Kashif

LC control no.	n 92101043
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Kashif *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Jones, Michael, 1959-2016 Saleem, Kashif
Located	Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Birth date	1956-12-26
Death date	2016-09-25
Place of birth	Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Place of death	Playa del Rey (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Field of activity	Popular music Rhythm and blues music Soul music Jazz
Affiliation	B.T. Express (Musical group)
Profession or occupation	Musicians Singers Composers Sound recording executives and producers
Found in	Morgan, M. Good love [SR] p1987: label (Kashif) Wikipedia, July 15, 2015 (Kashif; Kashif Saleem; previously Michael Jones; b. Dec. 26, 1959 in New York; American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, record producer, artist, composer; genres: contemporary R&B, post-disco, contemporary jazz, pop-soul; currently resides in Venice, Los Angeles, Calif.) New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 3, 2016 (in obituary published Oct. 2: Kashif; b. Michael Jones, Dec. 26, 1956, Harlem; d. Sept. 25, Playa de Rey, Los Angeles, aged 59; his contributions as a singer, producer, and songwriter were vital to the post-disco development of R&B in the 1980s; played a crucial role in the creation of Whitney Houston's earliest recordings; in his teens, joined the funk outfit B.T. Express as a keyboardist; after a few years, he was fired from the group, but not before he decided to take a new name as a way of signaling a new start in life; chose the first name Kashif, which means discoverer and inventor, and the last name Saleem from a book of Islamic names given to him by a member of the group who was Muslim; went on to perform professionally using only the first name)
Associated language	eng