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Jason Carroll (born November 12, 1985), known professionally as Skinny Hightower, is an American jazz pianist. In 2020, his album Blue Moon finished as the 14th overall smooth jazz album on the Smooth Jazz Year End Top 100 Album Chart. In the same year, his single "Bittersweet" finished as the sixth overall single on the 2020 Billboard Year-End charts for Smooth Jazz Airplay Songs. Two singles from Blue Moon, the title track "Blue Moon" and "Now or Never", finished 36th and 38th respectively on the 2021 Billboard Year-End charts for Smooth Jazz Airplay Songs. Hightower was also the number seven artist on the 2021 Billboard Year-End Smooth Jazz Airplay Artists list. Hightower's singles "Blue Moon," "Now or Never," and "Taboo" all reached number one on the Smooth Jazz Airplay Billboard charts.
"Blue Moon" also reached number one on the Smooth Jazz Network Top 20 singles chart.
Early life
Hightower was born in Wichita, Kansas on November 12, 1985. Hightower's interest in music began at age two when he would sit on his father's lap and play the drums. His involvement would continue as he later developed a mild interest in piano at age eight and began playing bass at the age of 12. Jazz and gospel were his primary musical influences at the time. Hightower later attended Wichita South High School where he played as a percussionist in the marching band, pep band, jazz band, and concert band.
Music career
= 2012–2017: Military service and Cloud Nine
=In 2012, Skinny Hightower enlisted in the United States Army where he served for five years and was promoted up to the rank of Sergeant. He deployed to Afghanistan during the War in Afghanistan for a few months. Four years into his military contract, he recorded and released his first studio album Cloud Nine.
Name origin
Hightower's pseudonym originated as a nickname given to him by his fellow servicemembers. Upon learning that he was a jazz musician, his Army friends called him a skinny Mr. Hightower (played by Steve Harvey) in connection with the 1996 sitcom The Steve Harvey Show.
= 2020: Blue Moon
=In 2020, Skinny Hightower released Blue Moon which spawned the second and third number one Billboard singles of his career. The production of the album consisted of the recording of 100 songs of which 24 were selected by a team of 10 individuals.
Discography
= Studio albums
== Singles
== Collaborations
=Live performances
= Festivals
=See also
= Music
=Billboard charts
Jazz piano
Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz radio
= Lists
=List of jazz pianists
List of people from Wichita, Kansas
List of smooth jazz musicians
Lists of African Americans
= Other
=United States Army
U.S. Army Sergeant
References
External links
Official Website
Skinny Hightower at AllMusic
Skinny Hightower on Spotify
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- List of smooth jazz musicians
- List of jazz pianists
- List of Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones of the 2020s
- List of African-American singers
- List of Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones of the 2010s
- List of people from Wichita, Kansas
- Wichita South High School
- List of Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones of 2017
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