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| Toph-E & the Cats at the Sugar Bar Toph-E & The Cats featuring Chris Parker, Clifford Carter, Will Lee, Ralph MacDonald, & David Mann will be performing at Ashford and Simpson's Sugar Bar, NYC every Wednesday in February. Chris Parker, drums, has been a member of The Brecker Brothers, Stuff, Joe Cool, and NBC's Saturday Night Live. He has toured with Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, Joe Cocker, and Paul Simon. He has recorded with Donald Fagen, Ashford and Simpson, Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole, James Brown, Salt 'n' Pepa, Miles Davis and Cher. Will Lee, on bass and vocals, hails from The Late Show with David Letterman on CBS, and The Fab Faux. He has performed and appeared on numerous recordings with Frank Sinatra, Bette Midler, Barbara Streisand, Mick Jagger, Steely Dan, and James Brown. Ralph MacDonald, percussionist and Grammy winning songwriter, started with Harry Belafonte when he was only 16 years old and went on to have Grammy winning hit records of his songs recorded by Bill Withers, (Just the Two of Us), Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack, (Where is the Love), and Grover Washington, (Mister Magic). Since then, he has performed on countless recordings with artists George Benson, Tom Scott, and Jimmy Buffett. Clifford Carter, on piano and keyboards, has been the pianist with Patti Scialfa, recorded and toured with James Taylor, Bryan Ferry, Betty Buckley, Melissa Errico and Brethren Crazed Man and the Wildlife Ensemble. David Mann, tenor and soprano saxophones, has released solo albums, most recently, "Touch, " on N-Coded Music, as well as producing many other artists, like Wayman Tisdale, Nelson Rangell and Rachel Z. His recording credits are extensive including, Tower of Power, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Queen Latifah, Madonna, Bob James and Sting. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |