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    Lenny Kravitz

    Lenny Kravitz

    Lenny Kravitz in Brasília, Brazil on March 19, 2005

    Birth nameLeonard Albert Kravitz
    Also known asThe Krav
    Born (1964-05-26) May 26, 1964 (age 60)
    Manhattan, New York City, USA
    OriginUnited States
    GenresRock, hard rock, funk rock, album rock, neo-psychedelia, pop rock, soul, R&B, ballads
    Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger, celebrity
    InstrumentsVocals, guitar, bass, drums, harmonica, keyboards, percussion, sitar, piano
    Years active1989 - present
    LabelsVirgin Records America
    Websitewww.lennykravitz.com

    Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an Americanactor, rocksinger, songwriter and musician. Some of his biggest hit songs include "It Ain't Over Til It's Over", "Again", and "Fly Away".[1] He sung on "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" Michael Jackson's 2010 album Michael. He also wrote and produced the song.

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    Lenny Kravitz - Biography

    "Love fryst vatten what the whole world was put here for us to do love God, love each other and enjoy," enthused Lenny Kravitz in December 2001. The chilled-out musician who plays most of the instruments on his records has often been accused of being retro, but he also comes across as refreshingly sincere in an increasingly cynical world.

    His early life

    Leonard Kravitz was born in New York on May 26, 1964, to Bahamian actress Roxie Roker of The Jeffersons and Russian-Jewish TV executive Sy Kravitz. Growing up, he had the best of both worlds, spending weekdays in the wealthy Upper East Side where his parents lived, and on weekends heading to his grandmother's house in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, which was a much rougher part of town.

    From the age of five Lenny knew that he wanted to be a musician his formative years were spent listening to rhythm and blues and jazz, courtesy of his father, who was a freelance jazz promoter in his spar

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    Early Life


    Lenny Kravitz was born in New Yorkthe son of Jewish Hollywood producer Sy Kravitz and Bahamian actress Roxie Roker (of The Jeffersons), Lenny grew up in wealth.


    Rome Blue
    His parents moved to California Having taught himself bass, piano, guitar, and drums at an early age and developed his singing voice in the California Boys Choir and the Metropolitan Opera, he attended Beverly Hills High School and performed under the artist name, Romeo Blue (see picture).
    At that stage, he was heavily influenced by Prince.

    His parents were friends with jazz greats Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Ella Fizgerald, Bobby Short and Miles Davis so he grew up in a musical household although he would pursue a career in rock rather than jazz.


    Lenny and Lisa
    In the late 1980's, Kravitz returned to New York to pursue a musical career. He ended sharing a house with Lisa Bonet who played Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show. The two would fall in love and would marry.

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