I was always enthusiastic about synthesizers an have looked up to
musicians such as Herbie Hancock, Chic Corea, George Duke, Tomita, who
I consider my mentors. In 1981 I bought my first synthesizer which was a
Yamaha CS-15 which is equipped with two oscillators, two envelope
generators a white noise source. I did everything with this one machine
for a long time until I could afford more synths. I used to carry my
synth to Brownsville Brooklyn to Tony Humphries house to overdub mixes.
I used to carry it in a US canvas postal bag. I first took my
synthesizer to a club that I used to work at called Melons where I used
to decorate. The DJ was Derrick Davidson the crowd was blown away.
That is where I met Timmy Regisford who heard me play. He told me that he had an audition for WBLS radio, and he would like me to overdub the set, so I complied and that was basically where my music career began. Out of hooking up one of the first original tracks that I created for the radio show was "One love" instrumental and then "The Music Got Me"
instrumental which was known as "Stomp", which eventually became The
Music Got Me. After the instrumental to those two cuts were made and
we got so much of a good response from the audience we decided to take
the tracks down to a club called Better Days. We play One love the dance floor was empty and when the track came on the crowd stormed the dance floor and that was a sign that we had something happening. So we proceeded to Prelude Records and played the tracks for Marvin Schlachter and told him of the responses that we were getting from the radio audience he was game and gave me my first record contract. Because of the radio show and those tracks Timmy and I began to get a lot of remix work as Partners. I was one of the first guys to discover and expose
Colonel Abrams, Tammy Lucas of Hey Boy, Bille of Nobody's Business. A
lot of these tracks were created in Timmy's bedroom as well as the mix
shows for the radio sets Timmy had the technics reel to reel and a
couple of technics turn tables along with a bosac mixer .
I will never forget how excited we were when we finished a show. How we
used to stay up after leaving the Garage and do the shows then wait to here them either Sunday afternoon or Friday and Saturday nights, Great memories and moments in time. Not actually realizing that we were making history.
In 1986 they cooperated again on RY-011 Tammy Lucas' 'Hey Boy' on
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 17:35:05 -0500
From: Anthony
To: jahsonic@yahoo.com
Subject: Original Mutabaruka Not On Nu Groove
http://www.oocities.org/HotSprings/1392/JoeClaussell.html
Hello,
The Nu Groove track referred to was produced by Bobby Kondors in which
he samples the original accapella which came out in 1983 or 84 from
Mutabaruka's album. The name of the LP escapes me so I'll have to get
back to you on that. Anyway the original is an accapella. It's a spoken
word piece about 4 or 5 min. with no instrumentation. Bobby Kondors
uses only a small piece of it.
Also, the flute solo on Joe's remix was done by Boyd Jarvis, a legend
in
his own right. He was Timmy Regisford's (The Shelter) keyboardist when
Timmy was doing his Mastermixes for WBLS in the early 80's & helped
define Garage during that time with his many collaborations with Timmy
(Visual, Colonel Abrams) and others.
I hope this helps. Thanks & I just want to say that you have the best
site on the net for Garage Headz. Peace.
Regards,
Tony
Hello Jahsonic
First of all I would like to thank you very much for having information
about my history on your web site. Again thank you, but unfortunately
the information is extremely incorrect.
No offense to you, I am getting a bit tired of the misrepresentation
that I have been seeing on the internet overall not just your site but
many many others, and I would just like if I may, to help to clear up
the misrepresentation by providing you with some of the correct data.
Straight from the man himself Boyd Jarvis "That's Me"
I have been seeing everything from I was timmy's Keyboardist to I
played
a solo on this or that etc. etc.
First of all Timmy and I were Partners in the business we have done
Many Many Many mixes together as a matter of fact we entered the
business together! We started out doing the radio show for W.B.L.S
together and because of the radio shows began to generate numerous
jobs
remixing records.
Most of the Production that I did with Timmy were more than likely
Produced and performed by Timmy & me. not just solo's mind you entire
productions.
Most sessions that I have done with Joe Clausell "Not all but most"
were
more than likely Produced and or recorded in my personal studio and in
most cases, I more than likely played most of the instruments and mixed
and recorded them with Joe Claussell. As far as Muta Baruka is concern
It was recorded in my Home Studio And every Instrument except some
Percussion's. I played composed and performed remixed etc.
And by the way we have done a few! and occasionally Joe hires me as
keyboardist to play on some of his independent projects.
Francois Kevorkian
One Of my first experiences with Francois was playing on
Wild style By Time zone
Lets start to dance by Bohannon
I met Francois at Prelude records in 1982/83 Francois was working
there.
I was bringing Prelude the demo of the music's got me.
Please pass this data on as much as you can, it will be highly
appreciated and would help greatly to clear up some of the
misinformation that is floating around. This Info is just partial
If you are interested in more info or Bios feel free to contact me.
Following this letter will be a partial breakdown and discography
of my History.
Thank You
Yours Truly
BOYD H. JARVIS
BIO
MR. JARVIS started his career as an intern for renowned professor of
anthropology Pearl Primus training under Sandra Ross in theater
lighting
and set design where he went on to do shows in lincoln center perry
street theater, and riverside church theater. Training himself in music
and applied synthesis architecture, Boyd has become a legend within
the
underground and commercial music industry. He is an award winning
writer
and music producer and has been cited as one of the original creators
of
what's now known as house music. Known as an innovator in music
production & Remixing, he has worked with many of the recording
industries icons, including Timmy Regisford, Merlin Bobb, Prince,
Madonna, Herbie Hancock, Ah Ha and Boy George, discovered Colonel
Abrams just to mention a few. Boyd is currently working with some of
the
top producer Dj's such as Joe Claussell, Louie Vega, Dave Morales,
Francois Kevorkian just to mention a few. As a recipient of the
prestigious Lions Award his list of international advertising clients
have included, Maxwell House Coffee and Vivident Gum as will as
numerous
others. Mr. Jarvis has 18 years of experience in diverse areas of the
artistic and production process coupled with an innate expertise in
marketing and sales.
In the beginning
I was always enthusiastic about synthesizers an have looked up to
musicians such as Herbie Hancock, Chic Corea, George Duke, Tomita, who
I
consider my mentors. In 1981 I bought my first synthesizer which was a
Yamaha CS-15 which is equipped with two oscillators two envelope
generators a white noise source. I did everything with this one machine
for a long time until I could afford more synths. I used to carry my
synth to brownsville Brooklyn to Tony Humphries house to overdub mixes.
I used to carry it in a US canvas postal bag. I first took my
synthesizer to a club that I used to work at called melons where I used
to decorate. The DJ was Derrick Davidson the crowd was blown away.
Thatís where I met Timmy Regisford who heard me play. He told me that
he
had an audition for WBLS radio, and he would like me to overdub the
set,
so I complied and that was basically where my music career began. Out
of
hooking up one of the first original tracks that I created for the
radio
show was "One love" instrumental and then "The musicís Got Me"
instrumental which was known as "Stomp", which eventually became The
Musicís Got Me. After the instrumental to those two cutís were made and
we got so much of a good response from the audience we decided to take
the tracks down to a club called Better dayís. We play One love the
dance floor was empty and when the track came on the crowd stormed the
dance floor and that was a sign that we had something happening. So we
proceeded to Prelude Records and played the tracks for Marvin Shlacter
and told him of the responses that we were getting from the radio
audience he was game and gave me my first record contract. Because of
the radio show and those tracks Timmy and I began to get a lot of remix
work as Partners. I was one of the first guys to discover and expose
Colonel Abrams, Tammy Lucas of Hey Boy, Bille of Nobody's Business. A
lot of these tracks were created in Timmyís bedroom as well as the mix
shows for the radio sets Timmy had the technics reel to reel and a
couple of technics turn tables along with a bosac mixer .
I will never forget how excited we were when we finished a show. How we
used to stay up after leaving the Garage and do the shows then wait to
here them either Sunday afternoon or Friday and Saturday nights, Great
memories and moments in time. Not actually realizing that we were
making
history.
TELEVISION EXPERIENCE (partial list)
ï KINO ADVERTISING, Athens, Greece
Commercial Production/Lyrics/Voice over
ï Maxwell House Coffee/Frappe (Lion Award Winner)
ï Club Cookies
ï Vivident Chewing Gum
ï NEW CHANNEL MUSIC VIDEO TV, Athens, Greece
Writer/Producer
ï Hideoki Corp. Tokyo Japan-Mono Clear Contact lenses
RADIO EXPERIENCE
ï W.B.L.S.
Co-producer, Dance Music Show
ï IONION RADIO, Athens, Greece
Host, Dance Music Program
ï Air FM Japan New York After Midnight Show
RADIO COMMERCIALS
CLUB GAULOISE, Athens, Greece
Commercial Production/Lyrics/Voice over
CLUB TANGO, Athens, Greece
Commercial Production/Lyrics/Voice over
CLUB STAVLOS, Athens, Greece
Commercial Production/Lyrics/Voice over
FILM & THEATER (partial list)
ï Monte Verde Productions
Film ìDwarfî
Film Score Music Composition
ï Pearl Primus (Theater)
Stage Manager/Lighting
ï Perry St. Theater
ï Lincoln Center
ï Riverside Church
ï Village Gate
SET DESIGN & INTERIOR DISPLAY
ï Abraham Strauss, Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Benhil Mens Shop
ï Clubs, Studio 54, Bonds International, Melons, Pratt institute
DISCOGRAPHY/PRODUCTION (partial client list)
Artist Song Title
ï ATLANTIC RECORDS
Miki Howard Come Share My Love/LP
Levert Addicted To Love, Pullover
Troop My Heart
Ten City Where Do We Go
ï COLUMBIA RECORDS
Herbie Hancock Beat wise
Latoya Jackson Rock You
ï DANCE TRACKS RECORDS
Boyd Jarvis Elements ìEPî Mood Swing/Guitar Space/Can't
Stop
Me
Tuphan better late than never
ï ESTEREO RECORDS
Roland Clark Speak to me lord
ï EMI/CAPITOL RECORDS
Madonna SideWalk Talk
Evelyn King Stop It
ï GUIDANCE RECORDS
Chuck P Jazz Funeral
Muta Baruka Dis Poem
ï HALF MOON RECORDS
On The Floor Tony Cook & The Party People
I got A Song For You Free Russell
ï MCA RECORDS
Bobby Brown Donít Be Cruel
Gerald Alston You Laid Your Love On Me, Activated
Gladys Knight Lovin On Next To Nothing
Kim Wilde Heartache
Loose Ends Watching You, Life
Crusaders AC/DC
ï MOTOWN RECORDS
Basic Black Nothing But A Party
Desiree Coleman To The Curb, Iím Not That Kind Of Girl
ï POLYGRAM RECORDS
Johnny Kemp Dancin With Myself
Reddings Call The Law
John Whitehead Body Move
ï RCA RECORDS
Johnny Gill Canít Wait Till Tomorrow
Glenn Jones Finesse
ï STRICTLY RHYTHM RECORDS
Barbara Tucker I Get Lifted
ï THE UNDERGROUND NETWORK RECORDS
Pierre Salandy Love is the answer
ï VIRGIN RECORDS
Boy George Tell Me The Answer
Adeva & F. Knuckles Celebrate
D-Note Lost And Found
ï WARNER BROS. RECORDS
Prince Tick Tick Bang
Karen White Secret Rendezvous, Family Man
Chaka Khan Life Is A Dance "LP"
Ah Ha Touchy
Rick James Wonderful
ï YELLOW RECORDS
Shazz Inner Side
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE (partial list)
1998
The Carlos Sanchez Movement Flying High Maxi Records
Boyd Jarvis Alibokolijah
Novus/Cisco
1997
Visual Its You
LifeLine Records
Nyles Jarvis Project Tribal Juice Jazz Club
Records
ì ì A Tribute to Miles
ì ì
ì ì We Can Work It Out
ì ì
ì ì Roots
ì ì
ì ì World Peace
ì ì
ì ì Spell
ì ì
The Carlos Sanchez Movement Love & Respect Maxi Records
Boyd Jarvis Stomp
Shelter Records
1991
Boyd Jarvis Boyd Jarvis At Last Movin
Records
1987
React Love Reaction
Minimal Records
1986
Billie Nobodys Business
Fleetwood Records
Level 3 Central line
Fleetwood Records
Boyd Jarvis Iíve Got The Music Movin
Records
1985
Tammy Lucas Hey Boy
Supertronics
Janice Christie One Love
1984
Circuit A Little Help Friends
4th
& Broadway Records
Release The Tension
1983
Visual The Music's Got Me
Prelude Records
SomeHow SomeWay
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