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Sounds of Blackness is a vocal and instrumental ensemble from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota who perform music from several genres music including gospel, R&B, soul, and jazz. [2] The group scored several hits on the Billboard R&B and Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts in the 1990s.
James Quentin "Big Jim" Wright (March 19, 1966 – September 29, 2018) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, film score and record producer. A member of the vocal and instrumental ensemble Sounds of Blackness, Wright became a frequent collaborator of production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and an in-house producer for their company, Flyte Tyme Productions, in the 1990s.
Ann Nesby (born Lula Ann Bennett; July 24, 1955) [1] is an American R&B, gospel and dance music singer and actress. She is the former lead singer of Sounds of Blackness; [2] a songwriter with credits including hits sung by Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight; and an actress who co-starred in the 2003 romance musical The Fighting Temptations with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé Knowles.
Bennett began performing at the age of six, [4] and was trained by her mother and grandmother, Ann Nesby, [5] the former lead singer of the Sounds of Blackness. [6] Bennett has three brothers, [5] Shakur, Jamez, Orlando. [2] Bennett attended Edina High School and played the part of Dorothy in the school production of "The Wiz" in 2003.
In addition to his academic career, Jones was a tenor singer [2] in Sounds of Blackness, a vocal ensemble from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota [1] that sings gospel, soul, and R&B. [ 2 ] Education
OPINION: For Black Music Month, theGrio is featuring a weekly series in which our writers name the songs they believe best represent the Black experience. Today, Toure´ weighs in with his list ...
"Optimistic" is a song by American vocal and instrumental ensemble Sounds of Blackness, recorded for their debut studio album The Evolution of Gospel (1991). It was written and produced by Gary Hines, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and features vocals from Ann Bennett-Nesby, Carrie Harrington, Coré Cotton, Patricia Lacy, and Jamecia Bennett.
Grammy award winning vocalist Ann Nesby of the musical and instrumental group Sounds of Blackness played a supporting role in this play/production. Saycon Sengbloh would later become the first Black stand-by and then principle lead for the role of Elphaba in the Broadway musical WICKED.