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Larry 'Jazz' Anthony. Soundtrack: Like Mike 2: Streetball. Jazz (born Larry Eugene Anthony, Jr. on April 23, 1977 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an African-American R&B singer. He is best known as a member of the successful R&B group Dru Hill, serving as second lead singer for the group. During Dru Hill's 1999 - 2002 hiatus, Jazz recorded a traditional R&B solo album. However, Def Jam never ...
- April 23, 1977
- Dru Hill
- Crack The Sky
- Peppermint Rainbow
- Ronnie Dove
- The Orioles
- Greenberry Woods
- The Ravyns
- Disappear Fear
- The Royalettes
- Face Dancer
In the annals of Baltimore musical history, only one act that we know of can claim to be named after a city park. Dru Hill, named after Druid Hill Park, formed in the early ’90s, and scored seven Top 40 and three R&B No. 1 hits including “In My Bed,” “Never Make a Promise” and “How Deep is Your Love?” The group— Mark “Sisqó” Andrew, James “Woody Ro...
“Hammerjacks had to tear walls down to make room for the crowds,” says Crack The Sky co-founder and guitarist Rick Witkowski , still in awe. “I bet we hold the record there for most consecutive nights sold-out.” The occasion was the band’s first reunion tour in 1986, but it should have been the reaction to every performance after the group’s 1975 d...
Carole King may have asked “Will you still love me tomorrow?” but Baltimore’s Peppermint Rainbow was a bit more specific. The band’s sunny pop single “Will You Be Staying After Sunday/ If We Can Make it to Monday” reached No. 32 on the Billboard charts in 1969 amidst the Beatles’ “Get Back” and debut singles by the Chicago Transit Authority and Thr...
“Ronnie Dove loves you” is how singer Ronnie Dove has been ending his performances for more than 40 years. For just as long, Baltimore has loved him right back. Today, he performs in venues smaller than the 5,000-seat, packed houses he played during his chart-topping, mid-1960s heyday, but his voice and fans are still there. So are his mega-watt sm...
Baltimore’s The Orioles— the R&B group, not the baseball team— are almost forgotten, but their songs have been covered by icons such as Elvis Presley and Ella Fitzgerald and influenced hundreds of other musicians. Originally calling themselves the Vibranaires, the group organized in 1947 after meeting at West Baltimore’s Avenue Café where future le...
When the members of Greenberry Woods first started playing together in College Park in 1988, recalls bassist Brandt Huseman, “We were terrible. We wrote our own music because we didn’t know our instruments well enough to play covers.” By 1994, however, the power pop quartet had recorded their first album, “Rapple Dapple” on Sire Records, made their...
Before MTV, downloading tunes onto cell phones and listening to music through an iPod the size of Melba toast, kids were raised on the radio. And in 1982, The Ravyns— a quartet of local guys big on talent and stylized mullets— sang all about it. Their “Raised on the Radio” was the No. 2 single off the soundtrack for the 1982 Universal film “Fast Ti...
Back in the mid-’90s, sisters and folk duo disappear fear spread their message of peace and love to packed clubs around Baltimore. Their self-titled first release won them the GLAAD Award for Best Album and Mix Magazine’s Top Release of the Year, and their follow-up album was produced by Bruce Springsteen’s piano player. Though sisters SONiA and Ci...
Despite the grainy black-and-white YouTube video, the Royalettes still look fresh and elegant. The lamé tunics worn by Anita Ross, Veronica “Roni” Brown and Terry Flippen catch the light as the women sway and sing backup to Sheila Ross’ lead on the classic “It’s Gonna Take a Miracle.” That song, which was written and produced by Teddy Randazzo, who...
Catching lightning in a bottle. That’s how Face Dancer drummer Bill Trainor describes the band’s explosion onto the Baltimore music scene in 1976. “At the time nobody looked like us, sounded like us, or dared to do what we were doing,” he says of Face Dancer, who were founded in 1973. “Most of the bands in Baltimore were playing cover songs, so whe...
Larry "Jazz" Anthony. Jazz (born Larry Eugene Anthony, Jr. on April 23, 1978 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an R&B singer, songwriter, and Dancer. He is best known as a member of the successful R&B group Dru Hill, serving as second lead singer for the group. Career. During Dru Hill's 1999 - 2002 hiatus, Jazz recorded a traditional R&B solo album.
Jan 18, 2024 · Discover the dynamic world of Larry "Jazz" Anthony, a trailblazer who pushes the boundaries of jazz while staying true to its roots. With collaborations that break down barriers and electrifying performances that captivate audiences, Larry has made a significant impact on the jazz music landscape. Explore his versatile discography and witness his innovative approach to jazz firsthand. Prepare ...
