Bios

JAMIE BROZA

(lead and backround vocals, piano, clavinet, Rhodes, organ, synths, drums, percussion, wood flute)

When not writing songs for kids, Jamie in his other life can be found scoring music for film and television projects. Broza’s compositions and arrangements have been honored with four Emmy Awards and a Clio Award. The theme song of As The World Turns was penned and performed by Jamie. He compositions underscore the HBO documentaries Dealing Dogs , Methodonia, and the Adrian Grenier directed Shot In The Dark. Jamie also scored Fire and Ice, directed by Ben Strout, a moving film about the 1939 war between the Soviet Union and Finland that won the Best Documentary award at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival. His impressive credentials as a composer/arranger/performer for films, television, and recordings also include writing the score for the critically acclaimed South American feature film, Gringuito, and the Shelley Long comedy, The Adventures of Ragtime.  His compositions have been featured on PBS (Bill Moyers, Nova), Channel 4 UK, NBC (Movie of the Week), HBO, Discovery, TBS, AMC, Jamie also keeps a toe in professional theater by scoring special video segments for The Tony Awards and The Kennedy Center Honors, arranging for such luminaries as Smokey Robinson, Burt Bacharach, Michael Bolton, and Quincy Jones.

Jamie is a kid at heart, and has always kept one foot in the field of children’s music. He has written two musicals, The Berenstain Bears Onstage and The Berestain Bears Save Christmas, both collaborations with Stan Berenstain and Elliot Lawrence. He has written songs for Sesame Street, scored and orchestrated segments of the Berenstain Bears TV show, and produced the hit album, Let’s Dance, for the legendary Canadian trio Sharon, Lois, and Bram.

Jamie and his family live in New York City, where Jamie owns and operates Manhattan Beach Recording, a state-of-the-art recording studio in midtown Manhattan. Anticipating Bad Mood Mom’s release, he has recently formed his own record company, Good Mood Records.

For more information on Jamie Broza, please contact Elizabeth Waldman Frazier at Waldmania! 415-334-2787

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Gary Forman

(Lyrics Are We There Yet?, Uncle Lenny)

Gary Forman is a writer, lyricist, and performance artist living in New York City. Since meeting Jamie in 1988 on a bus in India (that's another story), the two have collaborated on dozens of musical projects. Their songs have been featured on network television and as part of the Other Voices series in New York. Gary is currently working with Jamie on a new hip-hop theater piece, "Baby G: Out of the Crib."

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Natalie Robinson-Whylie

(MOM - Are We There Yet?, Backround Vocals)

Ms. Robinson-Whylie started singing at the ripe old age of 4 in church -- is there any other place? She studied opera for 4 years. By the time she was10, she had joined the Harlem Children's Theatre Company. During her three years with the company,she performed at the Public Theatre, was seen on "Like It Is" with Gil Noble and toured to Lagos, Nigeria.

After graduating from college Ms. Robinson-Whylie joined the Shadow Box Theatre Company, where she starred in three productions. While at the Shadow Box Theatre she met two gentleman who changed her life: Nellson Moore and Ardie Walser. They came together with Ms. Whylie to form "Black Tie," a locally acclaimed R&B and jazz vocal trio.

During the mid-nineties, Ms. Robinson-Whylie decided that being on stage was great, but "behind the scenes" was even more exciting. She took some classes and realized that sound engineering was going to be her next foray into the music business. She has worked at the Apollo Theatre, Dream Factory, CAMI Hall and, more recently at Manhattan Beach Recording Studios as one of their assistant engineers and studio manager.

Ms. Robinson-Whylie recently opened her own recording studio, Alkemist Brew Recording, located in New Jersey. She notes that the time spent at Manhattan Beach Recording Studios and working with Jamie Broza was excellent preparation for her new venture.

Finally, she would like to say that Bad Mood Mom captured a side of her that she didn't think she had. Well her son Chris could tell a different tale, but ... let's just say it was a wonderful release.

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Morgan Billings

(Sister – Are We There Yet?)

Morgan Billings started working professionally when she understudied the roles of Marta/Gretl in Broadway's The Sound Of Music. She performed those roles over twenty times. Morgan has done numerous voice overs, jingles, and commercials -- look for her if you see a Hess Truck or Nickelodeon Magazine commercial. She has also appeared on TV in The Rosie O'Donnel Christmas Special, and TV Funhouse.

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Ruben Jared Seraballs

(Brother, Are We There Yet?)

Ruben began singing as a member of the Mixed Chorus at Central Park East I, with his teacher Barry Solowey. They performed at Carnegie Hall, St. Paul’s Church, The Museum of Modern Art and many other venues. He plays violin, clarinet and attends Juilliard Prep on weekends, where he studies violin with Hisako Risnick, chair of the violin department at the School for Strings. He also loves to act and has appeard in two films, Music of the Heart, a story about the violin teacher Roberta Guaspari, and Changing Lanes with Ben Affleck and Samuel Jackson.

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Vinnie Zummo

(Six- and 12- string electric and accoustic gtrs, accordion, harmonica, mandolin – Little Sister, Alone, Uncle Lenny, Are We ThereYet?, Bad Mood Mom)

Albums:

With The Joe Jackson Band:
Body & Soul
Joe Jackson Live 1980-1986
Big World
Blaze Of Glory (played 11 gtrs, accrdn, & glcknspl on stage.)
Will Power
Greatest Hits
Tucker (soundtrack)

Featured soloist on other albums by: Art Garfunkle (Up Till’Now), Shawn Colvin (Fat City), Roger Daltrey (Rocks in The Head), Paul Carrack (Groove Approved), Marti Jones (Birthday Suit), Dee Carstensen (Regarding The Soul), Nenad Bach (Greatest Hits) Dawn Avery (True), Jamie de Roy (The Child In Me Vol.1 &2), Danny Wilensky (And Then Some) & Leslie Nuss (Action Hero Superstar) as well as the self produced Modern Marriage by The Zummos on A & M Records.

Vinnie has worked extensively with producers Mike Maineri (co-produced "Why Worry Now" with Mike on the Art Garfunkle album Up Till Now.), Neil Dorfsman, Robin Millar, David Kershenbaum, Don Dixon, Mark Adler, Angelo Badalamenti, Francis Ford Coppola, Johnny Caruso, Bashiri Johnson, Dave Katz, Kyle Kelso, Richard Ford and others

World Tours:
Body & Soul, Big World, & Blaze of Glory
Movie Soundtracks:
Featured soloist in: Tucker, No Way Home, Queens Logic, The Blood Oranges, The Suburbans, and the upcoming Muhammad Ali bio-pic.

Television:
Lands End theme (played nylon gtr.solo) for Paul Stanley, Profiler theme (electric gtr.fx.) for Angelo Badalamenti, Going Places with Al Roker (played accordion, harmonica, gtr. electric sitar) for Jamie Broza, educational TV show for Ahrin Mishan (harmonica, banjo, guitar,) The New Hollywood Squares theme (played gtr &hrm ).for Mambo Music
TV Appearances: Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, & 2 times on David Letterman (sat in with band, introduced on camera)

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Jeffrey Mironov

(accoustic and electric gGuitars (I Am Five, Trouble Pt. 1 and Pt 2, Get Up, Get Up!)

Jeffrey Mironov is a professional guitarist who has enjoyed a very active career in the New York recording scene for over 28 years performing on numerous albums and commercials as well as movie soundtracks. Albums by such notable artists as James Taylor, Art Garfunkel, Gladys Knight, Paul Simon, The Brecker Brothers, Dave Grusin, Bonnie Raitt, Don Grolnik, Ralph MacDonald, Herbie Mann, Steely Dan, Sadao Watanabe, Dave Sanborn, Kimiko Itoh, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Dionne Warwick, Lauryn Hill, Natalie Cole, Mary J. Blidge, Michael Bolton, Whitney Houston, George Michael, Donny Osmond and many others all serve as his successful participation as a session player. Recently Mr. Mironov has played on releases by Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blidge, Whitney Houston, Michael Bolton, George Michael, Monica, and Donny Osmond, and he is currently featured on the new Rod Stewart album, as well as a soon-to-be-released album by Pace, an Island/Def Jam group. He has performed in concert with Herbie Mann, Luther Vandross, Dave Sanborn, Chaka Khan, James Taylor, Michael Franks, Sadao Watanabe, Ralph MacDonald, Tom Scott, and Joe Cool. He co-composed the soundtrack for Miramax Films', Flirting With Disaster, which was released in the U.S. in the spring of 1996, and is currently featured in soundtracks of the recent releases, Mission To Mars, Hurricane, (the story of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter) and Bamboozled, a film by director Spike Lee. He is currently completing a book about the New York music scene entitled, In the Midst of Greatness.

A brief and selective discography follows:

Jimi Hendrix Crash Landing
Gladys Knight Imagination
James Taylor Never Die Young
Art Garfunkel Up Till Now
Dave Grusin Mountain Dance
Bonnie Raitt Streetlights
Diana Ross Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Don Grolnik Hearts and Flowers
Steely Dan The Best Of
Dave Sanborn Close Up
Michael Jackson History
Ralph MacDonald Reunion, Just The Two of Us, Trippin
Natalie Cole Snowfall On The Sahara
Mary J. Blidge All That I Can Say
Lauryn Hill Remixes of Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Michael Bolton Timeless

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Michael Rohatyn

(electric guitar – I’m Six, It’s Complicated, Intro Solo to Bad Mood Mom)

Oliver Lawrence

(vocals - Little Sister; Blankie, Piggy, Pacie;  I'm Home; Bad Mood Mom big brother)

Oliver Lawrence lives in New York City. He likes to play sports and hang out with his friends. He loves owls and his favorite bird is the barn owl. Oliver wants to be a raptor trainer when he grows up.

Jack Lawrence

(vocals - Little Sister; Blankie, Piggy, Pacie;  I'm Home; Bad Mood Mom little sister)

Jack's favorite thing to do is play" Game Boy Advanced" and collect "Yu-gi-oh" cards.  When he grows up he wants to be a snowboarder. He hasn't snowboarded yet but he thinks it looks like fun.

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Carmen Lawrence

(vocals - Little Sister, I'm Home)