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| Name : | Lenny Kravitz | | Birth Name : | Leonard Albert Kravitz | | Profession : | Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger | | Date of Birth : | May 26, 1964 | | Place of Birth : | New York City, New York, United States | | Genre(s) : | Rock, hard rock, funk rock, album rock, neo-psychedelia, soul rock | | Instrument(s) : | Singing, guitar, bass, drums, harmonica, keyboards, percussion, sitar, piano. | | Label(s) : | Virgin | | Associated acts : | Karl Denson, Dan Dyer, Vanessa Paradis, Madonna, Slash, Aerosmith, Mick Jagger, Baha Men, Michael Kamen, Angie Stone, Cree Summer, Lionel Richie, Zoro | | Notable instrument(s) : | Gibson Flying V Gibson Les Paul |
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There may have been other "retro" rock acts before him, but Lenny Kravitz was one of the first to not be pigeonholed to a single style as he's touched upon such genres as soul, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk, and ballads over the years. Born in New York on May 26, 1964 (his mother was actress Roxie Roker, best-known for her role as Helen Willis on the popular TV series The Jeffersons, and his father was a TV producer), Kravitz was raised in Los Angeles, where he found himself around countless musical giants as a youngster due to his parents friendships with the likes of Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Short, and Miles Davis, among others. Kravitz was a member of the California Boys Choir until his teenage years, when he decided to pursue rock & roll while in high school and under the heavily influence of funk rocker Prince....
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