Shake It Up (Boney James & Rick Braun album)

Shake It Up
Studio album by Boney James & Rick Braun
Released	May 30, 2000 (2000-05-30)
Studio	Alpha Studios (Burbank, California); Funky Joint Studios (Sherman Oaks, California); Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, California).
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	47:36 27:33 (Words + Music EP)
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Boney James, Paul Brown, Rick Braun
Boney James & Rick Braun chronology
Body Language (1999) Shake It Up (2000) Ride (2001)
Singles from Shake It Up
"R.S.V.P." Released: 2000 "Grazin' in the Grass" Released: 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Shake It Up is an album by smooth jazz musicians Boney James and Rick Braun, released in 2000.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"R.S.V.P."	Rick Braun, Paul Brown, Jim Oppenheim, David Woods	4:43
2.	"Grazin' in the Grass"	Harry Elston, Philemon Hou	5:08
3.	"More Than You Know"	Braun, Brown, Oppenheim, Darrell Smith	4:32
4.	"Shake It Up"	Braun, Brown, Oppenheim, Carl Burnett	4:03
5.	"Central Ave."	Brown	4:09
6.	"Love's Like That" (featuring Fourplay)	Braun, Brown, Oppenheim	4:28
7.	"Song for My Father"	Horace Silver	5:58
8.	"Chain Reaction"	Braun, Brown, Oppenheim, Michael Egizi, Joe Sample	5:05
9.	"The Stars Above"	Oppenheim, Phil Davis	5:09
10.	"Grazin' in the Grass" (Vocal Version)		4:21
Total length:			47:36

Words + Music (Promotional EP)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Segment One" (Grazin' in the Grass • Shake It Up • More Than You Know)	13:43
2.	"Segment Two" (Central Avenue • Song for My Father • Grazin' in the Grass (Can You Dig It? Vocal))	13:50
Total length:		27:33

Personnel

Musicians

• Boney James – tenor saxophone (1-8), keyboards (1, 6-9), Yamaha WX7 (8), alto saxophone (9), programming (9)
• Rick Braun – trumpet (1, 2, 4-8), flugelhorn (3, 9), keyboards (6)
• David "Kahlid" Woods – keyboards (1, 5), keyboard bass (1, 5), programming (1, 5)
• Phil Davis – Wurlitzer electric piano (2), keyboards (9)
• Larry Williams – strings (2)
• Darrell Smith – keyboards (3), keyboard bass (3), programming (3)
• Carl Burnett – keyboards (4), keyboard bass (4), programming (4), guitars (4)
• Dave Torkanowsky – acoustic piano (4, 5), keyboards (7)
• Paul Brown – programming (5), drum programming (7)
• Bob James – keyboards (6)
• Michael Egizi – keyboards (8), programming (8)
• Rohn Lawrence – guitars (2, 3, 7)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (5, 9)
• Larry Carlton – guitars (6)
• Bob DeFranco – guitars (8)
• Tony Maiden – guitars (8)
• Larry Kimpel – bass (2)
• Alex Al – bass (5, 7, 9)
• Nathan East – bass (6)
• Lil' John Roberts – drums (2, 5, 7)
• Gary Novak – drums (4)
• Harvey Mason – drums (6)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2-9)
• Alex Brown – vocals (10)
• Sue Ann Carwell – vocals (10)
• Keturah Claiborne – vocals (10)
• Kristle Murden – vocals (10)
• Yvonne Williams – vocals (10)

Arrangements

• Boney James (1, 2, 6, 7, 9), vocal arrangements (10)
• Rick Braun (1, 2, 6, 7)
• Paul Brown (1, 2, 5-7), vocal arrangements (10)
• David "Kahlid" Woods (1, 5)
• Phil Davis (2)
• Darrell Smith (3)
• Carl Burnett (4)
• Dave Torkanowsky (7)
• Michael Egizi (8)
• Sue Ann Carwell – vocal arrangements (10)

Production

• Boney James – producer
• Paul Brown – producer, engineer, mixing (2, 9, 10)
• Rick Braun – co-producer (2, 6, 10)
• Dave Rideau – engineer
• Bill Schnee – engineer, mixing (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8)
• Al Schmitt – mixing (6)
• Koji Egawa – Pro Tools editing
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at A&M Mastering Studios (Hollywood, California)
• Lexy Shrayer – production coordinator
• Vigon/Ellis – art direction, design
• Horst Stasny – photography

References

1. AllMusic review