Derrick Edmondson

Derrick Edmondson
Genres Soul, R&B, pop, jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments Saxophone, flute, keyboards, drums
Years active 1992–present
Associated acts Jody Watley, Rahsaan Patterson, Chaka Khan, Before Dark

Derrick Edmondson is an American saxophonist, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.

Along with Zac Harmon he contributed the song "Can You Come Out And Play" to the soundtrack of the motion picture, White Men Can't Jump (1992), as part of The O'Jays. In the same year he played on records by acts such as The Good Girls and Nona Gaye.

The next years saw him in a very facetted career, in the first place as a sought-after session saxophonist, as well as an engineer, producer, arranger, composer and keyboardist for acts such as Brandy, For Real, Wayman Tisdale, Chante Moore, Monica, Alexander O'Neal, Kyle Turner, Deborah Cox, Jason Weaver, The Winans, Chaka Khan, Solar System, Ray J, Tevin Campbell, Miki Howard, Kelli Williams, Kenny Lattimore, Before Dark and 5 Star. He also produced and co-wrote songs for Jody Watley and Montell Jordan.[1]

In the new millennium he has recorded with Chris Standring, Elliott Yamin, violinist Michael Ward and has been a band member of the American Idol band of the 5th season in 2006.

Edmondson collaborated several times with Rahsaan Patterson and Keith Crouch.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Derrick Edmondson Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  2. ↑ "Derrick Edmondson | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-27.



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