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“You gotta have a groove.” That’s where everything starts with the music of saxophonist/vocalist, Mindi Abair, and her accomplices, The Boneshakers, led by guitarist/vocalist Randy Jacobs. Give these players a good groove and they’re gone. And after all their years of performing, they know a good’un when they hear it. The Boneshakers go all the way back to the 1980s when Jacobs and vocalist, Sweet Pea Atkinson formed the nucleus for the band, Was/Not Was. Meanwhile, ovedr the pasts couple of decades, Mindi’s been racking up Grammy nominations and hit after hit on the Contemporary Jazz charts . When she and the Boneshakers met, the chemistry was instant and undeniable. And they’ve been hitting that groove ever since.

Mindi Abair—sax, vocals
Randy Jacobs—guitar, vocals
Third Richardson—drums, cajon, vocals
Sweet Pea Atkinson—muttering curses, vocals


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