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Infobox musical artist| name = Walter Beasley| image = WalterBeasley.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Walter Beasley| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1961|5|24|mf=y| death_date =| origin = El Centro, California , United States | instrument = Saxophone | genre = Smooth Jazz | occupation = Musician | years_active =| label = Shanachie Records Warner Bros. Records Mercury Records Headsup/Affable Records| associated_acts =| website = http://www.walterbeasley.com/ official site| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Walter Beasley is an United States|American saxophonist , a professor of music at the Berklee College of Music , and founder of Affable Publishing and Affable Records.
Biography
Beasley grew up in El Centro, California.cite web | last = Beasley | first = Walter | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Walter Beasley's Official Site: Professional Profile | work = | publisher = | date = 2007-12-20 | url = http://www.walterbeasley.com/index.php? page=bio | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2009-02-23 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.cite news | last = Lebovitz | first = Susan Chaityn | coauthors = | title = Beasley on the sax | work = The Boston Globe | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = 2006-01-22 | url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/01/22/a_long_bumpy_road_for_a_high_school_dropout/ | accessdate = 2009-02-23
Beasley graduated from Berklee in 1984,cite news | last = Cox | first = Kevin | coauthors = | title = Boston-based saxophonist helps keep jazz alive | work = The Boston-Bay State Banner | pages = | language = | publisher = | volume = 42 | issue = 31 | date = 2007-03-15 | url = http://www2.baystatebanner.com/issues/2007/03/15/arts/arts03150741.htm | accessdate = 2009-02-23 Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot 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.cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Faculty Biography: Walter Beasley | work = Berklee | publisher = | date = | url = http://www.berklee.edu/faculty/detail/walter-beasley | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2009-02-23
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,cite news | last = Rowland | first = Hobart | coauthors = Bob Burtman | title = Saxy Stuff | work = Houston Press | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = 1996-05-23 | url = http://www.houstonpress.com/1996-05-23/music/saxy-stuff/ | accessdate = 2009-02-23 his own style falls between contemporary R& B and contemporary jazz,cite news | last = Buckley | first = Michael | coauthors = | title = Music Box: Big Head Todd brings heartfelt rock to D.C. | work = HometownAnnapolis.com | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = 2009-02-05 | url = http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/02_05-01/ENT | accessdate = 2009-02-23 a blend which has been called "smooth jazz".
He is not only an alto and soprano saxophonist and a singer,cite news | last = Lowenthal | first = Kevin | coauthors = | title = Onstage, his smoothness turns funky and soulful | work = The Boston Globe | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = 2005-08-12 | url = http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/08/12/onstage_his_smoothness_turns_funky_and_soulful/ | accessdate = 2009-02-23 but also a composer and producer. He is the founder and CEO of Affable Publishing, and the owner of Affable Records.
Persondata | NAME =Beasley, Walter | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =1961-05-24 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Beasley, Walter Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Jazz saxophonists Category:American saxophonists
