“Our goal is to live life passionately committed to music, to spread its joy to all who hear it, and to be eclectic in our repertoire and style for the purpose of communicating our belief in music, the universal force connecting all people” — JONATHAN & STAFFORD FLOYD

New Album "Check the Forecast" Out Now!

JS Floyd’s fourth full length album “Check the Forecast” is out now everywhere. “Check the Forecast” blends tasty Smooth Jazz and funk with touches of everything from rap and hip-hop to jazz fusion, and includes a rousing twist on a Ramsey Lewis classic. Their success at spreading musical joy in so many ways truly makes the case for their desire to be known as “The New Distinguished Gentlemen of Smooth Jazz.”

Edited by Tony Smith

New and hot on the horizon is a jazzy explosion of brotherly love personified by the collaboration of key board maestro Stafford Floyd and guitar master Jonathan Floyd. As a group they are “J. S. Floyd,” a new and distinguished duo destined to change the face and the taste of smooth jazz.

After leaving his home base of New York, Stafford Floyd honed his diverse musical gifts on the LA scene with world class Motown composers Holland, Dozier, Holland. Mr. Floyd then received a Billboard Music Award for his work with The Supremes. He has toured with Anita Baker, Jon B., Earth Wind and Fire, Madonna, The O’Jays, Levert and many more.

These days, Stafford is a coveted composer and sound designer having scored productions at The Mark Taper Forum, The Pasadena Playhouse, and the El Portal Theater, the Bradley Theater and at the stellar Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the annual Starlight Jazz Serenade. Stafford’s Midas touch has also been heard on commercials for Coca Cola, General Motors and for the foreign market special “Jazz From The City.” With the first strum Jonathan Floyd’s licks will grab you with a familiar lilt and an unknown seduction that makes it clear why the lead guitar is in fact the leader of the jazzy string family. But this jazzman knows funk and he has certainly flirted with R&B. Jonathan Floyd’s guitar is prominent on the remix of Al B. Sure’s hit “Right Now. This Cum Laude graduate of The University of Albuquerque is an original member of New York’s Black Rock Coalition. Jon has toured with Living Color, and he’s been an executive at VAP Records, Malibu Records and Jon Ray Music Publishing Company. ” Jon Floyd’s business savvy and eclectic musicianship culminated when he became Musical Director for the group Forecast, whose project blended jazz, blues, rock, funk, gospel and R&B and it even prominently features Jonathan Floyd’s classic guitar stylings.

What is exciting and new is that now Jonathan has returned to Tinsel Town to team up with his big brother Stafford to make their own history by mixing keyboards and guitar in a way that fans haven’t heard since the last George DukeStanley Clark collaboration. Putting all comparisons aside, the proof is in the music itself, when you hear it, you will feel it and you will move in a 2 jazzy, new jazzy and cool jazzy kind of way.

These gentlemen have arrived...

Notable facts:

Collaborations with: Holland Dozier Holland Brownstone, Durrell Coleman Perri Sisters, Carl Anderson Immature, Force MD’s Jon B, Bernard Purdy, Sister Sledge The Supremes, Donny Osmond Donny & Marie Osmond, Black Rock Coalition G C Cameron, N.Y.P.A. Mavis Staples, Banyon Temptations, Sonny Okosun Armand Van Helden, Final Edition Gail Jhonson, Sekou Bunche

These gentlemen have arrived…

Contact J. S. Floyd – 818 692 3243 – Website www.the-forecast.com Email – staffordfloyd@yahoo.com jonathanfloyd02@yahoo.com

STAFFORD

JONATHAN Q & A

As a youngster in NY, what early influences resonated the most with you?

As youngsters in NY, we were influenced by our parents record collection. They loved jazz and listened to artists like Stan Getz, Horace Silver, Ray Charles, John Coltrane and Quincy Jones. Later on, when we started listening independently, Kool & The Gang, The Ohio Players, EWF, Ramsey Lewis and Motown became our biggest influences.

About the music, did you find it, or did it find you?

As far as the discovery of music we found it at an early age. The arts program was a big part of our school development and we jumped into it with both feet. We got guitars, basses, trombone, trumpet, piano, drums and even a violin at one point but, that didn’t last too long ha ha. The school took us to “Young Peoples Concerts” at Lincoln Center with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. A couple of our instructors were on the cover of TIME magazine as “Teachers of the Year” and music education was taken very seriously.

In the words of Dr Funkenstien, “Where’d you get your funk from”?

“Where’d we get our funk from’ Well let’s see. James Brown, Parliament Funkadelic, Kool & The Gang, Mandrill, The Ohio Players, and a few more very down brothers in NY like, the Jamaica Boys, 300 Years and Roy Ayers. We collect funk, like it’s gold, wherever we can find it.