Kravitz, Lenny: Greatest Hits (2000) - CD

Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born 26 May 1964, New York) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer whose "retro" style blends rock, soul, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelia, folk and ballads.

In addition to lead and backing vocals, he often plays guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and percussion in the studio. He reached number 93 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock and has sold around 20 million albums worldwide.

His father was Ukrainian-American Jewish producer Sy Kravitz, and his mother was Bahamian actress Roxie Roker. Lenny was named after his uncle who fell in the Korean War. He grew up in Manhattan under the influence of R&B, jazz, classical music, opera, gospel and blues. In 1974, he moved with his parents to Los Angeles.

Lenny Kravitz has performed in the Czech Republic five times in total, starting in 1996 at the Prague Exhibition Grounds. Since then, he has played in Prague twice – in 2004 at a former industrial site in Prague's Vysočany, and four years later in Vysočany again, this time at the O2 Arena. In 2009, he also performed for an audience in Brno. His sixth concert, scheduled for 13 November 2014 at the O2 arena as part of the European leg of his world tour, was postponed to 19 December of the same year due to illness.