Jerry Royce Live - Worldwide

Ben Tankard is an American gospel/smoothjazz musician, producer, reality-tv father, author and motivational speaker from Daytona Beach, Florida. His instruments include the synthesizer, piano, tuba, drums, guitar, and percussionARTICLE:Genres: Religious, JazzStyles: Contemporary Gospel, Instrumental Gospel, Smooth Jazz, GospelInstruments: Keyboards, Piano, Producer, SynthesizerHe's been called "the Quincy Jones of Gospel," and besides being one of the best-selling instrumentalists in Christian music, keyboard player Ben Tankard has justified his tag, producing many stellar gospel projects as well as serving as an executive vice-president at Tribute Records, for which he has recorded extensively. Born in Florida to a minister father and a missionary mother, he began playing drums in church at the age of three. He later graduated to tuba and was offered several music scholarships to college, though he eventually accepted a basketball scholarship instead.Tankard endured a rough period of depression and homelessn