Moments of Grace
Mark Cohen
Cohen's first band was "The Ingredients of Love," a twelve-piece soul group in which he played funky rhythm guitar. Based in Brooklyn's famed Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, the band included four singers, one of whom, Albert Jameson, is now chairman of the Gospel Association of America.
Two-time Grammy winner Tyrone Williams was one of the Ingredients of Love, as was Michael Jones, now known as Kashif, who went on to produce Kenny G, Dionne Warwick, and Whitney Houston, among others. Formed by Robert Wedlaw, whose brother-in-law, Don Echoles, led the horn section, "The Ingredients of Love," a formative experience for each of its members, played colleges and New York clubs and theaters, including the Apollo and the Brooklyn Apollo, the Lloyd Price Turntable, and the Peppermint Lounge.
After travelling through Europe and living in Greece for several months, Cohen returned to the states and became a denizen of the Greenwich Villag...