Urban Contemporary Gospel Musicians - Mervyn Warren, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Cece Winans, John P. Kee, Ruben Studdard, Tonex, Fred Hammond (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Mervyn Warren, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, CeCe Winans, John P. Kee, Ruben Studdard, Tonex, Fred Hammond, Martha Munizzi, Vickie Winans, Oleta Adams, Donnie McClurkin, Mario Winans, BeBe Winans, Mary Mary, Trin-i-tee 5:7, Hezekiah Walker, B. Slade, Donald Lawrence, Mary Alessi, Byron Cage, J. Moss, Deitrick Haddon, Guvna B, Kurt Carr, Men of Standard, Alvin Chea, Claude V. McKnight III, Karima Kibble, Maxx Frank, Montrell Darrett, Marcus Cole. Excerpt: Mervyn Edwin Warren (born February 29, 1964) is an American film composer, record producer, music conductor, music arranger, lyricist, songwriter, pianist, and vocalist. Warren is a five-time Grammy Award winner and a 10-time Grammy Award nominee. Warren has written the underscore and songs for many feature and television films and has written countless arrangements in a variety of musical styles for producers Quincy Jones, David Foster, Arif Mardin, and dozens of popular recording artists, including extensive work on Jones' Back on the Block, Q's Jook Joint, and Q: Soul Bossa Nostra. Warren has also produced numerous jazz, pop, R&B, contemporary Christian, and gospel artists, typically arranging those recordings, often performing on them (on piano, keyboards, or vocals), and often writing or co-writing the melodies and lyrics. Warren is best known as an original member of the acclaimed, a cappella vocal group Take 6, for having composed the underscore to the #1 film The Wedding Planner, for producing and arranging songs for the hit film Sister Act 2, and for producing and arranging most of the soundtrack to the Whitney Houston film The Preacher's Wife -- the best-selling "gospel" album of all time. Warren was born on a leap day (February 29) in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of Dr. Mervyn A. Warren, a university administrator, professor, and author, and Barbara J. Warren, ...