Junior Tucker— The Junior Tucker concert, dubbed The Spirit of Jazz Hotta, scheduled for the Wine Shop in Southdale Plaza (1 South Avenue) in St Andrew, has been postponed to a later date. According to Tucker, a minister of religion, the event will be rescheduled to Sunday, September 25. The singer said the postponement is a result of him refocusing his attention on changing the location of his place of worship from the New Kingston Business Centre to Haining Road in St Andrew. In addition to Tucker, Suzanne Couch, Judy Emanuel, Jon Williams, Ian Hird, Desi Jones and Othneil Lewis were scheduled to perform.  As a secular artist , Tucker’s career thrived in the 1990’s when he was with Main Street Records. His song, Don’t Test, peaked at 54 on the UK pop chart in 1989. He … Read entire article »

BY BASIL WALTERS—  Junior Tucker—- THE enduring career of singer Junior Tucker will be toasted Sunday at the Wine Shop, with the ‘The Spirit of Jazz Hotta In July’ show. The former child star, now a minister of religion, will also celebrate his 50th birthday. Sharing the stage with Tucker will be singers Suzanne Couch and Judy Emanuel, musicians Jon Williams, Ian Hird and Desi Jones. “This jazz show is just another one of my ways to bring entertainment and the ministry [of Christ] to the people of this nation that is my family and blood. It will be jazz music with a mixture of gospel music as most of the artists are Christians,” Tucker told the Jamaica Observer. A nephew of another child star, tenor Jimmy Tucker, and brother of singer Sharon Tucker, the Trench Town-born … Read entire article »