Featured Artist

ANIYA

With so many Indie artist out in the market today it’s hard to get to know everyone but the moment I crossed the path of Delbert J Boyer and he introduced me to his band “Aniya” and I spent time listening to the CD “Full Circle”  I can honestly say I’m so Blessed to have gotten this

Aniya

chance and look forward to spreading the word.   Aniya’s Projuct “Full Circle” is a perfect title for this CD. This has a mixture of spices where you get a lot of flavor for your buck. This CD is something that takes care of everyone’s liking. You get the deep heartfelt tracks such as “Andreanna” & the seductive track “A Second Chance”, to the familiar song of “Amazing Grace” where you heart is feels full of Love. You also get a track withsplendid vocals you can sing along with “Count Your Blessing” and don’t forget the tracks that make you feel happy and that you can rock your body to, “Latina Lu”. Thank You Delbert and Aniya’s Band for such a Beautiful Project!  http://aniyajazz.com

Full Circle

 author: Richard Blackwell

When I meet this fantastic group in 2009, I knew they were destined for musical greatness. Aniya is breath of fresh air. Their music takes you where you need to be, a place of comfort and relaxation, like riding on an ocean breeze. I am excited to work with this amazing group of gentlemen and outstanding musicians. So As you Keep It Moving, be sure and Count Your Blessings, because with God’s Amazing Grace, you will get a Second Chance in life to go Full Circle. I am so happy that God has blessed Aniya’s Dream. Get their latest CD, ‘Full Circle’, and you will see what I mean.

 JOYCE SPENCER

A native of South Louisiana, Joyce’s musical influence came early and often starting with her grandfather, Freeman Fontenot, who was a musician and one of the originators of Zydeco music. Most of the family gatherings included music, song, and dance where Joyce was continuously influenced by Blues, Jazz, R&B, Funk, Gospel, and the charismatic flavor of South

Joyce Spencer

Louisiana Zydeco, which all played a major role in her musical development. The resources to study music in her small town were very limited during her childhood, so Joyce did not hesitate to join the beginner’s school band in 5th grade playing the clarinet, where she received the outstanding band member’s award. In 12th grade, she traded the clarinet for the

tenor sax, and added the alto sax and flute in college where she majored in instrumental music education. Her college experience afforded her the opportunity to expand her knowledge and training in many areas of music, especially in classical and jazz. This experience has also allowed her to become even more creative in writing and composing.After an approximate

20-year hiatus, Joyce returned to her love and passion for music and released her first CD, “Sweet Dreams”, in 2010. Joyce said, “I stopped waiting to be discovered and discovered myself.” (She uses this statement to hopefully encourage others who may feel that it’s too late or they are too old to pursue music.) Her CD is a collection of eleven amazingly beautiful songs and instrumentals of smooth jazz, inspirational jazz, with a hint of folk/ Latin jazz on soprano/alto sax, flute, and vocals.Media, friends, and fans of the artist have labeled her CD Inspirational Jazz, Smooth Jazz, and Smooth/Contemporary Gospel, but she plays all styles. She was nominated Best Female Artist by the South Florida Gospel Music Awards in 2010 and 2011. http://himrp.com/joyce.aspx

Multi-talented artist Enois Scroggins hails from Muskogee, Oklahoma, and is known internationally as “Old School Brother,” or Uncle Enois. Scroggins’ acclaimed career spans over 30

Enois Scroggins

years and includes numerous awards and performances on TV shows including The Legend Evangelist, The Jim Baker Show in Branson, Missouri, and The Bobbie Jones Gospel Show with his Gospel group, “Family Friend.” Among peers, Scroggins has worked with some of music industry’s greatest legends including, Ronnie Wilson from the legendary R&B trio, “The GAP

Band”; Charlie Singleton, lead singer and guitarist for the legendary group, Cameo, and world-renowned Jazz saxophone player Branford Marsalis. Enois has six albums, two with his Gospel group, “Family Friend,” and four with his friend and songwriter Oliv’ released since 2009. He and Oliv’ have collaborated with artists from all over the world to release great music for the mind and soul. enoisscroggins@att.net  www.ENOISSCROGGINS.com www.facebook.com www.myspace.com/enois4france

Jeanette-Harris

band.She also played piano in the Fresno City College Latin Jazz band her Junior and Senor year in high school. After high school, Jeanette went to the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston where she graduated with a Bachelor in music performance. She has been rockin’ the stage ever since.  In 2005, Jeanette was recognized as a “Shooting Star” and nominated for “Best Jazz Instrumentalist” by the L.A Black Music Awards. She’s had the privilege of opening for and performing with big named artist including The Rippingtons, Kirk Whalum, Veretta Hathaway, Paul Jackson Jr., Baby Face, B.B King, Everette Harp, Andre Fischer, Najee, Phil Perry, Howard Huit, Denise Williams, Eric Marienthaland and Pieces Of a Dream to name a few. She’s played in big jazz festivals all over the United States and performed in Japan for the first time in 2008.  Jeanette is currently performing with the legendary Teena Marie on saxophone and flute as well as with her own band.  Jeanette was the executive producer and songwriter on her second CD “Reflections” and is currently producing her third CD “Saxified”.  Her live shows are full of high energy solos and mesmerizing soulful melodies that leave the audience wanting more!  www.jeanetteharrisband.com

 ROD TATE

Rod Tate is a smooth/contemporary jazz and R&B saxophonist/songwriter, based out of his hometown, St. Louis, MO. Rod is a full time musician that performs as a solo act, duo(2 Smooth with guitarist Gregg “Happy Guitar” Haynes) and with his 5 piece band. Rod attended Normandy High School in St. Louis Missouri. He was part of the music program under the direction of Bob Boedges. He was a member of the Jazz (Norseman), Concert, and Marching bands. In his senior year he was awarded the Louis Armstrong Jazz award, which is given each year to the senior who shows great promise in the jazz arena. After high school, Rod attended Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. He was part of the music

Rod Tate

program under the direction of Brett Stamps, where his focus was Jazz performance . He was a member of the Jazz bands, combos, studied theory and the business of music. During his college days, is when his love of jazz intensified, in particular Traditional/Straight Ahead Jazz. As a performer he has opened for contemporary jazz group Spyra Gyra, Pieces of A Dream, Chuck Loeb, Bob Baldwin, Marion Meadows, Phil Perry, Ramsey Lewis, Legendary Poet Sonia Sanchez and Lonnie Liston Smith. He has opened for Gospel artist Richard Smallwood and Gospel jazz keyboardist Ben Tankard, comedian /actor Tommy Davidson, Tavis Smiley, as well as, Hall of famer, Ozzie Smith. Rod has appeared on B.E.T.’s segment of Jazz Discoveries. He has appeared on St. Louis’ Fox(Channel 2) morning show. He has appeared on St. Louis’ Show Me St. Louis on KSDK(Channel 5). Rod’s music can be heard or has been heard on The Weather Channel, Music Choice, DMX Music and many radio stations across the world. Rod was named smooth jazz artist of the month on EchoSmoothJazz.com. Rod was named smooth jazz artist of the month on Whitester Radio-Smoothjazz.com. As an artist, performer, and musician. Rod’s goals are to continue to learn, grow, and to touch lives positively through his musical expressions. As a songwriter, Rod’s motto is: ” This music is intended to soothe your soul and speak love to your spirit “. Rod also aspires to have his music in movies, commercials, and television programming. Below is a partial list of Organizations/Corporations/Clubs that Rod has performed for : *The Gatesworth *Partners For Progress *The St. Louis Rams *The Demetrious Johnson Foundation *The Joe Torry Foundation *JFK Construction *US Bank *Mt. Pleasant Winery *Hidden Lake Winery *President Casino *Ameristar Casino *Harrah’s Casino *Westborough Country Club *Marriot Hotel *Hilton Hotel *New Town *Cafe’ Bellagio *Cafe’ Napoli *Finale *The Loft *St. Louis Jazz Cafe *The Pageant *MO Black Expo * The Cabanne House *Club Divinity *Victorian House Of Agape *Anheuser Busch *Clear Channel Broadcasting *Bonneville Broadcasting *Missouri History Museum *St. Louis Galleria *The Robert’s Bros. *Plaza Motors *St. Charles Princess Cruises. Rod’s music has aired on DMX, Music Choice, The Weather Channel, Internet smooth jazz stations and many college & commercial stations around the country. http://www.rodtate.com

 ROD WILLIAMS

Rod (short for Rodney) was born in Newark, NJ. He developed a love for music at an early age while growing up in the Newark Public School System. He started out with the violin and moved on to the clarinet. Rod later became interested in the saxophone after hearing Grover

Rod Williams

Washington Jr.’s “Mr. Magic” which he used as his audition piece to get into Arts High School in Newark, NJ. Rod is a talented musician who’s diverse style includes a blend of R&B, Smooth Jazz, Classic Soul, Old School and New. He arranged, recorded and produced all of his music in his own home studio. Rod has been making a name for himself while playing at various local clubs, events throughout the state of NJ and local Jazz Festivals. Upon completion of his CD “the journey” Rod’s music will be available through amazon and itunes. Under the management of Jiordyn Clements. http://www.facebook.com/#!/rod.willams

  GARY FUSTON

Octave Motives the third official CD release by Gary Fuston including 10 music tracks featuring electric guitar and keyboard synth mixes. All music composed produced and recorded by Gary Fuston under his own production company G. House Productions. After the release of “The Best Of G. Fuston”2003 and “Unwind” 2004, Gary took a break from recording and started promoting independent artists on his weekly internet radio show G. House Jazz & More featured on GHP RADIO. This time Gary was able to take his time on this project compared to the time he devoted to his previous projects therefore he feels that this is a much better production for this CD release of Octave Motives.

Gary Fuston

Cool grooves simple melodies and pure soul & heart went into the making of Octave Motives.  Music composer producer, internet radio dj host and music promoter. Gary Fuston has been involved with music practically most of his life from the time he laid hands on the piano and organ as a child growing up until the time he joined the school band playing drums and percussion through out graduating from high school. During the last years of high school Gary was also playing guitar with a group that was formed by friends that was called the T.O.C. Band. During the time Gary was a member of the group (1979-1982) he was given a art scholarship to attend the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma as a art major and became a member of the USAO jazz band. Over the years Gary has established his self as a writer, artist, producer and composer and now added to his resume a internet radio dj host for GHP RADIO. http://ghpradio.ning.com and http://ghouseproductions.net

  MAURICE JOHNSON

Milwaukee born guitar veteran, Maurice Johnson first gained notice in 1985 shortly after forming the Oklahoma City based, “After Five” band. Considered the young lions of jazz, “After Five” gained a great deal of popularity, sharing the stage with major acts including, George Benson, George Howard, Norman Brown, Nancy Wilson, Al Green, Alex Bungon, Stanley Tunein-app, Little Melton, Mary Wright, Ronny Laws, Jennifer Holiday, Freddy Jackson, Larry Coryell, Barney Kessel and many others. In 1991 the group signed with New York

label, Warlock Records and released the EXPRESSIONS CD. After a nearly ten-year stint, “After Five” would ultimately disband. As the early 90′s unfolded, Maurice found himself at the helm of a unique industry as co-founder of D’Leco Acoustic Instruments with luthier / partner James W. Dale. The two built and marketed handcrafted archtop guitars. After a chance

Maurice

encounter with the daughter of legendary Jazz great, Charlie Christian they designed and licensed two exclusive lines of Charlie Christian guitar models to American manufacturer, Gibson Guitars and Samick Musical Instruments in Korea. Between 1996 and 2003 Maurice authored three nationally published music related books with Mel Bay Publishing, Mix Books and Artist Pro Press. Titles include, The New Working Musician’s One Year Organizer; Build and Manage Your Music Career and Gigorama. During this time he would develop the popular windows based, Gigorama software. Today, Maurice’s focus has turned back to his love of music with the recent release of his “Tonight” CD, and is currently producing under the artist-owned, Jazz Drops record label. www.mauricejohnson.com

Redd performs it is always a musical treat.” Additional reviews state that, “Her vocals are sultry and emotional, from the heart is exactly where her vocals come from…A strong personality and interesting life experiences she shares these through her lyrics on a real level” – Just Soul. Growing up in her native Atlanta, Georgia, Toni discovered a love for music. As a child, Toni studied the guitar and developed an interest in singing. She parlayed this interest into a dream that has afforded her the ability to perform and record internationally. In her illustrious

Toni Redd

career, she has had the honor of performing and sharing concert billing with Najee, Gerald Albright, Jonathan Butler, The Rippingtons, Pieces of A Dream, Alex Bugnon, Angela Bofill, Rick Braun, Everette Harp, The Yellowjackets, Gerald Austin, Stanley Jordan, Brian Bromberg, Steve Cole, Fattburger, Chico DeBarge, Pamela Williams, The Temptations, Warren Hill, Oleta Adams, The Stylistics, Walter Beasley, Steve Laury, Joe McBride, Marion Meadows, Kim Waters and others. Toni is a routinely featured artist at various jazz festivals including the Atlanta Jazz Festival. Toni is also a gifted songwriter whose recording credits include her international debut CD “Straight From the Heart”, and her newly-released sophomore project entitled, “N The Key of Redd”, both of which continue to receive rave reviews. Toni is also a featured vocalist on Fattburger’s “Fattburger.com” and Bob Baldwin’s “Newurbanjazz.com” CDs. Ms. Redd is an all-around performer and actress whose voice can be heard on National Commercial Jingles. Additionally, Toni’s live performances mesmerize and captivate her audience with high intensity and erupting energy… www.cdbaby.com/cd/toniredd