The Source is providing short feature stories on the musicians taking part in the St. John Christmas Music Festival. The lineup includes Nestor Torres, the Paoli Mejias Latin Jazz Quintet, and the Eddie Russell Quelbe Latin Jazz Dec. 16, Kim Waters and Maryel Epps Dec. 17, and St. John's Inner Visions Dec. 18. For more on these artists, go to the music section of the Source.
Kim Waters
Like many trendsetters, Kim Waters' career is multi-faceted. In addition to being a lauded saxophonist, he's a composer and producer who has done groundbreaking work in urban smooth jazz, a genre combining R & B and jazz music.
Waters has accomplished much in his 16-years as a professional jazz artist. He has 10 No. 1 hits, 13 chart-topping albums and over a million records sold. His 2004 CD In the Name of Love was high on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart for six months, and it remained on that list for more than a year. He's one of the best-selling instrumentalists in contemporary jazz.
Waters other projects include Streetwize and Tha' Hot Club, in which he performed jazzy versions of hip hop, R & B and reggae hits.
Waters is also known for his good sense of fashion.
Music-lovers can see him at the St. John Christmas Christmas Music Festival Dec. 17.
About the Festival
In an effort to bring the community together during the holiday season, concert producer and St. John resident Steve Simon, has organized the first St. John Christmas Music Festival.
Simon says he decided to organize the event at the suggestion of fellow St. John residents Ira Wade and Julien Harley.
The festival runs Dec. 16 through Dec. 18, with free music and events all three evenings at the Winston Wells Ballfield in Cruz Bay.
The event's sponsors are Donald Sussman, Premier Wine & Spirits, The Westin Resort and Villas, Holiday Homes, American Paradise Real Estate, Tropical Properties, Theodore Tunick and Co., First Bank, The Inn at Tamarind Court, and the Tourism Department.
For more on the St. John Christmas Music Festival, see "St. John's Christmas Will Be Filled With Music".
