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Reggie Codrington
Smooth Jazz National Recording Artist
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Reggie Codrington, is the son of the nationally known musician and bandleader Ray Codrington who played with some of the greatest musicians ever known such as: Little Richard, Gladys Knight, and the late Jackie Wilson, just to name a few. Reggie fondly remembers his father’s band practicing in the family’s den. His entire little boy dreams were of music. “I guess one would say I was born into music,” he says.
Throughout his career, the soprano saxophone player has also opened for numerous music legends, including Ramsey Lewis, keyboardist Kevin Toney, and Frankie Beverly & Maze and Charlie Wilson. Perhaps the most notable of these for the North Carolina native was receiving an invitation to perform at the Inaugural Ball for Barack Obama in Washington, DC, January 2012.
Codrington also played at the star-studded Black Caucus Ball in Washington, DC, and was later invited to perform jazz, gospel, and Christian rock music at eight concerts in villages in Guatemala, followed by another performance in Antigua. Reggie’s passion stems from the victory over a childhood disability, with Ataxic Cerebral Palsy (ACP), a chronic condition that affects muscle coordination and depth perception. Three Shades of Blue, captures Reggie’s tone and embodies his life in color.