Babyface charted success with his second solo album, Tender Love in 1986. The multi-platinum release featured four top singles including It’s No Crime and Whip Appeal. His successful follow up studio album, Closer Look earned him a Grammy win on the merits of hit singles For The Cool In You and When Will I See You Again. His career behind the microphone has been equally impressive, writing and producing for almost every major R&B star of the last three decades and producing Hollywood films.
The addition of two top tier acts was precipitated by the fact that Jennifer Hudson was forced to cancel her confirmed appearance at the Festival to accept an invitation from senior music executive Clive Davis to perform at the Grammy Awards. “The date for the Grammy Awards had to be moved up, due to the Winter Olympics,” explained Festival Executive Producer Walter Elmore. “Changes in schedules are sometimes unavoidable, but they are also opportunities”. In a statement, her representatives indicated that, “Jennifer is very much looking forward to performing at next year’s festival as she is unable to perform for the 2010 event due to scheduling conflict.”
The 2010 staging of the JAMAICA Jazz and Blues Festival will be a seven-day long celebration of The Art of Music that will see Montego Bay engulfed in the awesome sights and sounds of the TurnKey Productions event from January 24-30. The signature performance nights will take place from January 28 - 30 on the picturesque grounds of the Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny. Having seen performances from the likes of Alicia Keyes, Kenny Rogers, and many more, this year the Queen of Soul Gladys Knight, British singer Joss Stone, Jon Secada, Debra Cox, Kelly Price, Tamia, timeless reggae crooner Billy Ocean, Soca King Machel Montano HD as well as reggae band Third World will be gracing the stage to deliver epic performances for the upcoming Festival.
