Biography
Having been nurtured in the church Vincent served as Music Minister to Roger Williams Baptist Church in 1983, as well as Crenshaw Christian Center, Fredrick K.C. Price from 1984 - 1996. He was summoned to Texas to serve at Grace Christian Center as the Administrative Assistant to Pastor Terry Whitley where he left there as Assistant Music Director in 1998. He brought something unique as the Minister of Music and Praise and Worship Leader to Zoe Christian Fellowship of Long Beach under Pastor Keith Jones 2002-2003. Currently he serves as Minister of Music at Long Beach Christian Center 2003 where he is now a member under Pastor James E. Price. Vincent is currently attending Long Beach City College where he's majoring in Music/Commercial Songwriting. He continues to work as a trumpet solo star when individuals are looking for musicians for hire.
His Performances include:
Live @ Acts is one of his secret passions where he gets to sing and play the trumpet as well as arrange for this innovative Christian Jazz ensemble, which consisted on many occasions of a full horn section, 4 vocalists a full rhythm section.
He also plays trumpet in the Long Beach City College Jazz Ensemble and has done TV appearances which included an acting stint in "Roots" The Second Generation. TBN has been graced with his appearance with the Latter Day Singers while he performed as a soloist in a West Coast Praze Production. He has done numerous concerts with the likes of Daryl Coley, Alfonso Freeman, Bob Carlyle, Helen Baylor, and Tremaine Hawkins. His most exciting moment happened when he was asked to be a guest trumpetist with the L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl. His other live performances have included B.B. King's Gospel Brunch, Madison Square Gardens, Six Flags Magic Mountain, as well as appearances with the El Camino College Symphony, the Bellflower Symphony as well as the LA Concert Series.
Psalmist, Performing Artist, Gospel Cool
Vincent Bates
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