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He was an accomplished instrumentalist and Composer, who played keyboards, guitars, drums, bass and cellos, as well as singing vocals. His talents also extended to producer. He toured with Eddie Rabbit before winning the Yamaha songwriting competition with his progressive rock group Giraffe. Producer Patrick Leonard was impressed with Gilbert's performance at the competition and invited him to join him in forming a new band which became Toy Matinee. During this time, he worked on the projects of several established pop musicians, including Madonna, Michael Jackson and produced Keith Emerson's album Changing States. A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Roland EXR-3 Keyboard Three-year-old girl playing with a keyboard The musical keyboard, also known as the piano keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers on a musical instrument which produce notes. ... The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Bass can refer to: In music (low frequencies): Instruments: Bass guitar. ... A cropped image to show the relative size of a cello to a human (Uncropped Version) The violoncello, or as it is more commonly to refered to as the cello or cello (pronounced Cheh-loh), is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Eddie Rabbitt (November 27, 1941-May 7, 1998) was a country music singer and songwriter who reached the peak of his popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Patrick Leonard is a songwriter and music producer. ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, etc. ... Michael Jackson in 1987. ... Keith Emerson (born November 2, 1944) is a British keyboard player and composer. ...

The lone Toy Matinee album was effectively shelved by the record company, so Gilbert assembled a new backing band to promote the album which managed to get two successful singles, The Balland of Jenny Ledge and Last Plane Out.

Later, Gilbert was part of a songwriting collective that met at producer Bill Bottrell's studio in Pasadena. After he began bringing his then girlfriend Sheryl Crow to the sessions, the result was Crow's debut album Tuesday Music Club. Crow later acrimoniously split with most of the musicians in the collective and only Bottrell was involved in her follow-up album. Meanwhile the remainder of the collective worked with singer-songwriters Susanna Hoffs and Linda Perry on two more albums. The Very Best of Sheryl Crow album released October 2003 Sheryl Crow (born February 11, 1962 in Kennett, Missouri, USA) is an American blues rock singer, guitarist and song writer. ... Susanna Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) was a vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the Bangles. ... Linda Perry (born April 15, 1965) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer best known as the lead singer and primary songwriter of the San Francisco-based band 4 Non Blondes and as the writer/producer of hit songs by a number of female singers. ...

Gilbert continued to work in television and movie soundtrack work as well as studio work and producing and eventually released his first solo album Thud (1995) as well as partially reforming Giraffe to perform the Genesis masterpiece The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway at Progfest 94. Gilbert's manager sent a copy of the recording to Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford who were searching for a new Genesis front man to replace Phil Collins. His manager was coming to Gilbert's home to tell him that he had managed to get him an audition when he discovered him dead. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Genesis (Greek: Γένεσις, having the meanings of birth, creation, cause, beginning, source and origin) is the first book of the Torah (five books of Moses) and hence the first book of the Tanakh, part of the Hebrew Bible; it is also the first book of the Christian Old Testament. ... Tony Banks can mean: Tony Banks the musician, from Genesis Tony Banks the politician, MP for West Ham Tony Banks the NFL quarterback This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Michael (Mike) Rutherford (born October 2, 1950) is a British musician. ... Philip David Charles Collins (born January 30, 1951 in London), better known as Phil Collins, is a British rock/pop musician. ...

Gilbert's second solo album, The Shaming of the True was released posthumously along with a live album (composed mostly of songs from Thud), a compilation of Giraffe material that Gilbert had been working on and an "industrial" album with Gilbert's latest group, Kaviar. His estate has promised two more posthumous studio albums and a live performance from Gilbert's promotional group for Toy Matinee.

Discography

• NRG - No Reasons Given (1984)
• Giraffe - The Power Of Suggestion (1987)
• Giraffe - The View From Here (1989)
• Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee (1990)
• Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
• Kevin Gilbert - Thud (1995)
• Giraffe - Giraffe (1999)
• Kavin Gilbert with Thud - Thud Live At The Trubadour (1999)
• Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming Of The True (2000)
• Kaviar - The Kaviar Sessions (2002)

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External links

• Official Kevin Gilbert website