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Boney James
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Biografía
Boney James (born James Oppenheim September 1, 1961) is an American saxophonist, recording artist, songwriter and record producer. He is a four-time Grammy Award nominee (Best Pop Instrumental Album, 2001, 2004, 2014 and Best Traditional R&B Performance, 2009) and a Soul Train Award winner (Best Jazz Album 1998). He has also received three NAACP Image Award nominations for Best Jazz Album. James has sold over four million albums, and has accumulated four RIAA Certified Gold Records. In 2009, Billboard magazine named James one of the Top 3 Billboard Contemporary Jazz Artists of the Decade. In 2024 James became the first artist to notch 20 No. 1 singles on the Billboard magazine SJ Chart.
Born in Lowell Massachusetts, James took up the clarinet at the age of eight, switching to sax when he was ten. James spent his early teen years in New Rochelle, New York. He became musically influenced by the R&B Motown genre and saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. When he was fourteen his family moved to Los Angeles, where he joined a fusion band that opened for acts like Flora Purim and the Yellowjackets.
Discografía
- 1992 · Trust
- 1994 · Backbone
- 1995 · Seduction
- 1996 · Boney's Funky Christmas (Reissue)
- 1997 · Sweet Thing
- 1999 · Body Language
y 14 discos más en la ficha completa
Próximos conciertos
- 2026-11-12 · Concierto de Boney James · Hampton Roads Convention Center · Hampton, EE. UU.
- 2026-11-14 · Concierto de Boney James · Knight Theater · Charlotte, EE. UU.
- 2026-11-15 · Concierto de Boney James · The Lyric Theatre · Birmingham, EE. UU.
- 2026-11-19 · Concierto de Boney James · Southern Theatre · Columbus, EE. UU.
- 2026-11-20 · Concierto de Boney James · Sound Board Theater (MotorCity Casino Hotel) · Detroit, EE. UU.