Walter Beasley Biography, Discography, Chart History

Artist

Walter Beasley

Number of songs: 8 | Total weeks on charts: 108
Appearing in a total number of: 8 charts | Total period running: 819 days

Songs by Walter Beasley

Coolness (21\|1\|238)	Ready For Love (13\|1\|83)
Why Not You (14\|1\|119)	Steady As She Goes (10\|1\|64)

Biography

Walter Beasley is an American saxophonist, a professor of music at the Berklee College of Music, and founder of Affable Publishing and Affable Records.

Beasley grew up in El Centro, California. By the age of 13 he was singing in Spanish in a band called Los Elegantes, and he played in various bands and performed at clubs throughout middle and high school.

Beasley graduated from Berklee in 1984, and a year later took a short-term teaching position at the same school, which became a permanent career. He is now professor at the school.

In 1987, he released his first, self-titled, album, and since 1998 has been one of the top ten best-selling African American saxophonists in the world. Having grown up as a fan of R&B and funk and trained in classical and jazz saxophone, his own style falls between contemporary R&B and contemporary jazz, a blend which has been called "smooth jazz".

He is not only an alto and soprano saxophonist and a singer, but also a composer and producer. He is the founder and CEO of Affable Publishing, and the owner of Affable Records.

Discography:
Walter Beasley - 1987
Just Kickin' It - 1989
Intimacy - 1992
Private Time - 1995
Walter Beasley Live and More - 1996
Tonight We Love - 1997
For Your Pleasure - 1998
Won't You Let Me Love You - 2000
Rendezvous - 2002
Go with the Flow - 2003
Midnight Love - 2003
The Classic R&B Collection - 2004
For Her - 2005
Greatest Hits! - 2005
Live - 2006
Ready for Love - 2007
Sax Meditations - 2008
Free Your Mind - 2009
Backatcha - 2010
Walter Beasley Live – In the Groove - 2010
Live in the Club - 2013
I' Back - 2015

Sources: Wikipedia, Top40-Charts.com Editorial team

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	Elan Trotman - Love And Sax (14/01/2011)
	Elan Trotman - 'Love And Sax' - Releases On March 8, 2011 (12/01/2011)
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	E1 Music Signs Jazz And R&B Sensation Terri Lyne Carrington (05/03/2009)