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State of Mind," as well as his hits "Compared to What," "Babycakes" and "You Ga (Ta Give It)."
trumpeter Rick Braun came out and joined in with "Livin Large." The evening ended with the crowd on their feet dancing to all three musicians playing back-to-back "Old.Edu," "From the Top," and an encore of "Grazin' In the Grass."
Honored this year for the High Hopes Lifetime Achievement Award was the late Dr. Marshall Grossman, who passed away on December 20, 2021; his wife Lori came to accept the award. Dr. Grossman served as Board President of High Hopes for 20 years, and in honor of his memory, High Hopes has set up a scholarship in his Highlightsname.
Marienthal started his professional career in 1980 with famed New Orleans trumpeter Al Hirt and then became a Chick Corea Elektric Band member. He recorded five L/P's with Corea and won two Grammy Awards. Marienthal has performed with artists such as Elton John, Barbara Streisand, Stevie Wonder, David Lee Roth, and many others.
of the live auction included a one-week trip with the Smooth Jazz Cruise on the Celebrity Millennium in January 2023 to Cozumel and the Caribbean; Sunday brunch for eight at Spaghettini's in Seal Beach; from MVP of Super Bowl 2018 Nick Foles, a signed Eagles Jersey, and football in a case, a signed copy of his book, Believe It, and a signed "Philly Special Play!" There was also luxurious jewelry and
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Marienthal's special guest was saxophonist Euge Groove who entertained the crowd with a medley of hits, "House of Groove," "Dirty Dozen," and "Just my SurpriseImagination."guest
The most interesting item for grabs was an impromptu item that was added, Eric Marienthal's colorful shirt he was wearing. A guest raised his hand and said he'd like to purchase it, so after it was agreed upon for sale, the bidding war began. The final bid of $4,000 from Dawn Bennett from Mission Viejo was secured.
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tickets to the Andrea Bocelli concert at the Honda Center; four tickets for each Broadway show at The Segerstrom Center for the Arts, a handmade, one-of-a-kind acoustic guitar, and a classic, restored vintage radio.
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Established in 1975, High Hopes Brain Injury Program is a one-of-a-kind nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to the rehabilitation and retraining of those who have been devastated by brain injuries. The program at High Hopes is unique as its physical programs include conditioning classes, therapeutic swimming, nautilus weight training, physical therapy, and rehabilitation activities for cognitive and social challenges. Other services include vocational art classes, pre-vocational training, music classes, community activities, independent living classes, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. High Hopes' goal is to provide the best possible program to those who have brain injuries and get results far above expectations. High Hopes is celebrating 47 years of witnessing miracles in the life of these deserving people.
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SJM: How does it feel that your last project "Solid" was #10 on the Billboard 200 POP Chart, not just the Smooth Jazz or contemporary jazz Chart where you have had several #1's?
SJM: First, Congrats on your 18th CD "Detour."
Boney “A kick! It is a great record and presume it was due to the Facebook live and home performances. So many people where at home and I was able to reach out to my fans. I am very very grateful.
We look forward in seeing your show at the Hollywood Bowl in a few Boney:days.‘Thank you; it will be a great show.”
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SJM: Then you have the ever busy Jairus "J-Mo” Mozee." (Anderson.Paak, Nicki Minaj, Anthony Hamilton) among others.) What was his contribution to the Boney:project?Yes,hehas a single on the album and did some co-production. But,
Boney: It’s would not Suck! (He laughs) and I have a space for it in my home. Although I am very honored to be nominated for 4 Grammy’s.
SJM: You have been Grammy nominated 4 times, And you have 5 - times winner Lalah Hathaway as your featured, collaboration on this project, what was it like working with her on the single Coastin’?
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Boney: Donte is amazing, I was writing the song and I said to myself “ I needs a trumpet” on this!
SJM: Your first single "Bring It Back" featured Mr. Everything composer, conductor, trumpeter, Dontae Winslow, the single is a mesmerizing blend of sax and trumpet, how did the tune materialize?
Boney: She was a Joy! I have been wanting to work with Lalah for years. I had never met her before, until she came into my studio. We talked and writing lyrics and it worked wonderful.
Boney: Yes, he is on the album. Omari is touring with us as well.
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SJM: You also have a who's who of other musicians like drummer Omari Williams, His solo's are always amazing during your live shows...
SJM: What would it mean if you were able to finally hear the iconic phrase And The Winner is..... Boney James?
SJM: To round out the cast, on Keys Tim Carmon, Bass Alex Al, Percussionist Lenny Castro, and Guitarist Big Mike Hart and Paul Jackson Jr., Will most of these guys be on your tour?
Boney: This tour we have Johnathan Richmond on Keys who has worked with many Rock legends , Guitarist Big Mike Hart, who has 4 songs on the album, Omari Williams on Drums. And you know , I have been working with Alex for A long time, over 30 years. He has many projects he is in, and also we have on tour Dwayne “Smitty” Smith on bass. You will absolutely love him. He is very talented and worked with many artist , like (Anita Baker, Will Downing, Gerald Albright.)
But, he is not on the tour.
Boney: I started playing the Sax at 10 years old. I also play the Clarinet.
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SJM: Speaking of tour, I KNOW YOU HAVE 18 ALBUMS, at what age did you start playing the SAX?
Boney: I hope I have grown (he Laughs). I still practice all the time to get better.
Boney: I signed with them in 2005, and left to Virgin Records and then came back to them.
SJM: This project is re leased on the Concord Record label, how many years have you been with them?
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SJM: Over those years, how have you grown?
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SJM: I know you have your own studio, but Do you keep a collection of your finished manufactured CDs as memories?
Boney: Yes! I refer back to them all the time. If I forget a song, or sound of a musician I want, I will look back at them.
SJM: Online Amazon has Detour, being offered as a vinyl, how significant is that for Boney:you?You
you start working on your latest album? I am wondering where any of the 10 tracks related to your experience during the lockdown with Boney:Covid?Actually,
know this will be my first album on Vinyl! I came out in 1992 and that’s when everything was moving to CD’s. It’s exciting, I guess Vinyl is popular now, I might have to get record player. (He SJM:Laughs)Whendid
I started this Album in December/ January. I could not think in Covid. I was not creative, But when I went to the record label and they said I needed another Album in 8 months. All of a sudden, I became created It was like it was built up and it was just poring out of me.
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SJM: During the lock down you went to Facebook to interact with your fans, how was that experience for you?
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Boney: That was great! Of course It was a terrible time with everyone. For 18 months without playing, I was able to stay connected with my fans and having live music live on face book.
SJM: Lastly, what is the one thing that fans would be surprised to know about you outside of the music career?
SJM: Thank you for taking the time to sit down with Smooth Jazz Magazine over the years, and again Congratulations on the release of Detour.
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Jeff: With a name like “Jazz Funk Soul,” I think we have a little more be-bop in
SJM: How did you all land on the title of “Forecast” for the album?
SJM: So jumping right in, how has the response been to “Forecast?”
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Jeff: That was one of my song titles. What I try to do with the music that I make as a solo artist, and with Jazz Funk Soul is make music that is forward thinking and try to skate to where the puck is going to be. Music that is more harmonically ambitious and we try to step up and make things as good as we can. We want to make music that is a reflection of where music is going.
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Paul: Really, really good, people have been receptive to the new music, sales is doing well, and we sold a lot of copies at Blues Alley last week. It’s catching steam on radio as well so all in all, it’s been great so far.
Everette: Yes, the reception has definitely been great so far. Things are a little bit different than it used to be with streaming, but we’ve had some great reviews of the album as well.
SJM: Speaking of that, where do you see music evolving in the next year or two?
Paul with the transition of Chuck a few years ago and you coming into the fold, do you remember what you felt when you joined?
SJM: The entity Jazz Funk Soul has been around for almost ten years. Where does the name stem from?
Paul: I had extreme ambivalence. While I have always enjoyed playing with Jeff and Everette for years and excited for the opportunity to play with them, on the flip side I was replacing one of my heroes that passed away.Soitgave meafeelingofjoywithplayingwiththeseguysandcontinuingthefranchise, atthesametime,Chuckwasn’tgoingtobeonheretoseethefruitofit.But knowingthatChuckwasamusician’s musician,thefactthatheknowsweare continuingtostriveforexcellencemakesitagreatsituation.
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our cannon. But we want to definitely expand our sound. One of my biggest idols in Stevie wonder because he is someone the musicians are crazy about. Harmonically and soundwise we love him, and the average listeners love him equally. That is the sound that we are looking for with our music.
Jeff: We started this thing with no plans to take over the world. We saw it as a way for myself, Everette and Chuck (Loeb) at the time to put something together to tour with. That was the idea at first but then Shanachie wanted a record from us, so we got in the studio to put out an album.
Everette: We bounced around a few names, but it was our management that came up with the name of Jazz Funk Soul. It best fit what we were trying to
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Paul: More like twenty-five or thirty!
Jeff: But we also collaborate a lot. We try to encourage that. Chuck definitely encouraged it and we try to continue that.
SJM: When you bring songs to the table, how does it fit for you to say “this is a great spot for Jeff or Paul to have a solo? Are you composing these songs with solos and artists in mind?
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SJM: Do you find that there’s some friendly competition between you all? Being such prolific artists is it a challenge to bring your best work to the Everette:table?
SJM: What was the creative process for this project?
Jeff: I would say in a way there is some competition. I want to have the best songs especially with working with these guys. The music has to be so great because of who I’m working with.
Everette: On the last record Jeff and I co wrote about four and on this record, we did some collaborating for sure.
I don’t consider it competition.
Everette: from the beginning of the group the process was the same. Each of us would bring three songs each and then if we wanted to collaborate on the tenth, be it two of us or all three of us, we would do that. We do bounce songs off each other and say “yes that’s cool.” For me I’m more selective and have a couple of songs ready but for Jeff, when the label says it’s time for a new album, he already has twenty songs ready for the album! (laughs)
Everette: When it was time to start writing for the record, I was just messing around on the keyboard. On most of my recent playing I’ve been playing the tenor sax but the majority of my career I played the alto. So I wanted to go back to that and have something reminiscent of the contemporary 80s jazz stuff that I loved. So I can up with the groove and had a Marcus Miller hint to it. The song then began to write itself really. I remember sending it to Jeff in its raw form, and he
Jeff: If I know I’m working with these two guys, and that sound palette with them, I know that I have some great tools at my disposal. It makes it more exciting for me knowing they will have the space to create in spots, and it keeps me excited about it, even more than when I do my own album. Also, all of us have so much experience in the studio that we have the mind of a producer so we can kind of figure out how the song should go and the solos as well. Its like we’re creating a painting together. We each have different colors to paint, but we all know where to put our brushes.
SJM: Tell us about “Fish Grease” that was one of my favorites of the album.
Paul: I had an idea for a couple of funk guitar parts and made a loop of it. I was trying to create a melody with it. I was a Jazz Crusaders fan through and through, and I wanted it to be an homage to the 75-76 iteration of the Jazz Crusaders. Even though Everette is great at alto sax, but I felt that he would be great playing tenor on this song, so he laid he performance along with some other parts and we had a song that I was very proud of.
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Jeff:Here’sthething.Alotofpeople writemusicandcreatemusicforsinglesandradio.NowwhenI’mlisteningtoprojects,IwanttohearthesinglesbutIwanttoheartheother songsonthealbumtoo.Ifyou’re makinganalbumwithtensongs,not everysonghastobeasingle,soI want to hear what the artists is doing when it’s not a single. I think that more attention in our industry could be paid to that.
SJM: Speaking of melodies, “When The Time Comes” was another one with a strong Everette:melody.Iwasjust
said that its some good stuff to flush a tune out. It really evolved from there, with a great melodic finish.
Paul: I had a very interesting conversation with Pat Prescott the other day and we were talking about jazz radio in the 70s and 80s. You would head fusion, straight ahead, so many different subgenres but more importantly; On Monday you would hear track #1 from an album, Tuesday track #7, and Thursday track #10 from that album. And it gave you an overall tone of the album so on
sitting at the piano and came out with the bass line. It was a moment that happened when I remember once I had the bass line the song grew. I didn’t want electric bass on the song, so Reggie Hammond ended playing the acoustic bass on it. These songs just grow organically. We all write that way. We can confine to formats but when we write, it wasn’t our goal to stay confined. This song and other songs on the album are an expression of who we are and what we’ve done. I wanted to put a rock guitar part on this one and at first, they were surprised that I wanted it on this song but I felt that we weren’t writing for radio when doing this project, we wanted to be creative.
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Is that still a thing? (laughs)
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SJM: Well I definitely appreciate all of your ability to be expressive. I can also appreciate the fact that on this album, and I believe on every Jazz Funk Soul project released thus far, there are no covers on this album. Is that on purEverette:pose?
gears a bit, I wanted to go down memory lane a bit. I’m going to name a few of my favorite songs by you all. Paul, one of my favorites of yours is “Days Gone By.” What do you remember about that song?
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Jeff: Absolutely it is a thing, but this is what I appreciate about Jazz Funk Soul. When I write my album, I have to come up with 10 songs. For Jazz Funk Soul. I only need three. It’s a lot more manageable and so we don’t need or what to have covers. Playing with this guys make me want to just create our own stuff, and I’ll change my answer to an earlier question. I wouldn’t call it competition, but I would call it inspiration. I’m inspired when I’m working with these
Everette: I used to do a radio show for WLRQ in Orlando called “Smooth Jazz Odyssey.” When they asked me to do the show, I said that I would, but I had to be able to play contemporary jazz from the 70s and 80s only. This was in 2007 or 2008, and that was all I played. The reason why is because at the time I felt there was a vacuum for the music I wanted to here, and I wanted to bring back what we loved about music back then to the forefront of radio. There is a certain expression that is missing today, but you have it with certain artists like Alex Bugnon and Marion Meadows, who both play expressive stuff. But if enough of us align to that, the industry as a whole will have no choice but to shift back towards that.
Everette:ThatwasasongwrittenbyBrianSimpsonandmyself.Beforehe wasarecordingartisthecontributedtoacoupleofmyalbums.Itwasanice groove,oneofthesimplersoundsonmyfirstrecord.Alotof myrecordshave alotofchordchanges,butthatsongwassimplerbycomparison.GeorgeDuke
member Robbie Buchanan came over, and he was known for his fender Rhodes sound. He showed that on the Whitney Houston album and I knew at the time I wanted a great Fender Rhodes sound. He played on that record so that is something I definitely remember, along with the great 808 drums on the record as well.
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SJM: Everette, when I mention the title “When I Think of You,” what do you remember?
Jeff: Paul played on “PYT” by Michael Jackson and the part that his played is such a signature Paul Jackson Jr., guitar part. The song starts out with him and it sets the stage for that song.
Everette: There are a couple for me. The first song I ever heard was “I Came to Play.” Lately it’s been “Never Too Much” is one and “Two for Ten Thousand.” Its hard to choose with Paul.
Paul: Jeff are you sure it wasn’t because you wanted to be Wes Montgomery? SJM:(laughs)Solet me put you all on the spot: Everette and Jeff, what is your favorite song or performance by Paul?
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Jeff: I was lucky enough to work with Eric Benet on his first record when he was with EMI. He was with his sister and the name of the album was actually “Benet.” He was so talented even at that time. He would come up with these background parts and just let me know how much of an incredible talent he was. He was also great with improvisation too and taking a song to levels that I couldn’t even imagine. Say Love was a great song that had the vocalist and instrumentalist both shine at the same time, which is sometimes hard to do, but Eric knew how to make it work. “Road Song” was a song that I think I remember writing when I came back from the road. It has a feeling to me of what it would be like on a bus travelling somewhere or going on a trip, and the melody was one of the more memorable ones for me.
SJM: Jeff, what do you remember about “Say Love” and “Road Song” from “West Side Stories?”
played the solo on that one and it was beautiful. Playing with him is great and when I hear it now, I have pleasant memories of George.
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Paul: That one is tough because there is so many. I like his version of Ain’t Nobody because it’s acoustic piano and I really liked that. Probably one of my favorite songs he’s ever written is “He Had a Hat” because of the into and how intricate it was. One song that I love by him that is a practice song for me is “The Underground.”
Jeff: For me it’s Old school, hands down, I love that song.
SJM: Paul and Jeff, favorite Everette song or performance?
Everette: As Paul was talking, I had to come up with new favorites because he took my titles. I love “PCH,” The bassline is one that I always loved. Jeff has such a library of tunes and you start to think “its hard to be that prolific and not be similar” but Jeff is able to stay creative. He’s the same guy that went from Raindance to PCH to Soul Party and he comes up with different grooves.
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Paul: I love All Jazzed Up and I like Going Through Changes because the changes are atypical. He’s a very lyrical player, he also did a great job on Where Were You When I Needed You and What’s Going On. When I listened to those songs I wonder about why he did those things and it’s just so cool to listen to him play like that.
Everette: We really don’t have a lot of time on tour to do a lot of things. I really don’t leave my room except to go to the venue or eat or work out.
SJM: Everette and Paul, what’s your favorite song or performance by Jeff?
Paul: Eat! (laughs)
SJM: In this interview, one thing that comes across is the camaraderie you all have. When you all tour together, what’s one thing you all do together?
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SJM: Final question for each of you. What is one thing that people would be surprised to know about you.
Paul: One thing for me, is that I have a hobby of training protection dogs. I’ve trained a few of them, and I have three currently. That is something that if I had more time, I probably would do it more often.
Jeff: We have cats here and I spend a lot of time with them and I’m a fan of science fiction books.
SJM: Thank you so much for all of your time. Again, we wish you success on the new album!
Well we do hang at the gigs, during sound check and after. Well actually its more like Paul and I hang after the gig, and you look for Jeff and he’s outta there! (laughs)
When we were at Blues Alley, we did get a chance to eat together a couple of times, but I’m a homebody. Paul and Jeff like to get out and go take walks, but unless I have golf clubs, I won’t go outside. I think a lot of the camaraderie exists because we’re not spending all of our time together.
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Jeff: A lot of times, when we are on tour, we hardly have time to do anything, barely eat, so we try to make the most of Everette:things.
Paul: Thanks so much!
Everette: It was a pleasure.
Jeff: Thank you!
Everette: Anyone that knows me knows my love for golf. I don’t think I have anything else that would be surprising. Golf is the only hobby that made me go outside! My wife and my daughter play as well.
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I’m ashamed to say that I was not familiar with the works of Robert Lee “Balderrama.” So this will be a new experience and hopefully, being a Super Music Lover, I won’t be disappointed.
Track 1: Santa Cruz- This song pretty much set the tone for this project. Smooth, upbeat and full of surprises all the way to the end.
Track 3: El Camino Rio - This is definitely a great add to the road music collection. It may mislead you early on with its’ smooth start but then with all of the twists and turns throughout the ride you’ll understand how I arrived at my conclusion.
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Track 5: On Beat Street - I heard this track start to play and was very surprised when I found that the actual title WAS NOT something like…”Why I Love You”, Dream Creeper or You’re Still on My Mind. When it comes to “On Beat Street”…I guess you just had to be there.
Track 2: Para Los Dos (For the two of us) -When you’re ready to slip into something a little more comfortable; this dreamy little tune is it. I was captivated throughout entire song by the sax and the soft sensual guitar work.
Track 4: Sintiendo Tu Hechizo (Feeling Your Spell) -I really tried not to like this song. But apparently the spell was too powerful. I had access to the stop button. Did I press it? NO! The more I listened…the more I liked it.
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Track 9: Ronnie’s Vibe - He really took it back to the energy of a smokey, dark old jazz joint on this one. The tune reminds you of the song you’d hear after the “last call for alcohol” right before the band starts packing up…”Good Night Ladies and Gentlemen”.
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Track 6: Happy&GoLucky - Sounds just like the title would imply. It certainly made me happy and very fortunate to have heard it. It’s a sweet song.
Track 8: Estrella - By now I’m trying hard to find at least one track that doesn’t excite me. Hasn’t happened yet. I truly enjoyed the flow of Estrella.
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I really like the track but I am still baffled by the title.
Track 7: JazDude - Now this is perfectly titled. It was definitely Jazzy on all levels, Dude.
