Acid jazz, avant-garde jazz, funk, techno, hip hop
Occupation(s)
Composer, record producer, musician
Instrument(s)
Keyboards, vocals
Years active
Early 1990s – present
Website
itaalshur.com
Musical artist
Itaal Shur (born October 22, 1966) is an American composer,[1] producer and musician. He has written songs for a number of musicians, including Maxwell, Jewel and Enrique Iglesias, and has produced records for various artists, including Kronos Quartet, The Scumfrog and Lucy Woodward. He was the founding member of the acid jazz group Groove Collective, and has released three solo albums.
One of Shur's most notable works is the song "Smooth", which he co-wrote with Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas for Santana's Grammy Award winning album Supernatural.[2][3] "Smooth" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999,[4] and won Shur and Thomas the 1999 Grammy Award for Song of the Year.[5]
^Margot Whitmire (October 30, 2004). "Expansion Team". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 44–. ISSN 0006-2510.
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