J-Bo

Bio:

Began studying 'cello at age 8, continuing through college. Studied Theory and Composition, and Electronic Music at Northern Illinois University from 1974-77. Joined I.R.S. Records recording artist Wazmo Nariz in 1978 as keyboardist, which toured the United States and Europe both as headliner, and in support of such groups as The Police, Devo, XTC and the B-52s. The band was dissolved in 1981. Relocated from the Chicago area in 1983 to Los Angeles. Working with Larry Grennan a.k.a. Wazmo Nariz, played keyboards on, an arranged "Yahoo EEEE!" and "Kramtorn Avenges the Puttbundles", both composed by Mr. Grennan, and appearing in the Jonathan Demme films "Something Wild" (1986) and "Married To The Mob" (1988) respectively. "Yahoo EEEE" was released as a 12" single on Big Time Records in 1986. In 1993, composed music for Super Illusion, which toured 11 cities throughout Japan with the Bolshoi Circus from Moscow, Russia. Before traveling to Belarus and Russia later that year, composed music for Horror Illusion, which played at the Holiday Spa Health Resort in Japan and featured magician Greg Wilson. Played keyboards on the Stan Ridgway song "Right Through You" from the album "Partyball" (Geffen Records, 1991). In 1994, composed music for magician Franz Harary's segment of the NBC special The Worlds Greatest Magic, which aired November 23 of that year. Composed music for Mr. Harary's live performances. In 1995, began to pursue visual art (painting and multimedia). By 1997 I began to assemble a video editing/graphics/animation home studio, and created Blank Stare Productions with Jim Piper. Blank Stare created the 3D Animation Long Ago Down Below which, in 1998, showed at the CSUN Animation Festival, and won the Bronze Award at Worldfest Houston. In 1999, Blank Stare created motion graphics for the film Three Strikes. In 2003, returned to electronic music composition, collaborating with wife, Mona Jean Cedar (PAS d'ASL) to create Burning Bird, which was performed at the 2003 Burning Man Festival. In 2004, began the first of several collaborations with choreographer Rudy Perez. The first of these was Double Play, performed October 9, 2004 as part of the Tender Land: Pasadena Festival of Art, History, Music and Science in Pasadena, CA. The next was Double Play Revisited, performed at the REDCAT Theater in the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex in downtown Los Angeles, as part of the NOW Festival. This was followed by I Like A View, But I Like To Sit With My Back To It, performed at Highways Performance Space September 15th& 17th, 2005, as part of the Latino New Works Festival. In 2004, joined the band Zef Renirhs. Performed at Bent 2005, the 2nd Annual circuit bending festival, held in New York City. In 2005, performed in the first "Circuit Bending Orchestra" at the Fusion Arts Museum as part of the HOWL Festival in New York City. Performed at Bent 2006 with the Circuit Bending Orchestra. On July 18, 2006, performed on keyboards with Wall of Voodoo at the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa, CA, opening for Cyndi Lauper. Currently playing with Skyline Electric in Los Angeles.

Member Since:

May 30, 2006

Members:

J-Bo: Jeff Boynton Zef Renirhs: Dr. Rek, Andy Ben, Jeff Boynton Circuit Bending Orchestra: Marc Sloan, Matt Pass, Andy Ben, Dr. Rek, Jeff Boynton, Daniel Park Skyline Electric www.myspace.com/skylineelectric •Drums and percussion: Alan Myers (Devo) •Drums/sax: Chris Vagnoni (The Schults Brothers) •Bass/trombone: Austin Nicholsen (too many) •Bass/cornet: Brad Goldhorn (team scrub) •Baritone sax: Ravi Carmen (Oye!) •Tenor sax: Brenden Willard (the Antarticans) •Alto sax: Matthew Cook (Trio Formaggio) •Trumpet: Jerry Schults (The Schults Brothers) •Trumpet: Dave Leahr •Bent Circuits: Andy Ben •Ambience generator: Igor Amokian (The Master Cylinder) •Mood Organs: Jeff Boynton (Burning Bird)

Influences:

Johannes Brahms/Igor Stravinsky/Maurice Ravel/Stan Ridgway/Sergei Rachmaninoff/Tom Waits/John Cage/The Beatles/Ludwig van Beethoven/Led Zeppelin/Dmitri Shostakovich/Sergei Prokofiev/Bela Bartok/Edgard Varese/Morton Subotnick/Talking Heads/Ian Dury and the Blockheads/Devo/Brian Eno/Wall of Voodoo/Bulent Arel/Halim El-Dabh/Johann Sebastian Bach/Arvo Part/Ralph Vaughan Williams/Erik Satie/Wazmo Nariz. If I was told I could only listen to 1 piece of music for the rest of my life, it would be Symphony No. 3 by Johannes Brahms. I've known it since I was 3 years old and it still reveals itself.

Record Label:

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