Will Downing

Since the early 1980s, Will Downing is among the steadiest and consistently productive artists in R&B. Not cut out to adopt commercial production trends, he has tended to stick resolutely to his own trademark meld of sophisticated modern soul and jazz. He mixes refined originals with spirited covers, and combines a deep, rich, upper baritone instrument with a silky, smooth delivery and a jazz singer's phrasing. After his self-titled debut appeared in 1988, 1993's Love's the Place to Be was the first to crack the Top 200. After Tonight (2007) and Classique (2009), landed well w...