The guitarist said he was forced to redo his solo when his first take left no room for the vocals. But it all worked out fine ...

Isley said he and his brothers had no idea they were sitting next to a future guitar deity. "We just knew he played extremely ...

married Rudolph Isley. Jasper formed the Jazzman Trio with Marvin and Ernie Isley, and in 1973 they officially joined the Isley Brothers, transforming the group from a vocal trio into a self ...

“Our music is about so much more now,” guitarist and drummer Ernie Isley said in a 1976 interview with Phonograph Record magazine, reflecting on the group’s development. “We’ve got a lot ...

While in high school, he formed a band called the Jazzman Trio with Marvin and Ernie Isley and frequently toured with the older Isley Brothers during his college years at Juilliard and Long Island ...

Singers and musicians Chris Jasper, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Jr., Ronald Isley, Ernie Isley and Rudolph Isley of The Isley Brothers perform at the Mill Run Theatre in Niles, Illinois in June ...

Following his tenure as a group member, he formed Isley-Jasper-Isley with Ernie and Marvin Isley in 1984, and as a solo artist released 17 albums. In 2014, he received a Grammy Lifetime ...

Chris, alongside younger Isley brothers Ernie and Marvin, who also joined the group in 1973, “transformed the Isley Brothers from a vocal trio into a self-contained six member R&B/Funk group ...