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Skip Martin -Positive and passionate about life, is the best way of describing Grammy Award winner Skip Martin – lead vocalist, trumpet player, songwriter, artist and producer… Originally from the Bay Area, California. Skip has a string of impressive professional achievements and performances to his name. To date Skip has entertained millions of people around the world as Lead vocalist for both The Dazz Band, (which won them a Grammy Award for the song “Let It Whip”) and Kool & the Gang. Other achievements include Platinum & Gold Records recipient with the two major recording groups, a total of twenty-seven albums (seven with Kool & the Gang and fourteen with The Dazz Band), music publisher, producer of both pop, R&B and jazz albums to name a few. His tenor voice has a warm eclectic style developed through the years under the guise of maestro Stevie Wonder. Skip lists Miles Davis, Sammy Davis and Donny Hathaway as major influences on his musical development. Skip is also involved in two all star bands featuring the lead singers of top selling bands performing as one band - from the funk era in United We Funk with ConFunkshun’s Michael Cooper, BarKay’s Larry Dodson, SOS Band’s Mary Davis… and the classic rock era in Starship & Friends with Starship’s Mickey Thomas, Survivor’s Jimi Jamison, Toto’s Bobby Kimball… Skip’s new single “WHEN“, co-written with Tom Schuman (Sypro Gyra) is currently available at iTunes.com.