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William "Big Will" Elijah
Has been on the Detroit music scene since the
age 14 playing trumpet in big bands like The Northwestern
High school Jazz Ensemble under the watchful eye of Detroit
jazz veteran Ernest Rodgers to the Jimmy Wilkins big band,
the Sam Sanders big band, the Teddy Harris big band until
August of 1987 landing the gig with the SUN MESSENGERS (BAND
FOR THE DETROIT PISTONS) while there finding his niche as a
singer, songwriter, producer and performer.
William has worked and learned
from the best talent Detroit has to offer his credits reads
as follows:
Mary Wilson of the Supremes,
Martha Reeves, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendrick, Mary Wells,
William along with Sun Messengers were featured on several
WDIV channel 4 in Detroit specials one a documentary about
the TEMPTATIONS where they along with 3 other Detroit acts
had the chance of a life time to record where all that great
music was made STUDIO A or (the PIT) as it was called at the
historic MOTOWN Museum was turned into a studio once more
with the aid of a remote digital studio unit no one had
recorded there since 1974 the program was aired before the
nationwide broadcast of the TEMPTATIONS mini series the Sun
Messengers contribution was the classic POPPA WAS A ROLLING
STONE also A CHRISTMAS IN GREENFEILD VILLAGE. Following
that awesome event the Sun Messengers horns starred in the
LYRE LYRE episode of XENA WARRIOR PRINCES playing music
written by Joe Luduca.
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