Tyrone Jefferson & A Sign Of The Times

Born in New York City and raised in Charlotte North Carolina, Tyrone joined the James Brown in 1979 and quickly rose to the position of musical director by 1980 - a position he would maintain until James Brown's death in 2006.
In 1983, Tyrone was one of six composers commissioned by the Minister of Culture in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe French West Indies to collaborative write "A Hymn For World Peace".
In 1989, Tyrone started his music publishing company Diaspora Connections, Inc and produced his first album as a leader entitled "Free Your Mind" followed by a second self-produced recording in 1994 entitled "Connections". This recording featured Grammy-Nominated jazz singer Carla Cook and New Jersey poet laureate Amiri Baraka who also wrote Tyrone's liner notes.
In 1999, Tyrone started a big band called "A Sign Of The Times" to play his favorites styles of music – which are classic R&B, Swing and Mainstream jazz, and classic Salsa. Tyrone was an arranger on the Public Enemy's CD "Apocalypse '91 "(1991), on Grammy-winning Heather Headley's "Audience of One" CD (2009) and has been featured in several magazines including Black Elegance, Sister-to-Sister, Carib Magazine, and most recently in the Charlotte Magazine.