“Stubborn Kind of Fellow,” “Hitchhike,” those songs he first came on the scene with of course, those sides with Tammi Terrell. I used to sing Marvin’s songs walking home from school. He was always one of my favorite singers since I was kid. That was one of the things on my list that I wanted to do and I didn’t get a chance. On your new album The One you do a cover of Marvin Gaye’s still timely “What’s Going On.” Were you friends with him? Did you ever record together. On the occasion of his recent retro-soul secular treat, The One, we caught up with Jasper to talk about his extensive career. Jasper went on to open his own label Gold City Music, where he has recorded gospel records since the ’90s. Chris, Ernie and Marvin went on to form Isley-Jasper-Isley a year later, but for a generation of music fans nothing could touch those ’70s grooves made by the original six. With singer Ron leading the way, they were self-contained hit-makers who were as dynamic on stage as they were in the studio.Īlthough their last album as a complete unit – Between the Sheets – went platinum in 1983, stressed relationships and money problems split the group. Joining forces with all of his brothers-in-law ten years later, Jasper joined the group as it was just beginning to incorporate a harder edge of funk and rock introduced to the world to on the 1973 disc 3+3, the smash long-player that contained “That Lady” and “Summer Breeze.” Jasper became the group’s resident keyboardist and electronic music wiz, jamming on synths and Moogs alongside guest stars Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff.įor the rest of the decade, the Isley Brothers could do no wrong as they made hit after hit, combining pop with soul, funk with rock and redefining the baby-making ballad for a generation of lovers. Chris Jasper might’ve only been ten years old, but his musical destiny was already in motion. The three oldest Isley brothers left town via Greyhound to New York City on a quest to become stars in those early days of rock & roll, and after striking pop platinum with their 1961 hit “Twist and Shout” they never looked back. The youngest of seven kids, when his older sister Elaine married her singing sweetheart Rudolph Isley, Chris was made an honoree soul brother, and welcomed into an Isley brood that consisted of Rudolph, O’Kelly, Ron, Ernie, and Marvin. Chris Jasper was born into a musical family.
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