Bobby McFerrin

Bobby McFerrin (lahir 11 Maret 1950) adalah seorang vokalis jazz Amerika Serikat. Dia dikenal karena teknik vokalnya, seperti bernyanyi dengan lancar tetapi dengan lompatan yang cepat dan cukup banyak — misalnya, mempertahankan melodi sambil juga dengan cepat berganti-ganti dengan arpeggio dan harmoni — juga lagu-lagu scat, bernyanyi nada polifonik, dan perkusi vokal improvisasi.

Bobby McFerrin
McFerrin in 2011
Informasi latar belakang
Nama lahir	Robert Keith McFerrin Jr.
Lahir	11 Maret 1950 Manhattan, New York, Amerika Serikat
Genre	Jazz, a cappella, Vokal, dunia, klasik, smooth jazz
Pekerjaan	Musician, conductor, arranger, producer
Instrumen	Vokal, piano
Tahun aktif	1970–sekarang
Label	Manhattan, Blue Note, Elektra, Sony Classical
Artis terkait	Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Yo-Yo Ma
Situs web	bobbymcferrin.com

Ia dikenal luas karena tampil dan merekam secara teratur sebagai artis vokal solo yang tidak ditemani. Dia sering berkolaborasi dengan artis lain baik dari jazz dan adegan klasik.

Diskografi

Sebagai pemimpin

• Bobby McFerrin (Elektra Musician, 1982)
• The Voice (Elektra Musician, 1984)
• Spontaneous Inventions (Blue Note, 1986)
• The Elephant's Child (Windham Hill, 1987)
• How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin & How the Camel Got His Hump (Windham Hill, 1987)
• Simple Pleasures (EMI-Manhattan, 1988)
• The Many Faces of Bird: The Music of Charlie Parker with Richie Cole, Lee Konitz (Verve, 1987)
• Lady Fair with Gary Wiggins (Imtrat, 1989)
• Medicine Music (EMI, 1990)
• Play with Chick Corea (Blue Note, 1992)
• Hush with Yo-Yo Ma (Sony Masterworks, 1992)
• Bang!Zoom (Blue Note, 1995)
• Paper Music (Sony Classical, 1995)
• The Mozart Sessions (Sony Classical, 1996)
• CircleSongs (Sony Classical, 1997)
• Beyond Words (Blue Note, 2002)
• VOCAbuLarieS (Emarcy, 2010)
• SpiritYouAll (Sony Masterworks, 2013)

sEBAGAI sideman

• Laurie Anderson, Strange Angels, 1989
• Chick Corea, Rendezvous in New York, 2003
• Jack DeJohnette, Extra Special Edition (Blue Note, 1994)
• En Vogue, Masterpiece Theatre, 2000
• Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Little Worlds, 2003
• Chico Freeman, Tangents, 1984
• Gal Costa, The Laziest Gal in Town, 1991
• Dizzy Gillespie, Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Telarc, 1992)
• Dizzy Gillespie, To Bird with Love (Telarc, 1992)
• Herbie Hancock, Round Midnight, 1986
• Michael Hedges, Watching My Life Go By, 1985
• Al Jarreau, Heart's Horizon, 1988
• Quincy Jones, Back on the Block, 1989
• Charles Lloyd Quartet, A Night in Copenhagen (Blue Note, 1984)
• The Manhattan Transfer, Vocalese, 1985
• Wynton Marsalis, The Magic Hour, 2004
• George Martin, In My Life, 1998
• W.A. Mathieu, Available Light, 1987
• Modern Jazz Quartet, MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Atlantic, 1994)
• Pharoah Sanders, Journey to the One (Theresa, 1980)
• Grover Washington Jr., The Best Is Yet to Come, 1982
• Weather Report, Sportin' Life, 1985
• Yellowjackets, Dreamland, 1995
• Joe Zawinul, Di•a•lects, 1986

Pranala luar

• Situs resmi
• Bach & Friends documentary
• Bobby McFerrin: Still Unpredictable by Alex Henderson, The New York City Jazz Record