Biography
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. is an American improvisational vocal musician, singer, songwriter, and conductor. His vocal techniques include singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch—for example, sustaining a melody while also rapidly alternating with arpeggios and harmonies—as well as scat singing, polyphonic overtone singing, and improvisational vocal percussion. McFerrin performs and records regularly as an unaccompanied solo vocal artist and has frequently collaborated with other artists from both the jazz and classical scenes.
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Awards & recognition
- Grammy Award — Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male · 1992
- Grammy Award — Record of the Year · 1988
- Grammy Award — Song of the Year · 1988
- Grammy Award — Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male · 1988
- Grammy Award — Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male · 1987
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- Grammy Award — Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male · 1986
- Grammy Award — Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices · 1985
- Grammy Award — Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male · 1985
- NEA Jazz Masters
Filmography12 titles
Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Nin E Tepueian: My Cry
Knick Knack
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Saturday Night Live
Cypher
Great Performances
Son of the Pink Panther
Then and Now: 1981-2004
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions