Straight Ahead
Straight Ahead
Latest Release
- Petsa de Peligro
- November 2025
- • 1 Song
Top Songs
| 1 | Petsa de Peligro [Demo] | ||
| 2 | Moon River | ||
| 3 | The Way You Look Tonight | ||
| 4 | Transparent | ||
| 5 | I Told You Why |
Albums
Oct 2024 • 12 songs
Sep 2020 • 1 song
Jun 2019 • 1 song
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About
Biography
An all-female quartet/quintet whose most prominent graduate was violinist Regina Carter, Straight Ahead performed music that ranged from bop to poppish, modern jazz to R&B and fusion. The group came together in Detroit in 1987. Comprised of lead singer Cynthia Dewberry (who also played flute), violinist Carter, keyboardist Eileen Orr, bassist Marion Hayden-Banfield, and drummer Gayelynn McKinney (all of the musicians also sang), Straight Ahead was a finalist in the 1989 Sony Innovators competition. The following year they opened for Nina Simone at the Montreux Jazz Festival. I...