![]() ![]() He has played as a session percussionist in many artists’ recordings -George Benson, David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, Art Garfunkel, Billy Joel, Quincy Jones, Carole King, Miriam Makeba, David Sanborn, Paul Simon, Steely Dan etc. ![]() He co-wrote Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway’s “Where is the Love” and Bill Withers’ “Just The Two Of Us” He has released eight solo albums from 1976 to 1998. The b-side is a song by Percussionist, songwriter, producer, engineer, Ralph MacDonald. “Basketball” peaked at #29 on the Billboard Black Singles chart and #70 on the Billboard Hot 100. This was a great experience for Kurtis, and he got to meet players like George Gervin (The Iceman), Dr. These games would often sell out as fans came to see the concert after the game. In the mid-’80s, the NBA contacted Kurtis and had him do some shows after games. Moore, Jimmy Bralower, and Full Force and recorded by American rapper, singer, songwriter, Kurtis Blow released in 1984 from his album Ego Trip. ![]() Over 1977-1978, Blow's club gigs around Harlem and the Bronx made him an underground sensation, and Billboard magazine writer Robert Ford approached Simmons about making a record.“Basketball” is a song that was written by William Waring, Robert Ford, Kurtis Blow, J. Blow performed with legendary DJs like Grandmaster Flash, and for a time his regular DJ was Simmons' teenage brother Joseph - who, after changing his stage name from 'Son of Kurtis Blow,' would go on to become the first half of Run-D.M.C. He became an MC in his own right around 1977, and changed his name to Kurtis Blow (as in a body blow) at the suggestion of his manager, future Def Jam founder and rap mogul Russell Simmons. ![]() He was in on the earliest stages of hip-hop culture in the '70s - first as a breakdancer, then as a block-party and club DJ performing under the name Kool DJ Kurt after enrolling at CCNY in 1976, he also served as program director for the college radio station. Kurtis Blow was born Kurtis Walker in Harlem in 1959. But at his very best, Blow epitomizes the virtues of the old school: ingratiating, strutting party music that captures the exuberance of an art form still in its youth. ![]()
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