Will Downing

Will Downing (b. 1963, Brooklyn, New York), is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Downing's recording career has won a loyal audience of contemporary jazz and R&B; fans with albums and concerts that have showcased his rich baritone vocals and unique interpretations of R&B; and pop classics that stretches back to the early 1980s. Downing enrolled in the famed performing arts high school Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York. The ... more

Will Downing (b. 1963, Brooklyn, New York), is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Downing's recording career has won a loyal audience of contemporary jazz and R&B; fans with albums and concerts that have showcased his rich baritone vocals and unique interpretations of R&B; and pop classics that stretches back to the early 1980s. Downing enrolled in the famed performing arts high school Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York. The high school had one of the strongest performing arts programs in the city and included among its alumni singers Barbra Streisand and Stephanie Mills, and record company executives Clive Davis, who founded Arista Records, and Kedar Massenburg, who later became president of Motown Records. Downing, who eventually recorded for Motown, graduated with Massenburg in the class of 1981. Downing then attended college at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia. In the mid-1980s he moved back to New York City worked on albums by Jennifer Holiday,... less