![]() ![]() In 1986, McFerrin was the voice of Santa Bear in Santa Bear's First Christmas, and in 1987 he was the voice of Santa Bear/Bully Bear in the sequel Santa Bear's High Flying Adventure. In 1984 McFerrin performed onstage at the Playboy Jazz Festival in Los Angeles as a sixth member of Herbie Hancock's VSOP II sharing horn trio parts with the Marsalis Brothers. He was influenced by Keith Jarrett, who had achieved great success with a series of improvised piano concerts including The Köln Concert of 1975, and wanted to attempt something similar vocally. Before that, he had spent six years developing his musical style, the first two years of which he attempted not to listen to other singers at all, in order to avoid sounding like them. ![]() McFerrin's first recorded work, the self-titled album Bobby McFerrin, was not produced until 1982, when McFerrin was already 32 years old. He attended Cathedral High School in Los Angeles and the California State University, Sacramento. McFerrin was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of operatic baritoneRobert McFerrin and singer Sara Copper. McFerrin has also worked in collaboration with instrumentalists, including pianists Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Joe Zawinul, drummer Tony Williams, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. pop hit in 1988 and won Song of the Year and Record of the Year honors at the 1989 Grammy Awards. ![]() McFerrin's song 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' was a No. He has frequently collaborated with other artists from both the jazz and classical scenes. He is widely known for performing and recording regularly as an unaccompanied solo vocal artist. A ten-time Grammy Award winner, he is known for his unique vocal techniques, such as singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch-for example, sustaining a melody while also rapidly alternating with arpeggios and harmonies-as well as scat singing, polyphonicovertone singing, and improvisational vocal percussion. (born March 11, 1950) is an American jazz vocalist and conductor. ![]() Manhattan, Blue Note, Elektra, Sony Classical Jazz, a cappella, vocal, world, classical, smooth jazz ![]()
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