2012 JazzTrax Festival Program

Stranded on an Island with 30 Different Stars of Smooth Jazz.......continued from page 10BONA FIDE FEATURING SLIM MANBallroom Performance:Sunday Evening, October 21Native of Baltimore, only recently relocatingto Nashville. Slim Man was originallysigned to Motown Records as a songwriter.One of the first tunes he wrote,“Summer Days” made it onto AngelaBofill's first CD. While working atMotown in NYC, he wandered downstairsand got signed as an artist by StiffR e c o rds. His project released asBootCamp which became one of the firstbands on MTV. Disbanding after comingin 2nd in the MTV Basement Ta p e sContest. Next Slimmie organized andMC ed nation-wide COUNTRY music talentcontests sponsored by Marlboro. Hisbig discovery in these contests was RonnieDunn who later joined Kix Brooks tobecome the Grammy-winning countryduo, Brooks and Dunn. Next switching toproducing songs for a rock singer, butwhen his career failed, Slim Man sang thesongs he'd written, himself, and the firstSlim Man CD, 'End of the Rainbow' gavehim his solo debut in 1995 with an immediateTop 10 hit, “Faith in Us.” The artistrelations director at the famous GRPR e c o rdin g Company and best friend,said, “give me an instrumental album andI'll release it. ' Thus the Funky BaltimoreBased Bona Fide Band with 3 releasesbetween 1999 and 2005, and hopefullyanother one soon. His most recent SlimMan album, 2011's 'Thousand MilesAway,' from which he redid and rewordedthe song “Hey Carolina” to “HeyCatalina.” Lyricked towards Avalon andour Isle of Romance. Remember whateverhappens here....stays here!DOWN TO THE BONEBallroom Appearance:Sunday Afternoon, October 21An Acid Jazz Groove British project. Mix ofjazz, funk, soul, created by a British DJ,S t u a rt Wade, who can play not a singlei n s t rument and yet still comes up with thesongs by humming his melody thoughts intoa Dictaphone (maybe an I phone thesedays,) then having his band players finish upthe rest. He formed DTTB in 1996 with ChrisM o rgans who left before their bre a k o u t1997 CD 'From Manhattan to Staten' thatincluded instant smooth jazz radio hits,“Staten Island Groove,” and “Bro o k l y nHeights.” So many song/album titlesAmerican based because Stuart's father'sjob had brought the family to America whenS t u a rt was a young boy, and thus theWe s t e rn influence. These days most if not allof the touring band members Stuart choosesto tour his tunes, come from Los Angeles.2011's 'The Main Ingredients,' DTTB's 9th,s e rves as their most curre n t .D W 3 (Band)Ballroom Appearance:Sunday Afternoon, October 21'On the Floor' released early 2011 wasthis Southern California band's Debut. Ledby Eric Mondragon they have been allover the Sea's on the various Smooth JazzCruises. And now finally on Smooth JazzIsland.Did you know you canDOWNLOAD Art Good’sweekly syndicated radio showat JazzTrax.com and take italong with you and if youstream or download JazzTrax,when you hear a Song youlike, simply Browser the showbackwards and listen to thesong again?1425 Years, a Qu a rter Ce n t u ry of Ja z z Trax on Catalina Island 1987-2012 www. Ja z z Tra x . c o m