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2015 in Pictures

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With the bruhs D.Mo, Phonte and Eric Roberson in ATL
Live in Indy
Photo by Keith Estep
With Algebra in Atlanta
Live in Indy
Zo! Tees
Toasting the front row • Photo by Artige Photography
Photo by Omojo Photography
With Lalah Hathaway in Detroit
With Sy in Birmingham, UK
With Dj RoddyRod, DJ Stylus and Grap Luva
With Avery Sunshine in VA
With Frances Jaye in Dallas
Carmen, AD, me and Phonte in Detroit
With Felonius Munk in Chicago
Photo by Omojo Photography
With Muhsinah in VA
Photo by Chris Charles for Creative Silence
With Collective Peace in Detroit
With Saxappeal in Moods Music in ATL
Carmen, Zo!, Sy
With Finesse Mitchell in ATL
Photo by Artije Photography
Photo by Tyler Plaxco
With Stretch and Bobbito in DC
With Collective Peace in Chicago
Before hitting the stage in San Diego
On the news in Memphis
Photo by Keith Estep
Photo by Omojo Photography
Sy Smith
Just landed in Chicago
Waiting for our flight at JFK
Acoustic & Personal show in Atlanta
Photo by Simon Precilla
With Carmen and Bobbito Garcia in NYC
With The Foreign Exchange
Photo by Artije Photography
With the crew at GoSmoothies in Detroit
Photo by Omojo Photography
Photo by Chris Charles for Creative Silence
Photo by Omojo Photography
Photo by Camille Grant
Photo by Chris Charles for Creative Silence
Photo by Tyler Plaxco
Photo by Chris Charles for Creative Silence
Live in St. Louis
Photo by Zo!
Signing in Detroit
Live in Oakland • Photo by Jon Crisp
Live in Indy
Tales…
Photo by Omojo Photography
Sy Smith
With Maimouna Youssef in Akron, OH
Daz-I-Kue, Carmen, me and Monica Blaire in ATL
Photo by Omojo Photography
With Gwen Bunn and Monica Blaire in ATL
With Tamisha Waden
Sy Smith
Photo by Artije Photography
Interviewing with Dedry Jones in Chicago
Photo by Keith Estep
Right before hitting the stage in Minneapolis, MN
Live in Indy
Nicolay + Zo!
Photo by Chris Charles for Creative Silence
Live in Detroit
With Algebra in Detroit
Photo by Chris Charles for Creative Silence
With my sis Miz Korona in Detroit
With Carmen in Chicago
Nikki at Infinite Ink
The Squad
Joi, Sy, me and Carmen in LA
Photo by Keith Estep
Carmen, 1-O.A.K., Sy and me in Oakland, CA
Live in Memphis
Poppa Zo! + Zo!
Momma and Poppa Zo! in Akron, OH
Chicago!
Photo by Artije Photography
Photo by Keith Estep
With Phonte and 9th Wonder in Atlanta
Sy Smith
Photo by Omojo Photography
Photo by Artije Photography
It stood no chance…
With SaxAppeal in my studio recording for the new Collective Peace album
“Happy New Year” © Me
With Carmen in Dallas
At SiriusXM preparing to perform live • Photo by Zach Cutler
Live in Indy
(Photo by Tafari K. Stevenson-Howard)
Just landing in ATL
Photo shoot with Chris Charles for Creative Silence
Photo by Omojo Photography
Me + RC
At The Promontory in Chicago
Photo by Saxappeal
Before hitting the stage in Birmingham, UK
Photo by Keith Estep
Stax Museum in Memphis
After being interviewed and performing on SiriusXM’s Heart & Soul channel
‘Black Dynamite’ credits
Me, Carmen, Phonte & Anthony David
Photo by Keith Estep
Photo by Chris Charles for Creative Silence
Carmen and I • Photo by Artige Photography
Interviewing with Dedry Jones in Chicago
Photo by Omojo Photography
With Brandon Meeks, Brian Yarde and Carmen Rodgers after rockin’ in Columbus, OH
Photo by Alicia Sanders
With The Foreign Exchange live in Durham, NC
Photo by Keith Estep
Chicago
With drummer Lil’ John Roberts in ATL
Recording with Ideeyah at my studio
Bringing in the new year rockin’ with the legendary Tom Browne
Nicolay + Zo!
Kamau, D-Love, Carmen, me, Kris Crosby, Saxappeal and Marcus Douglas in Detroit
Photo by Tyler Plaxco
Detroit is Magical
With AB in DC
Photo by Artije Photography
Photo by Keith Estep
The Music Hall in Detroit
With Wes Felton, Dennis Turner, Sy Smith, Jon Laine, Muhsinah, Carmen Rodgers and Anthony David in VA
On the piano in Brooklyn, NY
With Duane Powell and Felonius Munk
Right before rockin’ Oakland, CA
Photo by Artije Photography
With Saxappeal and Monica Blaire in ATL
With Deborah Bond and Carmen Rodgers in DC
Photo by Keith Estep
Stage set in St. Louis
“Body” video
Live in Detroit
Photo by Omojo Photography

2014 in Pictures

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2014 was a year I spent on the ROAD. Shall I even attempt to list all of the cities?! ….Hell, why not. This year I hit up Amsterdam, Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham (Alabama and United Kingdom), Boston, Brooklyn, Cape Town, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Cologne, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Durham, Fresno, Houston, Johannesburg, Kansas City, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Louisville, Memphis, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York City, Oakland, Paris, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Richmond, Rotterdam, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Ana, Seattle, St. Louis and right down the street…. Washington D.C.

I got to hear music that I worked on every single week on Adult Swim’s animated series, Black Dynamite, saw myself on TV one day and decided to make a change by dropping off 35 lbs in the first few months of the year, traveled and saw some of the world with The Foreign Exchange and solo with Carmen Rodgers, started working on an EP with 1/2 of +FE, Nicolay, rocked an NPR Tiny Desk with +FE, began scoring a documentary, began a storytelling series, “Studio Campfire Stories: LIVE” that started on the right foot with a sold out show in Atlanta, and released one of the more talked about videos of the year (in my eyes anyway haha)..

Here’s to a helluva 2015 and much love to everyone riding with me throughout this musical journey… *raises glass of brown likkuh* Cheers!!

+FE on Fox5 News in Vegas
Photo by Abby O. Photography
Seattle crowd shot
Clowning in Nashville
Photo by Abby O. Photography
With Waajeed in Detroit
Photo by Dominique Easton for KÏNGDØM Photography
Photo by Dominique Easton for KÏNGDØM Photography
Studio Campfire Stories in Atlanta… Sold Out Show!
Photo by Dominique Easton for KÏNGDØM Photography
Black Van In Paris
Chicago!
Riding through Soweto
Posing with the worst tasting chips I have EVER eaten
Photo by Nikki at Infinite Ink
In Vegas
Photo by Omni StudioPhotography
Photo by Dominique Easton for KÏNGDØM Photography
The Charlotte crowd
Photo by Dominique Easton for KÏNGDØM Photography
Not so normal IG picture…
Photo by Abby O. Photography
Photo by Molex Photography
Pictures after the show
Photo by Nikki at Infinite Ink
Encore at the +FE show • Magic Stick in Detroit, MI (05.09.14)
StL crowd | Photo by Nick Baglio
In Seattle
NOLA | Photo by Nikki at Infinite Ink
Photo by Abby O. Photography
Photo by Abby O. Photography
Sacramento
Photo by Dominique Easton for KÏNGDØM Photography
Cape Town
Poppin’ through your IG
Me and Jeanne Jolly at The Howard Theatre in DC
in Jo’burg | Photo by Ernest Sefolo
‘We Are On The Move’ in Jo’Burg
Photo by Dominique Easton for KÏNGDØM Photography
Ran into Robin S. on the plane from Amsterdam to Atlanta
Photo by Abby O. Photography
Sacramento crowd shot
With Sy Smith and Joi in LA
In Sacramento
San Francisco crowd shot
In the studio with Carlitta Durand
Photo by Abby O. Photography
Photo by Abby O. Photography
Crew photo in Paris
Nashville!
Detroit vs. The Eiffel Tower
Rockin’ Boston |Photo by Dart Adams
Photo by Nikki at Infinite Ink
Landing in London
Photo by Nikki at Infinite Ink
After our Paris Show
Carmen and Erro saingin’ in …..”Harmonism”
Some ink in Minneapolis, MN
Photo by Dominique Easton for KÏNGDØM Photography
Back on stage with Sy Smith in DC
Streets of London
With Monica Blaire in Alexandria, VA
We Are On The Move
With Frank McComb in Alexandria, VA
With Algebra Blessett
Photo by Nikki at Infinite Ink
Visiting Zana at Spectacles in Detroit
Riding the train in Paris
Carmen rockin’ her Zo! tee
Tiny Desk with +FE
Me and Phonte in San Diego
Rockin’ Minneapolis, MN
With Dam-Funk and 14KT in LA
Taking Pictures of Cape Town
Tiny Desk featuring +FE
Love to the Brooklyn crowd | Photo by Nick Baglio
Me and Nicolay setting up to take a crowd pic in LA | Photo by Nick Baglio
Photo by Nikki at Infinite Ink
Photo by Dominique Easton for KÏNGDØM Photography
Rockin’ Pittsburgh
Normal IG picture…
Me and Algebra in London
With Carmen Rodgers and Sy Smith after our show in LA
Black Van landing in South Africa
Photo by Ćrís Mércádó
Rockin’ in NYC
Photo by Jon Crisp
Photo by Abby O. Photography
Yep, I’m ready to smash this stage too, Carmen Rodgers…
Me and Carmen Rodgers
Rockin’ in NOLA | Photo by Nikki at Infinite Ink

2013 In Pictures

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With 2013 being the most successful year in my music career, it’s only right that I share the pictures that documented it. Looking back, I released my newest album, ManMade, and had the pleasure of visiting Brooklyn, Baltimore, D.C., Chicago, Richmond, Philly, Pittsburgh, LA, Tucson, Detroit, Vegas, Seattle, Austin, Durham, Atlanta, Charlotte, San Diego, Houston, Dallas, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Cleveland in support of it – I was even asked to perform on the eight-day Capital Jazz Cruise at the beginning of November. I contributed to the new The Foreign Exchange album Love In Flying Colors with “Listen To The Rain,” and The Reworks with a remix for Phonte’s “Gonna Be A Beautiful Night”. I hung out with Bobbito and Crazy Legs of Rock Steady in NYC, began endorsing Lewitt Audio, released an ode to Sesame Street in the form of the “Count To Five” video, was the subject of my FIRST documentary, and even had a day named after me in Las Vegas.

Things to look out for in 2014…
• Making the music for Black Dynamite – The Animated Series (Season 2) with Fatin “10” Horton
• My very first trip to South Africa with The Foreign Exchange at the end of March + a world tour with +FE
• A brand new single + video from ManMade + more solo dates
• New, original music… Including a collaborative EP with…………………………

…….anyway, thank you, 2013… Here’s to one helluva productive and positive new year in 2014. Cheers!!

Me and Carmen in Houston, Gary Mayes on drums (Sept. 2013)
Chicago Show (June 2013)
A view from the keys at the +FE show in Columbia, SC (Oct. 2013)
Zo! shirt sighting!
In Detroit (June 2013) • Photo by Norvell Molex
First stop on the ManMade Tour was…. Brooklyn on its release date.
Final touch of fatassedness on the Capital Jazz Cruise (Nov. 2013)
Ursula Rucker and I in Philly (June 2013)
Fall in Michigan (Oct. 2013)
After rocking our Charlotte Show (Aug. 2013)
Me and Deborah Bond after rockin’ in Philly (June 2013)
Video Shoot in NC (Dec. 2013)
+FE Soundcheck in Raleigh, NC (Oct. 2013)
@Cocoa_Cheeks_ rockin’ a Zo! shirt
…just visiting vinyl sold out this year.
Yep, that’s a ManMade cake, bruh. Made by @TheCakeLadyNY
ZoTif, Nord Lead 2X, and the Moog Little Phatty… D.C. set up (May 2013)
Rocked with Original Blackbyrds member Allan Barnes at my boy Tate McBroom’s wedding in September.
On the bass in the Gibson Showroom – Vegas (July (2013)
Zo! shirt spotted in these skreets!!
Rockin’ on the Capital Jazz Cruise (Nov. 2013)
Gwen Luh De Keeeds (May 2013)
ManMade – Released on May 21st
Still can’t believe I have my own day in Vegas. (July 2013)
Photo by Meri Hyöky Photography
Signing a fan’s keytar in Houston (Sept. 2013)
Atlanta Skyline (Oct. 2013)
Rockin out in Dallas with Carmen Rodgers, Lock Johnson on the drums (Sept. 2013)
Me with Saxappeal, Zach Cutler, Tim Scott Jr., Carmen Rodgers and Darion Alexander after smashing the Las Vegas show (July 2013)
Brand new interface in the studio (Oct. 2013)
Autographed pre-orders! (May 2013)
On the bass for “We Are On The Move” in Pittsburgh (June 2013)
Durand Bernarr and I after the Cleveland shows (Dec. 2013)
On the Road to NC (Dec. 2013)
“Count To Five” video (May 2013)
Contributed to The Reworks album this year with “Gonna Be A Beautiful Night” Remix
With Sy Smith performing at NAMM (Jan 2013)
Ideeyah, Monica Blaire, Sy Smith, Darius Mitchell, Me, Kristopher Crosby, Brandon Williams, and Saxappeal after a helluva homecoming show in Detroit. (June 2013)
Show love after EVERY show. In Dallas (Sept. 2013)
Anthony David, Carmen Rodgers and I after our show in Atlanta (Aug. 2013)
Tucson, AZ (July 2013)
Me + Sy Smith rockin’ twin Motifs at NAMM (Jan. 2013)
Lewitt Audio LCT 540 condenser microphone looking nice in East Wing Studios
Jarrard Anthony, Me, Jon Bibbs, and AB
Chantae Cann and I before performing on the Capital Jazz Cruise (Nov. 2013)
Looks like I’m singing… But I’m really just talkin’ shit.
Chuck Anderson, Richard Williams, Nate Mitchell, Me, and Dennis Garner
Bobbito, Me and Crazy Legs in NYC (July 2013)
@Hicksont77 rockin’ a Zo! shirt
On bass at the Detroit Show (June 2013)
Live painting of me by Demont “Peekaso” Pinder on the Capital Jazz Cruise (Nov. 2013)
Carmen Rodgers and I after our Atlanta Show (Aug. 2013)
The Pittsburgh crowd awaits… (June 2013)
ManMade held it’s own on iTunes at #2 on the R&B charts the first couple of days out…
Me and Carmen in St. Louis (Oct. 2013)
Twin Motif set-up in Tucson (July 2013)
@Eclectic1914 rockin’ the Zo! shirt
Live interview/meet and greet at Moods Music in Atlanta (Aug. 2013)
Me with Michael Coylar (Nov. 2013)
The L.A. Crowd (June 2013)
Deborah Bond and I in Durham (July 2013)
One of my FAVORITE spots in Detroit… Bucharest Grill. (June 2013)
My first visit to Biscuitville in Raleigh, NC (Oct. 2013)
Deborah Bond going IN (July 2013) • Photo by Meri Hyöky Photography
Keys • Photo by Creative Silence (July 2013)
Setup at Indianapolis’ Jazz Kitchen (Oct. 2013)
Richmond showed up… (June 2013)
Rockin’ out at Fox 5 Vegas in the Gibson Showroom
Another Zo! shirt sighting!!
Stevie at NAMM (Jan. 2013)
On keys for The Foreign Exchange in Raleigh, NC (Oct. 2013)
The crown…
@Sophia1922 with de Zo! shirt
On the keys in L.A.
Durham Crowd Participation • Photo by Meri Hyöky Photography
On keys in Vegas (July 2013)
The Zo!Tif in Richmond (June 2013)
Eric Roberson, me and my stank face that made a few appearances during the show. (Nov. 2013)
Me and Gwen Bunn after shooting the “Count To Five” video in NC (May 2013)
Full House in Atlanta for +FE (Oct. 2013)
The sun shining on Detroit (June 2013)
Me and my brother, Waajeed in Detroit (june 2013)
Me and Bobbito at the D.C. showing of his street ball documentary, “Doin’ It In The Park” (May 2013)
All day… • Photo by Creative Silence
in Seattle (July 2013)
Me and Larry Graham (Nov. 2013)
@Ms_Toni with the Zo! Shirt
Contributed “Listen To The Rain” on The Foreign Exchange’s ‘Love In Flying Colors’ (Sept. 2013)
Carmen and I after +FE’s Atlanta show (Oct. 2013)
Eric Roberson, Darion Alexander, Phonte, and I on set in NC (Dec. 2013)
Carmen Rodgers and Phonte going in on a game of Operation (Oct. 2013)
Phonte on stage in Durham • Photo by Meri Hyöky Photography
Rehearsal in Atlanta (Aug. 2013)
Lewitt Audio Microphone for the road…
Photo shoot in NC with Creative Silence
Made it to CentricTV’s “13 Best Indie R&B Artists of 2013” (Dec 2013)
“Count To Five” got some love in July on “Numbers Never Lie” (July 2013)
Me and Phonte before the “Count To Five” video shoot
Soundchecking in Pittsburgh (June 2013)
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers (Sept. 2013)
Another one added to the wall…
Me and Carmen rockin’ out in Cleveland (Dec. 2013)
@LifeOfALibra rockin’ a Zo! shirt
At the Gibson Showroom @ Fox 5 Vegas going over the gameplan…
The Island of Curaçao (Nov. 2013)
Dr. Lonnie Smith MURDERING on organ at NAMM (Jan. 2013)
First single from ManMade… “The Train”
Sy Smith and I rockin’ out in Seattle (July 2013)
In Southfield, MI recording with Collective Peace (Oct. 2013)
Zach Cutler, Deborah Bond and I in NYC (June 2013)
Helluva year for +FE Music
Having fun on stage in Durham (July 2013) • Photo by FroLab
Showing Sy some key parts in Detroit (June 2013)

2012 in Pictures

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"...Give is up for Lorenzo Ferguson a/k/a Zo!, ya'll!!" © Phonte in LA • Photo by Kris Perry (Oct. 2012)

“…Give it up for Lorenzo Ferguson a/k/a Zo!, y’all!!” © Phonte in LA • Photo by Kris Perry (Oct. 2012)

2012 has been another helluva year. I got to do some traveling and play shows in LA, NYC, DC, Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, St. Louis, Bethesda, MD, Greensboro, NC, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Columbia MD, Boston, Virginia Beach, Raleigh, Vienna, VA, Memphis, Indianapolis, San Francisco, and Phoenix …..and Durham, NC for this coming New Year’s Eve. I completed my first year as a full-time musician after the school I taught music at closed last year – I was then able to continue teaching by conducting individual piano lessons and workshop to groups of young ones. I began endorsing Moog Music, received another standing ovation during a performance back home in Detroit, and got the bulk of the recording finished for my newest album ManMade. Sy Smith and I did some touring this year playing big solo shows at DC’s Blues Alley and NYC’s Blue Note and received big performance props from Sheila E while I was back on the road with The Foreign Exchange who wrapped up performances for an album we have been touring for two years, Authenticity. I hit my ten-year anniversary of releasing music as well. Outside of all that, it was a fairly quiet twelve months……….

…Looking forward to 2013. Enjoy the photos!!