Artist: Boney James
Genre(s):
Jazz: Contemporary Jazz
Jazz
Discography:
Pure
Year: 2003
Tracks: 10
Body Language
Year: 1999
Tracks: 9
Sweet Thing-It's All Good
Year: 1998
Tracks: 9
Boney's Funky Christmas
Year: 1996
Tracks: 5
Seduction
Year: 1995
Tracks: 9
Trust
Year: 1992
Tracks: 9
Shake It Up
Year:
Tracks: 10
Ride
Year:
Tracks: 10
A solid saxophonist whose manner falls on the R&B-ish and come out side of idle words, Boney James (wHO is heavy influenced by Grover Washington, Jr.) is a consistent best seller wHO can buoy always be relied upon to set on a colorful alive show up. Born James Oppenheim, he grew up in New Rochelle, NY. The future Boney James studied clarinet when he was eighter, shift to saxophone deuce years by and by. When he was 15, his household moved to Los Angeles. James was before long acting in a fusion band (Line One) which was strong enough to open for Flora Purim and the Yellowjackets. After a year attention U.C. Berkeley, he transferred to U.C.L.A. so he could uphold acting with the striation. He earned a degree in history merely became a full-time player afterwards graduation, double on keyboards. James went on the route as a keyboardist with Morris Day in 1985 and eventually confident Day that he should be playing sax instead. He spent quartet old age with Day and became sought after for guest spots on tenor, alto, treble, and champagne flute, playing with Randy Crawford, Sheena Easton, the Isley Brothers, Bobby Caldwell, and others. He picked up his sobriquet while on circuit with Crawford. After mentioning to a keyboardist that he was running out of intellectual nourishment money, the player replied that if he ate whatsoever less, he would have to be called Boney James. The popular saxophonist made his debut as a leader with Spindletop in 1992 (Trust) and then in 1994 was sign-language by Warner Bros., where he recorded dates including Spine, Conquest, Boney's Funky Christmas, Honeyed Thing, Agitate It Up, Ride and Pure. In 2006, Boney made the run to Concord Records and released Shine.
