AGMP presents LEON WARE -
in Concert
+ Hannah Williams &
the Tastemakers
+ Linda Muriel's
Afro-Symphony
+ Keep the Faith DJ's
Paul Aaaron & K15.
LEON WARE BAND LINE
UP:
Leon Ware - Vocals
Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick -
Guitar
Matt Cooper - Drums /
MD
Francis Hylton - Bass
Dan Goldman - Keys
Vanessa Haynes -
Vocals
Leon Ware is a
legendary soul music singer, songwriter and producer.
His most famous album was
I Want You, written for friend and Motown icon Marvin
Gaye in 1976.
He also wrote the Top 5 R&B
single, "I Wanna Be Where You Are", for a young Michael
Jackson in 1972, and created the Body Heat album along with
Quincy Jones.
He wrote "Inside my
Love" for Minnie Ripperton, "If i ever love this
heaven" for the Average White Band & "Sumthin'
Sumthin" for Maxwell.
During the 1970s and 1980s, Leon
Ware released six albums on various different labels including "Musical Massage",
"Rockin' you eternally", "Inside is Love".
1982's "Why I came to
California", recorded with Janis Siegel, was a huge smash during
the London Rare Groove years and is arguably his most loved song.
Leon Ware has
worked with Smokey Robinson, Bobby Womack, Steviw Wonder, The Isley Brothers, Ike &
Tina Turner, Isaac Hayes, The Miracles, Donny Hathaway & the Jackson
5.
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