Recording artists Skin-Tones In Pursuit is a JazzFunk group by former P-Funk All Star Randy Skinner. Randy T. Their combined musical experience is immeasurable.
Skinner is a former trumpeter with George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars. His formal training in music took place at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina and the Berklee College of Music in Boston. A native of Portsmouth, Virginia, Randy is now based out of Atlanta, Georgia--one of the hottest music spots in the country--where he performs with numerous bands in the Southeast area including
his own group, recording artists Skin-Tones in Pursuit. Recording artists Skin-Tones in Pursuit are a band composed of seven all-star, seasoned musicians who have performed professionally both locally and around the world. The group delivers searing, mood-elevating sounds with riveting horns, four dynamic vocalists, and meticulous grooves flavored by extraordinary Latin, and Afro-Cuban percussion sounds. Randy has performed in almost every major city in the United States and abroad including Munich, Zurich and Cologne Germany; Paris, France; Amsterdam, Holland, Brussels, Belgium, and throughout Switzerland. His musical influences include a wide spectrum of musicians and artists from Kool and The Gang; Earth, Wind, and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Donnie Hathaway, The O' Jays, to Burt Bacharach and John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Lee Morgan, Wynton Marsalis, and his personal friend and idol, Freddie Hubbard. Randy latest solo CD, 'SKIN-TONES IN PURSUIT,' featuring the legendary, Fred Wesley (former musician for James Brown) on trombone. Randy has emerged as an outstanding trumpeter with a captivating style, accentuated by an eclectic fusion of jazz, blues, and funk. You've just gotta hear him!