The Artist

About AD

AD is a Bahamian-born multidisciplinary artist, professional saxophonist, producer, composer, photographer, filmmaker, and storyteller based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Raised in Nassau, Bahamas, AD’s creative eye was shaped by the landscape of his upbringing: water, sunlight, trees, color, rhythm, and the natural beauty of island life. That tropical paradise became more than a backdrop. It became part of his memory, his imagination, and the way he sees the world.

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At 14, AD began playing saxophone after his church started a band and offered instruments to anyone who wanted to join. He chose the saxophone almost randomly, later realizing its connection to the recorder he had learned as a child. What began as a simple choice became a 22-year journey of performance, discipline, and musical growth.

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At 17, AD left Nassau for Nashville, Tennessee to attend Fisk University. It was his first time living away from his home, his island, his country, and his culture. At Fisk, he joined the University Choir as the saxophonist, became a member of Phi Mu Alpha music fraternity, and grew within an institution deeply shaped by the legacy of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Surrounded by musicians, vocalists, scholars, and artists, his confidence expanded as opportunities to perform across Music City began to open.

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Beloved brings all of those experiences into one complete body of work.

Told through music, photography, poetry, and film, Beloved introduces AD as a multidisciplinary artist in full form. He wrote the music, made every beat, composed the arrangements, performed, recorded, photographed, filmed, edited, wrote the poems and excerpts, and independently funded the project himself. Aside from final mixing and mastering, the project was created entirely by AD.

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In his words, “Beloved is the journey of un-filtering to my most authentic self.”

Through this project, AD invites people into that same freedom: to just be, to feel comfortable in their own becoming, and to live without filtering the truest parts of themselves.