Drummer/Vocalist/Keyboardist and Producer --- You could probably connect most people in the music buisness through this man! Some of the people this cat has played with/and/or Produced over the years:

Jeff Beck , The Temptations, Al Jarreau,
Carlos Santana, Clarence Clemmons, Jaco Pastorius,
John Mclaughlin, Sting , Mariah Carey, Rick James, Elton John,
Sister Sledge , Brenda Russell, George Michael,
Weather Report, Diana Ross , Whitney Houston Steve Winwood,
Aretha Franklin, Lisa Fischer , Al Green, Patti Labelle, Natalie Cole,
Herbie Hancock , Tevin Campbell, Randy Jackson(American Idol),
Allan Holdsworth, Frankie Beverly and Maze, Mica Paris , Chick Corea,
Eddie Murphy , Phyllis Hyman , Jan Hammer, Lionel Richie,
Curtis Mayfield, Angela Bofill , Rashaan Patterson ,
Bernard Edwards , Dionne Warwick , Patti Austin, Mitch Mitchell, Buddy Miles
Nile Rodgers, Barbara Streisand, Tamia, Tommy Bolin,
Stanley Clarke , George Duke , T M Stevens, Todd Rundgren,
Roy Buchanan , Don Cherry , Hall and Oates , Oleta Adams,
Stacy Lattisaw, Johnny Gill, Greg Phillinganes, Sheena Easton, Don Was, Keni Burke , Jean Luc Ponty
Phil Perry, Will Lee, Taylor Dane, Larry Graham, Starship , N.K.O.T.B, Howard Hewett,
George Benson, Aphonso Johnson, Regina Belle, Margie Joseph, Walter Afanasieff , David Sancious,
The Pointer Sisters, Lisa Keith, Cherelle , O'Jays , Jeffrey Osborne,
Vickie Randle, Stephanie Mills , Teddy Pendergrass, Lou Rawls , Pia Zadora, Steve Smith(Journey),
Jermaine Stewart, Ronnie Spector , Siedah Garrett, Jay Graydon, Patti Scalfia, The Four Tops,
Hiram Bullock, Norma Jean Bell, Dorothy Ashby , Carl Carlton, George Del Barrio, Phillipe Saisse,
Wayne Henderson, Shanice Wilson, Ami Stewart , Corrado Rusticci, Cliff Carter, High Inergy,
Marc Russo , D'atra Hicks, Neal Schon , Chester Thompson, Jim Gilstrap, Jerry Hey,

and...ummm.....
if you'll pardon the expression....Kenny G .....








Randy Jackson, Playing with Narada and Neal Schon at Eric Clapton's Guitar festival 6/6/2004




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paligap said:

Narada is a helluva drummer, and his solo work was awesome.. remember "Tonight, im alright" and "i shoulda loved ya"

FunkMistress said:

I know.....

TheRealFiness said:

Yes Lawd!!

"Rhymes with 'Florida'."

I Don't Want Nobody Else (To Dance With)

UptownDeb said:

ta daaaaance witchooooo.... ghat dayum...

Funny thing is, Narada first set out from home, as a teenager, to try to play with Jimi Hendrix! "I thought that I could convince him that I had the chops to be the combination of Mitch Mitchell and Buddy Miles!...." he said in an interview. (he ended up playing with both Buddy and Mitch in later years, at tribute concerts.) Hendrix unfortunately passed before Narada could meet him, but at age 20, he ended up meeting John Mclaughlin(Mahavishnu), joined his band, and eventually hooked up with Jeff Beck and Carlos Santana, and the rest is history....





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"I Shoulda Loved Ya" was the jam!

He also has a song on the "Bright Lights, Big City" soundtrack.

vainandy said:

wasnt it tho?

TheRealFiness said:

I also love his "quiet storm' ballads, "Why Did You Turn Me On", and "The Blue Side of Midnight"(featuring Wayne Shorter on Sax), and "Will You Ever Know"...