin', B4
Dawn and Terre Londee. Fade to Black,
and Su Mack. Joe finished out his Cali
days playing with Aspyre and the famous
funk group, COLD BLOOD. Joe moved to
Spokane in 2000. Since then his music
interest has evolved to include Smooth
Jazz. He became the Co-Founder of the
Smooth Jazz Society. He formed Joe Lewis
& the JazzCats and played with
blues band, Laffin' Bones. Joe has since
moved to the Seattle area to be able to
play more of the music that not only
moves his soul, but also challenges him
as a top professional drummer. Joe's
drumming skills, his huge repertoire of
music, and professionalism has kept him on
the top of the list of the best drummers
in the region. Joe's gentle spirit and
integrity has blessed those of us who
call him our friend.
Earl Hill aka E. D. Smooth
Earl has had a great love for music
throughout his life. Born and raised in a very
large family in Arizona, Earl was introduced to
a large spectrum of music from an early age.
Living in such a diverse community with many
cultures, Earl was enriched with many different
music genres; from Gospel, to Blues, Rock,
Latino, Country & Western and the greatness of
Motown. In his teen years, Earl played drums
with the neighborhood band, playing all the
danceable tunes at many house parties. The age
of funk changed the music scene for Earl, and
not far behind was a new type of Jazz, which at
the time it was called, "riding music". "You
never left home without 8 track tapes of Roy
Ayers, Wes Montgomery, Grover, Ronny Laws or Herbie
Hancock. And don't forget the briefcase
you had to have to transport those
tapes!"
Joining the USAF in the 70's, took Earl
to many corners of the world including
Japan. In the 80's he was
introduced to Smooth Jazz and Earl, "has
not looked back since". After 20 years
in the USAF, Earl settled in Spokane
where he became one of the founding members of
the Smooth Jazz Society. He is our current
President, and our in house DJ. Earl's extensive
knowledge of the best of Smooth Jazz, and his
calming demeanor and diplomacy is a precious
asset to us all.
Len Volpe
Lenny's Bio coming soon!
Kathleen Cavender
Group
The
Smooth Jazz trio features Kathleen Cavender on
lead vocals, award winning keyboard player from
New York, Greg Loewen on double keyboards, and
Fabian Medina on percussion. The trio performs
Smooth Jazz selections by such artists as Diana
Krall, Patti Austin, Anita Baker, Etta James,
Sade and Basia to name just a few. The Kathleen
Cavendar Group is latest group of musicians to
join the Smooth Jazz Society. Welcome to
Kathleen, Greg and Fabian! We look forward to
introducing you to the greater part of the
Smooth Jazz Community in this region.
