Backbone
Studio album by Boney James
Released	May 24, 1994
Studio	Alpha Studios (Burbank, CA)
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	42:25
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Brown; tracks 2 and 3 co-produced by Jeff Carruthers
Boney James chronology
Trust (1992) Backbone (1994) Seduction (1995)
Singles from Backbone
"Happy Home" Released: 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Backbone is the second album by jazz saxophonist Boney James, released in 1994. Backbone the album is James's first release with Warner Bros. Records.

Contents

• Personnel
• Production
• References

Personnel

Musicians

• Boney James – all other instruments except where noted, tenor saxophone (1–6, 8, 9), soprano saxophone (2, 3, 7), Yamaha WX7 (2, 9), keyboards (4, 7), clavinet (6)
• David Torkanowsky – acoustic piano (1, 3), keyboards (4, 7)
• Jeff Carruthers – keyboards (2, 6)
• Kiki Ebsen – keyboards (5)
• Darrell Smith – keyboards (8)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1, 2, 3, 8)
• Allen Hinds – guitars (6)
• Doc Powell – guitars (7, 9)
• Peter White – acoustic guitar (8)
• Freddie Washington – bass (2, 8)
• Roberto Vally – bass (4)
• Dwayne "Smitty" Smith – bass (7)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (1–4, 8, 9)
• Sam RIney – alto flute (4)
• Bridgette Bryant – vocals (7)
• Alex Brown – vocals (8)
• Gene Van Buren – vocals (8)

Arrangements

• Boney James (1, 3, 4, 7, 8)
• Paul Brown (1, 3, 4, 7, 8)
• Carl Burnett (1)
• Jeff Carruthers (2, 3, 6, 9)
• Darrell Smith (8)

Production

• Paul Brown – producer, recording, mixing
• Jeff Carruthers – co-producer (2, 3)
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Christine Caro – art direction, design
• Andrea Marouk – photography
• Tracy Lamonica – portrait artwork
• Howard Lowell – management

References

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