NASHVILLE |DATE: APRIL 19, 2010
FROM: TODD BRODGINSKI/MITCH SCHNEIDER
BONEY JAMES
ADDS MORE TOUR DATES AND CONFIRMS
ATLANTA ALS BENEFIT CONCERT
Three million-selling and three-time Grammy nominee, saxophonist BONEY JAMES has added a few select concert dates including participating in a benefit concert in Atlanta April 26. Proceeds from that evening will go to Atlanta’s Emory University’s ALS Research Department as well as help defray medical costs for longtime music industry executive Deborah Lewow, who is suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease).
disease and so glad to be able do something to try and help her and the
Emory ALS Center!”
The added shows continue last year’s 50-city trek in support of BONEY’s latest studio set, SEND ONE YOUR LOVE (Concord Records). A song from that album–“Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (Introducing Quinn)”–received a Grammy nomination last year in the “Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance” category. Beyond the Grammy nomination, 2009 was truly a watermark year for BONEY: Billboard ranked him the #1 “Hot Smooth Jazz Artist” as well as the #2 “Top Contemporary Jazz Artist.” SEND ONE YOUR LOVE has been top 10 on the “Top Contemporary Jazz Album” chart for 62 weeks since its February 3, 2009 release and was ranked #2 for that chart overall for 2009. He was also named the #3 Contemporary Jazz Artist of the Decade (behind Norah Jones and Kenny G.) and the #8 Best-Selling Jazz Artist of the Decade.
The songwriter/saxophonist–a major force in both the worlds of Contemporary Jazz and R&B–has decided to harness the power of the Internet after experiencing good fortune with Quinn, an unknown vocalist at the time. Now, BONEY’s again searching for a new vocalist for his next album. He’s excited to cast the net wide on the Internet for undiscovered vocal collaborators. “I'm always just trying to match a singer with the song,” he says when asked about what kind of singers he’s looking for. “Since I'm still writing it's hard to say, but so much is just inspiration–I'll know it when I hear it!
http://www.myspace.com/boneyjamesmusic
DATE LOCATION VENUE
Sat 4/24 Orlando, FL WLOQ Concert Blue @ Baldwin Park
Mon 4/26 Atlanta, GA Variety Theater
Sat 5/8 Temecula, CA Thornton Winery
Sat 5/15 Newport Beach, CA Newport Beach Jazz Festival
Fri 5/21 Columbia, SC Carolina Coliseum
Sat 6/12 Sacramento, CA Radisson Hotel Sacramento-Guzzetta Grove
Sat 7/3 Healdsburg, CA Rodney Strong Vineyards
Thu 7/8 St. Charles, MO Ameristar Casino-Bottleneck Blues Bar
Fri 7/9 Kansas City, MO Ameristar Casino & Hotel Kansas City
Sun 7/25 Winter Park, CO Winter Park Jazz Festival
Sat 7/31 San Diego, CA Humphrey’s
Fri 8/13 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Jazz Festival-Rainbow Lagoon Park
Fri 8/27 Philadelphia, PA Penn’s Landing
Fri 10/15 Rehoboth Beach, DE Rehoboth Beach Convention Center
Sat 10/16 Cincinnati, OH Aroness Center
Sat 12/4 Las Vegas, NV Boulder Station Casino
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For more information contact:
MSO 818.380.0400
Todd Brodginski x239 toddb@msopr.com
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