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'''Kevin "B" Batchelor (Trumpet) ''' Kevin Batchelor’s versatility in different musical genres has made him a sought-after player, equally accomplished in playing jazz, blues, reggae, and  r&b. He has also worked as studio player for many famous musicians.

Batchelor has recently performed and recorded with grammy winners Keith Richards, Burning Spear, Rihanna, and many others.

Born in St. Louis, MO in 1960, he was inspired to learn to play the trumpet by Miles Davis. In his twenties, Batchelor was a scholar at the renowned Berklee College of Music, in Boston MA. He went on to prove his exceptional musicianship working with a rich array of orchestras, producers, singers and bands - among  them The Full Monty Orchestra on Broadway, Jimmy Cliff, Shaggy, Sugar Minott, Queen Latifah, and Maxwell. With Steel Pulse and The Skatalites, he toured the world many times over.

Batchelor debuted his solo performance career in March 2008 in Russia. Batchelor‘s first solo album 'Batchelor Party' had been released two years earlier on Living Room Records. His second solo effort, 'Kevin Batchelor‘s Grand Concourse', had been released in May 2011 in the US on Mossburg Music.

In his solo albums, Batchelor demonstrates his outstanding skills on the trumpet, but proves that he is equally at home in lead vocals. His albums breathe the experiences of the Bronx urbanite - musically, but even more lyrically, evoking  moods oscillating between mellow and melancholic. The sound is firmly based in classic Jamaican ska, with a good shot of rocksteady.