Boney James, (born James Oppenheim, September 1, 1961 in Lowell, Massachusetts) is a saxophonist, songwriter and producer.In 2009 Billboard magazine named James the No. 3 Billboard Contemporary Jazz Artist of the Decade. Boney James 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 been honored with two NAACP Image Award nominations for Best Jazz Album. He has accumulated four RIAA Certified Gold Records.According to the Boston Globe: "Let's make something perfectly clear: James is not a smooth jazz player. Yeah, he is often grouped with people like Kenny G and Najee, but his music is muscular and gritty, whereas most smooth jazz has all the texture and complexity of a cue ball...James swaggered across the stage like a blacktop hero draining treys on an overmatched opponent. He even weaved his way through the audience, never missing a beat and all but daring the crowd not to have a good time."
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance, Soul Train Music Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (CENTRICTV.com), NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist, Sweet Thing, Boneyizm,...
Movies
Model Minority
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
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Composer.
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Saxophonist/recording artist.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Space Cowboys
2000
performer: "GRAZIN' IN THE GRASS"
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
TV Movie "Believing"
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Model Minority
2012
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Model Minority
2012
producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest Musician
2011 Soul Train Awards
2011
TV Special
Himself
The Mo'Nique Show
2011
TV Series
Himself
42nd NAACP Image Awards
2011
TV Special
Himself
An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Lionel Richie
2010
TV Movie
Himself
2006 Cayman Jazz Festival
2007
TV Movie
Himself
Pyramid
2003
TV Series
Himself
Crook & Chase
1996
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2013
Festival Prize
London Independent Film Festival
Best Micro-Budget Feature
Model Minority (2012)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2010
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Known for movies
Space Cowboys (2000) as Soundtrack
An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Lionel Richie (2010) as Himself
$3 Million
