Shake It Up (Boney James & Rick Braun album)

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

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]

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)
• David 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, 6, 7), vocal arrangements (10)
• David "Kahlid" Woods (1, 5)
• Phil Davis (2)
• Darrell Smith (3)
• Carl Burnett (4)
• David 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