Karma was an American soul/funk/jazz band, which recorded two albums for the
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group and functions as a branch of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Interscope-Geffen-A&M. Established in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, the label initially operated independent ...
imprint
Horizon Records
Horizon Records was an American independent record label founded in 1962 by Dave Hubert.
Horizon was originally a folk and blues label distributed by World Pacific Records. When Liberty Records acquired World Pacific in 1965, it also took over th ...
in the 1970s. Its members included
Ernie Watts
Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and R&B saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's album '' ...
, trombonist
George Bohanon
George Roland Bohanon Jr. (August 7, 1937 – November 8, 2024) was an American jazz trombonist and session musician from Detroit, Michigan.
Biography
In the early 1960s, he participated in Detroit's Workshop Jazz ensemble, with Johnny Griffith, ...
, trumpeter
Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear (August 18, 1944 – July 7, 2023) was an American jazz trumpeter and session musician from Chicago, Illinois.
After studying at DuSable High School and Wright Jr. College (currently known as Wilbur Wright College) under John DeR ...
, keyboardist Reggie Andrews, bassist Curtis Robertson Jr and drummer Joe Blocker.
After recording two albums, the group disbanded in 1978. Group members Reggie Andrews and George Bohanon became record producers - the former becoming successful in overseeing albums by
Patrice Rushen
Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American jazz pianist, R&B singer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director.
At the 25th Annual Grammy Awards, her 1982 single, "Forget Me Nots", received a no ...
and
The Dazz Band
Dazz Band is an American R&B/funk band most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include " Let It Whip" (1982), "Joystick" (1983), and "Let It All Blow" (1984). The name of the band is a port ...
. Ernie Watts would later tour with
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for over six decades, they are one of the most popular, influential, and enduring bands of the Album era, rock era. In the early 1960s, the band pione ...
, while Vander "Stars" Lockett would appear on
Donald Fagen
Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who is the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker ...
's 1982 solo debut, ''
The Nightfly''.
Reggie Andrews died at the age of 74 on June 23, 2022.
Discography
*''Celebration'' (Horizon/A&M, 1976)
*''For Everybody'' (Horizon/A&M, 1977)
[Karma - For Everybody (LP liner notes). Horizon/A&M Records. SP-723]
References
External links
Discogs entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karma (Band)
A&M Records artists
American soul musical groups
American funk musical groups
American jazz ensembles