Norman Connors
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Biography
[Edit]Like Roy Ayers, George Benson, and Patrice Rushen, Norman Connors is best known for his major R&B hits but started out as a jazz improviser. The drummer/composer was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he lived in the same neighborhood as Bill Cosby and became interested in jazz when he was only a child. As a kid in elementary school, Connors was exposed to jazz extensively thanks to such schoolmates as drummer Lex Humphries and the younger brother of bassist and Jazz Messenger-to-be Spanky De Brest. Connors was in junior high when he began sneaking into jazz clubs and sat in for Elvin Jones at a John Coltrane gig. At 13, he first got to meet his idol, Miles Davis, and started expressing his admiration for the famous trumpeter by dressing like him. Connors went on to study music at Philly's Temple University and the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Gigs with Jackie McLean, Jack McDuff, and Sam Rivers followed, and he was first recorded as a sideman when Archie Shepp employed him on his 1967 Impulse! session Magic of Ju-Ju.
After touring with Pharoah Sanders and playing on several of his albums, Connors signed with Buddah's Cobblestone label in 1972 and recorded his first album as a leader, Dance of Magic and its follow-up, Dark of Light. A few more jazz-oriented Cobblestone and Buddah dates followed, and it was in 1975 that Connors made R&B his main priority with Saturday Night Special (which included the number ten soul hit "Valentine Love"). The rest of the 1970s found Connors featuring R&B singers prominently (including Michael Henderson, Jean Carn, and the late Phyllis Hyman) and scoring such R&B hits as "We Both Need Each Other," "Once I've Been There," and the lovely "You Are My Starship." Connors, who signed with Arista in 1977, wasn't as popular or as visible in the 1980s, although he would make a comeback in the 1990s by signing with Motown's MoJazz label and focusing on both urban contemporary and crossover. The 21st century found him moving along similar lines, releasing Eternity on Starship Records in 2000 and Star Power in 2009 on Shanachie Records.
Title: Romantic Journey (Expanded Edition)
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Pop
Title: Invitation (Expanded)
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Pop
Title: Saturday Night Special (Expanded Edition)
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Rock, Pop
Title: Remember Who You Are
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: You Are My Starship
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Pop
Title: Star Power
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Rock, Smooth Jazz
Title: Beyond A Dream
Artist: Norman Connors, Pharoah Sanders
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Soul Jazz
Title: The Essential Norman Connors - The Buddah / Arista Years (CD1)
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Valentine Love: The Buddah / Arista Anthology (CD1)
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz
Title: Valentine Love: The Buddah / Arista Anthology (CD2)
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz
Title: This Is Your Life
Artist: Norman Connors, The Starship Orchestra
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Pop
Title: The Essential Norman Connors - The Buddah/Arista Years
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Essential Norman Connors - The Buddah / Arista Years (CD2)
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Dance of Magic
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Pop, Smooth Jazz
Title: Take It To the Limit (Expanded Edition)
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Pop
Title: Easy Living
Artist: Norman Connors
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Collections
Title: Soul Strut, Vol. 12
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Steppin Across The USA Volume 11
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 80'S Club Grooves (CD1)
Title: Pulp Fusion 15 (CD2)
Title: The Masters Series: 70s Soul Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Pop, Funk
Title: Ferry Maat's Soul Show 03 Soft Soul Show The Ballads (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: Ministry Of Sound: 70s Groove (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Disco
Title: The Best Of Blue Juice
Title: 12 " Disco: The Collection (CD2)
Genre: Disco
Title: Maxi Club Disco Funk, Vol. 5
Title: Maxi Funk, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Hitmaster Disco Funk, Vol. 9
Title: Quiet Storm: Gold (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Funk
Title: Jazz Funk Sessions
Title: Interpretes Divers - The Legacy Of Disco
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: The Legacy Of Soul
Genre: Soul
Title: The Legacy Of Disco
Title: Disco Wonderland (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco
Title: Nighttime Lovers Volume 29
Title: Mr. K Digital Edits Vol. 8
Title: Quiet Storm Essentials (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Spiritual Jazz Essentials
Genre: Jazz
Title: Melodic Patterns Of Jazz (CD3)
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Instrumental
Featuring albums
Title: The Legacy of Phyllis Hyman (Remastered)
Artist: Phyllis Hyman
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Arista Heritage Series: Phyllis Hyman
Artist: Phyllis Hyman
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Disco
Title: Phyllis Hyman (Deluxe Edition)
Artist: Phyllis Hyman
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Remixed With Love by Joey Negro, Vol. 2 (Bonus Track Version)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Disco, Dance Pop
Title: Remixed With Love by Joey Negro, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Disco, Dance Pop
Title: Under Her Spell - Greatest Hits
Artist: Phyllis Hyman
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Phyllis Hyman (Expanded Edition)
Artist: Phyllis Hyman
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Disco, Pop
Title: Don’t Let It Go To Your Head: The Anthology
Artist: Jean Carn
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco
Title: Old Friend-The Deluxe Collection 1976-1998 (CD1)
Artist: Phyllis Hyman
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk