Eubanks was born into a musical family. His mother, Vera Eubanks, is a gospel as well as classical pianist as well as organist. His uncle, Ray Bryant, was a jazz pianist. His older brother, Robin Eubanks, is a trombonist, as well as his younger blood brother Duane Eubanks is a trumpeter. Two cousins are likewise musicians, the belatedly bassist David Eubanks as well as the pianist Charles Eubanks. Kevin studied violin as well as trumpet earlier settling on the guitar.
As an simple schoolhouse student, Eubanks was trained inwards violin, trumpet, as well as pianoforte at the Settlement Music School inwards Philadelphia. He later on attended Berklee College of Music inwards Boston as well as thus moved to New York to start out his professional person career.
After Eubanks moved to New York, he began performing amongst noted jazzmen such equally Art Blakey (1980–81), Roy Haynes, Slide Hampton as well as Sam Rivers. Like his blood brother Robin, he has played on tape amongst double bassist Dave Holland. In 1983, patch continuing to perform amongst others, he formed his ain quartet, playing gigs inwards Jordan, Pakistan, as well as Republic of Republic of India on a tour sponsored past times the United States of America State Department.
His start recording equally a leader, Guitarist, was released on the Elektra label when Eubanks was 25 years old. It led to a seven-album contract amongst the GRP label as well as 4 albums for Blue Note. In total, Eubanks has appeared on over 100 albums. In 2001, he founded the label Insoul Music on which he has released half-dozen albums.
Eubanks has taught at the Banff School of Fine Arts inwards Canada, at Rutgers University, as well as at the Charlie Parker School inwards Perugia, Italy. In 2005, Eubanks received an honorary doctorate marking from his alma mater, Berklee College of Music. He is a fellow member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity as well as has served equally an active fellow member of the Artistic Advisory Panel of the BMI Foundation since 1999.
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Track listing:
1 Red Ant (Live) 14:21
ii Spider Dance (Live) 5:25
iii Prelude to Spider Monkeys (Live) 2:55
4 Spider Monkeys (Live) 10:34
five Embryo (Live) 7:58
6 Jungle Blood (Live) 14:05
Personnel:
Kevin Eubanks - Guitar
Marvin "Smitty: Smith - Drums
Charnett Moffett - Bass
Bill Pierce - Horns
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