Leonard Albert Kravitz was born in New York May 26, 1964 by Sy Kravitz, a producer for NBC-born Ukrainian, and Roxie Roker, an actress originally from the Bahamas (better known as the interpreter of Helen Willis on the hit television series “The Jeffersons”, proposed more time in our country).
In 1974 the success on the stage of the mother forces the family to move to Los Angeles. Here, Lenny has to make his first musical experience as a member of the prestigious choral Californa Boys Choir, with which he sings for three years. Also in Los Angeles, in the exclusive Beverly Hills High School, Lenny Kravitz meets Slash, future guitarist of Guns N Roses, who will participate in “Mama said,” the second album by the artist.
During these high school years he studied music Lenny, learning to play a self-taught guitar , bass, drums and keyboard and persuaded to explore various genres: rhythm and blues, gospel, funk and reggae. At fifteen, she leaves home and lives for a while ‘in a car rented at five dollars a day.
To try to launch his musical career as a session man for a short time assumed the personality of the posh Romeo Blue, a neo-romantic dance rocker . Shortly after, as his career is about to take off, marries the actress Lisa Bonet (Denise of the sitcom “The Cosby Show”), their union will be born the daughter Zoe. In 1989 he released his first album, “Let love rule “(produced by Virgin Records America Inc.), a mixture of hard-rock and psychedelic soul, which for the first time puts Lenny Kravitz in a position to compare with the superstars of rock. In many ways this first disc is an impressive debut if you think that Lenny has written, produced, arranged and played nearly all instruments, managing to build a sound organic and alive.
“Mama said,” released in 1991 and coincides with the painful separation his first wife. David Caprelli, journalist and music critic who wrote a biography of the musician (“Lenny Kravitz Between Funk and Faith”, ArcanaLibri, necklace TeenSpirit), calls it ” an album by blues tones, but very raw; chronicle of pain and frustration that Lenny experienced during the separation. In “Mama said” Lenny best sum up his sources of inspiration. Call it an album with many homages to classic rock . ” Numerous texts of the disc are precisely inspired by the end of his marriage to Lisa . In 1992 he wrote a song for Madonna , “Justify My Love”, and produces an album for the French singer Vanessa Paradis. The third album of 1993 and is titled “Are you gonna go my way.”
And ‘the disk that Kravitz has received more support, considering he has won a Brit Award in 1994 for Best Album, while the single taken from the hard won BMI Pop Award for best song of 1995, also the video that accompanies the ‘song of the same name in 1993 won the MTV Video Music Award for best video of a male artist. Always Caprelli argues that the album ” represents the example of all the different genres that influence his music and its different taste in music: rock, funk, soul and even gospel.
In general the album is more consistent than before . ” A year after the new single “Spinning Around Over You” which includes five live tracks recorded during the tour Universal Love. Some milestones in the history of Lenny Kravitz pass through illustrious collaborations: in April 1994 recorded a Unplugged show for MTV, while between 1994 and 1995 working on her fourth album, the kaleidoscopic “Circus”, ” an album that, while a part is presented as a criticism towards the way of living rock environment, which he has to do and that is incredibly poor from spiritual point of view, the other is a clear and manifest statement of faith in God “(D. Caprelli).
Following this success the rock star ends in a long silence , also because of the death of his mother, long suffering from cancer. Back to prominence two years later with “5″, the album’s final maturation. The sounds have changed and now provide a more cunning technology, even if the result is the apparently crude, as well as music by Lenny Kravitz is always a strong impact.
The song “Thinking of You” is dedicated to the mother and can not move for his poignant pathos. Also on the track, then, and always with great energetic attitude, Kravitz was taken to the great of all his misfortunes. Memorable remain his live performances, which can unleash its full charge, however, that hides deep aggressive sweetness.
Lenny Kravitz was named by Elton John to play “Like father like son”, one of the songs that are part of “Aida”, the stage musical he wrote with Tim Rice for Disney . For the soundtrack of the movie Austin Powers: “The spy who shagged me” (movies that includes among its actors Elizabeth Hurley and Heather Graham ), Lenny has recorded an incandescent version of the historic part of the Guess Who, “American Woman”. His latest album is titled “It is time for a Revolution “(2008). In 2009 he made his debut in film as an actor, playing a nurse in the film “Precious” by Lee Daniels. Among the various reports are those conferred with Natalie Imbruglia, Nicole Kidman , Kate Moss , Adriana Lima and Vanessa Paradis.
During these high school years he studied music Lenny, learning to play a self-taught guitar , bass, drums and keyboard and persuaded to explore various genres: rhythm and blues, gospel, funk and reggae. At fifteen, she leaves home and lives for a while ‘in a car rented at five dollars a day.
To try to launch his musical career as a session man for a short time assumed the personality of the posh Romeo Blue, a neo-romantic dance rocker . Shortly after, as his career is about to take off, marries the actress Lisa Bonet (Denise of the sitcom “The Cosby Show”), their union will be born the daughter Zoe. In 1989 he released his first album, “Let love rule “(produced by Virgin Records America Inc.), a mixture of hard-rock and psychedelic soul, which for the first time puts Lenny Kravitz in a position to compare with the superstars of rock. In many ways this first disc is an impressive debut if you think that Lenny has written, produced, arranged and played nearly all instruments, managing to build a sound organic and alive.
“Mama said,” released in 1991 and coincides with the painful separation his first wife. David Caprelli, journalist and music critic who wrote a biography of the musician (“Lenny Kravitz Between Funk and Faith”, ArcanaLibri, necklace TeenSpirit), calls it ” an album by blues tones, but very raw; chronicle of pain and frustration that Lenny experienced during the separation. In “Mama said” Lenny best sum up his sources of inspiration. Call it an album with many homages to classic rock . ” Numerous texts of the disc are precisely inspired by the end of his marriage to Lisa . In 1992 he wrote a song for Madonna , “Justify My Love”, and produces an album for the French singer Vanessa Paradis. The third album of 1993 and is titled “Are you gonna go my way.”
And ‘the disk that Kravitz has received more support, considering he has won a Brit Award in 1994 for Best Album, while the single taken from the hard won BMI Pop Award for best song of 1995, also the video that accompanies the ‘song of the same name in 1993 won the MTV Video Music Award for best video of a male artist. Always Caprelli argues that the album ” represents the example of all the different genres that influence his music and its different taste in music: rock, funk, soul and even gospel.
In general the album is more consistent than before . ” A year after the new single “Spinning Around Over You” which includes five live tracks recorded during the tour Universal Love. Some milestones in the history of Lenny Kravitz pass through illustrious collaborations: in April 1994 recorded a Unplugged show for MTV, while between 1994 and 1995 working on her fourth album, the kaleidoscopic “Circus”, ” an album that, while a part is presented as a criticism towards the way of living rock environment, which he has to do and that is incredibly poor from spiritual point of view, the other is a clear and manifest statement of faith in God “(D. Caprelli).
Following this success the rock star ends in a long silence , also because of the death of his mother, long suffering from cancer. Back to prominence two years later with “5″, the album’s final maturation. The sounds have changed and now provide a more cunning technology, even if the result is the apparently crude, as well as music by Lenny Kravitz is always a strong impact.
The song “Thinking of You” is dedicated to the mother and can not move for his poignant pathos. Also on the track, then, and always with great energetic attitude, Kravitz was taken to the great of all his misfortunes. Memorable remain his live performances, which can unleash its full charge, however, that hides deep aggressive sweetness.
Lenny Kravitz was named by Elton John to play “Like father like son”, one of the songs that are part of “Aida”, the stage musical he wrote with Tim Rice for Disney . For the soundtrack of the movie Austin Powers: “The spy who shagged me” (movies that includes among its actors Elizabeth Hurley and Heather Graham ), Lenny has recorded an incandescent version of the historic part of the Guess Who, “American Woman”. His latest album is titled “It is time for a Revolution “(2008). In 2009 he made his debut in film as an actor, playing a nurse in the film “Precious” by Lee Daniels. Among the various reports are those conferred with Natalie Imbruglia, Nicole Kidman , Kate Moss , Adriana Lima and Vanessa Paradis.
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