RONALD TURNER AND THE FASHION STATEMENT: It's All About Love

Ronald Turner And The Fashion Statement

It's All About Love

© 2003 Ronald G Turner (826650000029)

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The smooth jazz CD of the millennium awarded a 2003 Smoothie from Smoothjazz.com for being the 19th most played independent CD on their network. It contains Soundclick.com's previously No.1 and No. 2 songs on the smooth jazz charts.

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It's All About Love by Ronald Turner And The Fashion Statement won a 2003 Smoothie award for having the 19th most played independent CD on the Smoothjazz.com network. You won't be disappointed when you hear the CD. It is the best selling CD at a major outlet of the VIP record chain in the Los Angeles urban area. The CD is being advertised on CNN and BET through Comcast Cable in the Los Angeles area. My website is www.pocketslam.com.

Ronald Turner and The Fashion Statement is a song winner through Broadjam.com. The band has two (2) of its songs placed on a compilation CD for the City of San Diego. Over 50,000 of these CD's will be issued with the Travel Guide to city visitors.

Ronald Turner is also a 2003 Smoothie award winner from Smoothjazz.com. Songs from the CD, It's All About Love, have made the Broadjam.com Top Ten in the categories of Production/Instrumental, Mid-Tempo, Jazz, West/California, Latin, Latin Jazz, and Female favorite. Ronald Turner has also been on the Internet charts of Soundclick.com with No. 1 songs.

Ronald Turner is a professional musician, drummer, music arranger, songwriter, producer and the leader of the contemporary jazz group "Ronald Turner and the Fashion Statement". He is the music director and arranger of the Guidance Church of Religious Science Men's Choir in Los Angeles, California and also the drummer for the Guidance Church Choir.

He has served as the music director for the contemporary gospel-singing group Futrel. Ronald has performed with the late Esther Phillips and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie at Carnegie Hall for the Newport Jazz Festivals. The Newport festivals included performances at the Oakland, California Coliseum and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

His talents have led him to perform with and/or arrange music for Ray Charles, James Ingram, Kevin Toney, Howard Hewitt, Freddie Hubbard, Patrice Rushen, Phil Perry, Ndugu Chancler, Bumps Blackwell, Don Julian, The Penguins, The Coasters, Rev. James Cleveland, Henry Jackson, The Platters, Richard Berry, Brenton Wood, Cardella Demilo, Bessie Griffin and The Los Angeles Male Ecumenical Choir.

Ronald is a native of Memphis, TN and a former public school music teacher with 5 years of service in the state of Florida and 8 years of service with the Los Angeles Unified School District in California. He is currently a computer technician with the Federal Aviation Administration in Los Angeles, California.

The CD, It's All About Love, is a sexy blend of smooth jazz and love songs, rhythm flavored Latin composites and influential overtones of funk spiced with R & B. Clear Channel approved my CD to be on their website under the New Music Network program. My CD has gotten airplay on WUMR Memphis, TN, MUZAK, WRVB, Macon, GA, Smoothjazz4u.com, DassRight.com, Smoothjazz.com.au (Australia), Smoothjazz.com, DMX Inflight (music programming for the airlines), KXPT Las Vegas, NV, WEAA Baltimore, MD, KBLX San Francisco, CA ("Touch Of Jazz" show), KCOZ Branson, MO, KSLK Visalia (Fresno), CA, DMX Cable Radio, Café Jazz/Syndicated in Canada, KPVU Houston, TX, WQTQ Hartford, CT, WHOV Hampton, VA, WROZ Lancaster, PA (Jazz show on A/C station), WWSP Stevens Point, WI, WTPI Indianapolis, IN (Jazz show on A/C station), WONB Lima, OH, WRRM Cincinnati, OH (Jazz show on A/C station), WANM and WFSU Tallahassee, FL, CIMRadio, Indonesia (Internet radio), Live 365 "Joe Kelly And The Upper Room" (Internet Radio) WVOF Fairfield, CT, KOKY Little Rock, AK, KTSU Houston, TX, KWYK Farmington, NM, (Jazz show on Rock station) KYSJ Coos Bay, OR, WBZC Burlington, NJ, WJAB Huntsville, AL, WTCC Springfield, MA, KKMJ Austin, TX, and KSHK Kauai, HI.

It's All About Love, the CD, is now available to download through CDBaby's Digital Distribution program. For a fee, individual tracks or the entire CD may now be downloaded.

In early 2001, The Fashion Statement band began recording their first CD. The group is a mix of very highly talented, well-educated musicians.

The Fashion Statement Band consists of:

Ronald Turner-drummer, songwriter, arranger, producer and a Music major--graduate of Florida A & M University.

Scott Canady-bass/studio engineer and Music major--graduate of Westchester University, Los Angeles, CA.

Kevin Flournoy-piano/keyboards and an Electronics Engineering major--graduate of San Diego State University.

Andre (Delano)Roberson-saxophones and a Business and Finance major--graduate of Jackson State University.

Eddie Miller-keyboards and synthesizers, Locke High Music Academy, Los Angeles, CA

Del Atkins-bass/studio engineer, Locke High Music Academy, Los Angeles, CA

Matthew Pittman-keyboards/synthesizers, Los Angeles County Music Academy for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA

Erica Dymakkus-vocals and a Psychology major-graduate of California State University Dominguez Hills, Dominguez Hills, CA

Mikhail Majeed-keyboards/synthesizers/organ, Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Los Angeles, CA

Nate Alford/percussion, Locke High Music Academy, Los Angeles

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  • Ron has worked very hard on this CD.
    author: Gwendolyn Gardner

    Great listening music to relax, overall a very good CD.

  • What A Great Piece of Musical Artistry!
    author: Sweet Dick

    Besides Ronald creating extremely great music, I found out he is generously donating all of his record sales from CDBaby to the victims of hurricane Katrina. The CD is "The Bomb"! It's almost frightening it's so good. Listen for yourself. You won't be mad.

  • Smooth! Slick! Upbeat & Urban cool!
    author: Mark Espinola

    The arranging & background instruments blend perfectly. Well, well done. We need more!

  • Fantastic!!!
    author: Linda D. Woods

    This CD is wonderful. It puts you in such a relaxed, spiritual feeling. You have happy thoughts when you listen to it. Great job.

  • Great Jazz Cd
    author: B.Hines

    Great sounding music can easily fit in on any smooth jazz stations play list.

  • The best CD I've ever heard!
    author: rgt

    The music is superb for smooth jazz. It has "balls" and not wimpy sounding highway music. Keep up the good work Fashion Statement.

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