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Norman Connors (born March 1, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, producer, and headliner, who has led some influential jazz and R&B groups. He had some big R&B hits of the day, especially in the area love ballads and songs with a positive statement in both titles and lyrics. Connors became interested in jazz as a child, and began playing drums early, once sitting in for Elvin Jones at a John Coltrane performance he attended while in middle school. Connors studied music at Temple University and Juilliard; his first recording was on Archie Shepp's 1967...

Since the release of his critically acclaimed 2002 album, Just Chillin' - which won a Grammy® in the prestigious Best Pop Instrumental Category - this innovative and original guitarist has been front and center in the fast evolving fusion of pop, R&B and jazz that has captured the imagination of true music aficionados across the country and around the world. Now, with the release of West Coast Coolin', Norman Brown consolidates his reputation as a premier recording and performing artist with a collection of ten tracks -- written and co-written by the artist - that take the sonic adventure of...

There are at least three Norman bates'. One is a hardcore band from jersey: http://www.myspace.com/normanbatesmetal And the other one is a german jazz/funk/downtempo-rapper/singer, better known just as "Bates". He is currently working within his homebase "Zughafen", as well as artists like clueso, the rythm club or Makabu. www.normanbates.de Another one is a nu-metal / crossover band from Rakovník in Czech Republic. Check out their Bandzone profile. .