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Jere B
Jere B is the Founder, Chairman and Production Director of Tejai, Ltd., a Multimedia Production company comprised of North Eastern Ohio Musicians and Music Business Executives involved in multimedia entertainment at all levels.
About Me
Originalternativefunkjazzfusionists SOUNDOCTRINE first appeared at
The Northeastern Ohio Gospel Music Connection in January 2002. Two
weeks later they opened for Grammy Winner Bobby “Blue” Bland.
The group has consistently recorded and performed throughout Northern
Ohio, Western P.A., Maryland & Virginia and in to New York state.
SOUNDOCTRINE’S award winning debut CD “PERSEVERACE,”
released on their NIAYANA RECORDIGS Label earned the band the
2003 Nu Soul Album of the Year from Soul Patrol. Their follow up “SD
Live!!!” continues to receive solid support throughout the global Indie
Artist community. The band’s third album entitled “ENDURACE” was
released to international rave reviews and was also chosen #3 Best Jazz
Funk Album of 2006 by Soul Patrol. The album offered up three tunes
which are still in rotation on The Weather Channel, featuring the Jim
Couchenour penned “Smallmouth Bass” recently remixed by Smooth
Jazz Legend, Bob Baldwin. “Chi Tea” remains the theme song for
WFMJ-TV21’s Community Connection since its release.
SOUNDOCTRINE has been nominated as Best Jazz Artist by the 2004
American Gospel Music Awards. They are a 2006 Capital Jazz Fest
Finalist and have performed at Cleveland’s famed Rock and Roll Museum
as part of WZAK 93.1 FM’s “Rock and Soul Day.”
SOUNDOCTRIE was the Host Band for Soul Patrol’s 2007 Black
Heritage Festival in Philadelphia, PA and performed with the legendary
Delfonics, Angel Woodruff, Michael Henderson, Gordon Chambers,
Sonnyboy and Marlon Saunders.
Their music and 2002 Border’s Blitz Tour, documented by noted
Filmmaker, Art Byrd was accepted as a finalist into the Hollywood Black
Film Festival. The film was featured throughout the event in Hollywood,
CA in June 2004.
SOUNDOCTRINE expanded their label in August 2009 to include eight
other artists and released a Compilation CD in January 2010. Their fourth
project, the critically acclaimed “INSPIRE” was released on 10/10/10,
with the single “Marriage” gaining immediate airplay on The Weather
Channel and inclusion on the US New Jazz compilation, “Jazz Infusion
Vol II” airing on radio stations across the country.
The SounDoctrine story continues to unfold…