Sax, vocals, producer Ron Kronz has enjoyed success in the Washington DC area receiving air-play on WJZW 105.9 (smooth jazz) & simulcast by WARW 94.7 (classic rock). Also air-play for the popular tunes "Fascinated" & "Paper People, Plastic Faces" on WPFW 89.3 (R&B), with trumpeter/singer Donald Tillery. Veteran of numerous regional events and festivals. Ron has toured internationally w/ blues icon Bobby Parker & the Blues Night Band, and nationally with Ocie Nunn.
Bio
Traffic Jam: “I Heard It Before”
Traffic Jam is a collaboration of national and international musicians releasing “I Heard It Before”, their debut Blues project.
Contributors to “I Heard It Before” include:
Moe Daniels on keyboards (Najee, The Spinners, Isaac Hayes, George Duke, Nancy Wilson)
David Dyson on bass (New Kids on the Block, Meshell N’degeocello)
Eric Valentine on drums (Marcus Johnson, Patti LaBelle)
Ronnie Hinton, guitar (Wilson Pickett, B.B. King, Rufus Thomas)
Kevin Murphy, guitar and vocals (Band Leader/Founder of the Juke Joint Jokers; Roscoe Martinez) (www.jukejointjokers.com)
Kellie Rucker, on harmonica and vocals (Coco Montoya, L.A. Guns, B.B. Chung King & the Screaming Buddaheads.)
Ron Kronz, producer, sax, vocal (Traffic Jam, Bobby Parker & the Blues Night Band)
Traffic Jam has enjoyed success in the Washington, DC area receiving air-play on WJZW 105.9 (Smooth Jazz), and simulcast by WARW 94.7 (Classic Rock). Also receiving air-play has been the popular tunes, “Fascinated”, and “Paper People, Plastic Faces” (Classic R&B) on WPFW 89.3, with trumpeter/singer Donald Tillery (Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers). They are veterans of numerous regional events, ie: Kennedy Center Open House, Legg Mason Tennis Championship, & Zoofari.
Producer Ron Kronz has toured nationally and abroad with Blues legend, Bobby Parker, and with Chicago Bluesman, Ocie Nunn. These influences undeniably find themselves in the fabric of this recording, without acting as a mere template.
“I Heard It Before” is not a cross over to the Blues, but rather a return. Even still, the R&B, Funk, and Jazz influences are evident in this project, bringing a fresh, relevant, yet entirely authentic product.