Singer, Songwriter, & Author John Milton Wesley will return to perform live at Zella's in Sowebo (1145 Hollins Street, Baltimore, MD 21223) Friday night ( October 7, 2011) 7:00- 10:00 PM.
Wesley, whose new CD "Salvos The Music Part I" is available on iTunes and Amazon.com writes and arranges all of his own music. His style’ which flows from soulful R&B, to Cool Jazz, to Reggae, to Afro-Cuban, to Big Band, has a sound that is likened to Ramsey Lewis, Lionel Richie, Michael McDonald, Smokey Robinson, Richie Havens, Brian Culbertson, and John Legend. He says, "My sound signature started while listening to the Blues where I grew up in Mississippi. I was influenced by, Nat King Cole, Smokey Robinson, Brooke Benton, Lionel Hampton, Ramsey, Jerry Butler, and gospel music. All the other sounds were later wrapped around it. I love playing live because it gives me a chance to interact with the audience, and throw in a few stories with the music."
He has performed at Merriweather Post Pavilion, and in New York, Las Vegas, Carnegie Hall, Baltimore's Marriott at the Inner Harbor, and Darker than Blue among other places. Wesley, who is also a published author (prose & poetry), has been published in The Washington Post, Essence Magazine, The Baltimore Sun, The Afro-American Newspapers, PR Tactics, and in eight anthologies. His music was featured most recently on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered", and is the subject of a new documentary from French TV3.
