KIRK WHALUM

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Kirk Whalum (born July 11, 1958) is an American smooth jazz saxophonist and songwriter. He toured with Whitney Houston for more than seven years and soloed in her single "I Will Always Love You", the best-selling single by a female artist in music history.

Whalum has recorded a series of well received solo albums and film soundtracks, with music ranging from pop to R&B to smooth jazz. Kirk’s musical accomplishments have brought him a total of 12 Grammy nominations. He won his first Grammy award in 2011 for Best Gospel Song (“It’s What I Do”, featuring Lalah Hathaway) alongside lifelong friend and gifted writer, Jerry Peters.

Kirk Whalum was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended Melrose High School and Texas Southern University where he was a member of the World Famous Ocean of Soul Marching Band. In addition to singing in his father's church choir, Whalum learned to love music from his
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KIRK WHALUM Floppy Disk album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Floppy Disk
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1985
KIRK WHALUM And You Know That! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
And You Know That!
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1988
KIRK WHALUM The Promise album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Promise
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1990
KIRK WHALUM In This Life album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In This Life
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1995
KIRK WHALUM Colors album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Colors
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1997
KIRK WHALUM For You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
For You
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1998
KIRK WHALUM Unconditional album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Unconditional
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2000
KIRK WHALUM Hymns in the Garden album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hymns in the Garden
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2001
KIRK WHALUM The Gospel According To Jazz: Chapter II album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Gospel According To Jazz: Chapter II
Jazz Related Gospel 2002
KIRK WHALUM In to My Soul album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In to My Soul
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2003
KIRK WHALUM Kirk Whalum Performs the Babyface Songbook album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kirk Whalum Performs the Babyface Songbook
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2005
KIRK WHALUM Ultimate Kirk Whalum album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ultimate Kirk Whalum
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2007
KIRK WHALUM Roundtrip album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Roundtrip
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2007
KIRK WHALUM Promises Made(with Takana Miyamoto) album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Promises Made(with Takana Miyamoto)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2008
KIRK WHALUM The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III
Jazz Related Gospel 2010
KIRK WHALUM Everything Is Everything - The Music Of Donny Hathaway album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Everything Is Everything - The Music Of Donny Hathaway
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2010
KIRK WHALUM Romance Language album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Romance Language
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2012
KIRK WHALUM Lovecovers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lovecovers
Jazz Related Gospel 2017
KIRK WHALUM Humanité album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Humanité
RnB 2019
KIRK WHALUM How Does Christmas Sound? album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
How Does Christmas Sound?
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2021
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Epic Cool
RnB 2024

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KIRK WHALUM The Gospel According to Jazz: Chapter 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Gospel According to Jazz: Chapter 1
Jazz Related Gospel 1998
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Gospel According to Jazz Chapter 4
Jazz Related Gospel 2015

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The Best of Kirk Whalum
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2002

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The Gospel According To Jazz Chapter III
Jazz Related Gospel 2010

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