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'''Jeff Bova''' (born '''Jeffrey Bova''' in 1953) is an American [[Grammy Award]]-winning [[keyboardist]], [[composer]], [[arranger]] and [[record producer]]. He has been active in music industry since the mid-1970s, contributing to dozens of recordings by significant mainstream artists like [[Celine Dion]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Joe Cocker]], [[Cyndi Lauper]], [[Bill Laswell]] and [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Bernard Edwards]] and [[Tony Thompson (drummer)|Tony Thompson]], [[Meat Loaf]], [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]], [[Iron Maiden]], and [[Billy Joel]] among others.
'''Jeff Bova''' (born '''Jeffrey Bova''' in 1953) is an American musician. He has been active in the music industry since the mid-1970s, contributing to recordings by significant mainstream artists like [[Celine Dion]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Joe Cocker]], [[Cyndi Lauper]], [[Bill Laswell]] and [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Bernard Edwards]] and [[Tony Thompson (drummer)|Tony Thompson]], [[Meat Loaf]], [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]], [[Iron Maiden]] and [[Billy Joel]] among others.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Born in [[Washington D.C.]], he grew up in [[Old Greenwich, Connecticut]]. Being the son of a professional trumpet player, he took the instrument up for himself during elementary school and continued with it at the [[Berklee College of Music]] and the [[Manhattan School of Music]]. Although he also had arranging and composition lessons by trumpet legend [[Maury Deutsch]], he would choose to specialize in keyboards instead. After leaving college he participated in a Connecticut-based [[jazz fusion]] band called "Flying Island" and later on he moved back to New York to find a place into the [[R&B]] group [[Change (band)|Change]] (from 1982 to 1984).
Born in [[Washington D.C.]], he grew up in [[Old Greenwich, Connecticut]]. Being the son of a professional trumpet player, he took the instrument up for himself during elementary school and continued with it at the [[Berklee College of Music]] and the [[Manhattan School of Music]]. Although he also had arranging and composition lessons by trumpet legend [[Maury Deutsch]], he would choose to specialize in keyboards instead. After leaving college he participated in a Connecticut-based [[jazz fusion]] band called "Flying Island" and later on he moved back to New York to find a place into the [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] group [[Change (band)|Change]] (from 1982 to 1984).


==Career==
==Career==
===1980s===
===1980s===
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In 1983, and after having worked with [[Nona Hendryx]], he met [[avant-garde]] [[bassist]] and [[record producer]] [[Bill Laswell]], who was set to produce [[Herbie Hancock]]'s ''[[Future Shock (Herbie Hancock album)|Future Shock]]'' (the first part of the latter's "techno-funk" trilogy). The tour in support of that album found Bova on Hancock's live band, as he was proficient in the [[ARP Chroma]] (a much-heard instrument on ''Future Shock''). He would work with him for the next five years, contributing to the recordings of the final part of the trilogy (''[[Perfect Machine (album)|Perfect Machine]]''), while he also programmed and composed tracks for several of the soundtracks Hancock has been working on, including that of the [[Sean Penn]] film ''[[Colors (film)|Colours]]''. Soon after, he started working on numerous projects that were held in the [[Power Station (recording studio)|Power Station]] and eventually obtained a room of his own there (courtesy of the studio's owners [[Tony Bongiovi]] and Bob Walters). In 1987, fellow Power Station "resident", bassist [[Bernard Edwards]] (of [[Chic (band)|Chic]]), formed the rock-funk [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[Distance (band)|Distance]], with Bova on keyboards, [[Tony Thompson (drummer)|Tony Thompson]] (also of Chic) on drums, future [[Bad Company]] member [[Robert Hart (musician)|Robert Hart]] on lead vocals and [[Eddie Martinez (musician)|Eddie Martinez]] on guitars. They released only one album, ''Under the One Sky'' (1989) on [[Reprise Records]], which failed to chart.

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In 1983, and after having worked with [[Nona Hendryx]], he met [[avant-garde]] [[bassist]] and [[record producer]] [[Bill Laswell]], who was set to produce [[Herbie Hancock]]'s ''[[Future Shock (Herbie Hancock album)|Future Shock]]'' (the first part of the latter's "techno-funk" trilogy). The tour in support of that album found Bova on Hancock's live band, as he was proficient in the [[ARP Chroma]] (a much heard instrument on ''Future Shock''). He would work with him for the next 5 years, contributing to the recordings of the final part of the trilogy (''[[Perfect Machine (album)|Perfect Machine]]''), while he also programmed and composed tracks for several of the soundtracks Hancock has been working on, including that of the [[Sean Penn]] film ''[[Colors (film)|Colours]]''. Soon after, he started working on numerous projects that where held in the [[Avatar Studios|Power Station]] and eventually obtained a room of his own there (courtesy of the studio's owners [[Tony Bongiovi]] and [[Bob Walters]]). In 1987 fellow Power Station "resident", bassist [[Bernard Edwards]] (of [[Chic (band)|Chic]]), formed the rock-funk [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[Distance (band)|Distance]], with Bova on keyboards, [[Tony Thompson (drummer)|Tony Thompson]] (also of Chic) on drums, future [[Bad Company]] member [[Robert Hart (musician)|Robert Hart]] on lead vocals and [[Eddie Martinez]] on guitars. They released only one album, 1989's ''[[Under the One Sky]]'' on [[Reprise Records]], which failed to chart.


===1990s===
===1990s===
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During the 1990s, Bova achieved great commercial success as a producer of [[Celine Dion]]'s [[Grammy Award]]-winning album ''[[Falling into You]]''. He also played Hammond organ and synthesizers with [[Meat Loaf]] on ''[[Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell]]''. "Back Into Hell", an instrumental track on ''Bat Out of Hell II'', was arranged and performed entirely by him, while "Fiesta De Las Almas Perdidas", a short song also written by Bova, was featured on Meat Loaf's 1995 album ''[[Welcome to the Neighbourhood (Meat Loaf album)|Welcome to the Neighborhood]]''.

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During the 1990s Bova achieved great commercial success as a producer of [[Celine Dion]]'s [[Grammy Award]]-winning album ''[[Falling into You]]''. He also played Hammond organ and synthesizers with [[Meat Loaf]] on ''[[Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell]]''. "Back Into Hell," an instrumental track off of ''[[Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell]]'', was arranged and performed entirely by him, while "Fiesta De Las Almas Perdidas," a short song also written by Bova, was featured in Meat Loaf's 1995 album ''[[Welcome to the Neighborhood]]''.


==Partial discography==
==Partial discography==

Partial Jeff Bova's discography, as a keyboardist, composer, arranger and producer:
Partial Jeff Bova's discography, as a keyboardist, composer, arranger and producer:
*''[[Visions (Bunky Green album)|Visions]]'' – [[Bunky Green]] (Vanguard, 1978)

*[[Riptide (album)|Riptide]] - [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]], 1985
* ''[[Riptide (album)|Riptide]]'' - [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]], 1985
*[[Starpeace]] - [[Yoko Ono]], 1985
* ''[[Starpeace]]'' - [[Yoko Ono]], 1985
*[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album)|True Colors]] - [[Cyndi Lauper]], 1986
* ''[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album)|True Colors]]'' - [[Cyndi Lauper]], 1986
*[[Eat 'Em and Smile]] - [[David Lee Roth]], 1986
* ''[[Eat 'Em and Smile]]'' - [[David Lee Roth]], 1986
*[[The Bridge (Billy Joel album)|The Bridge]] - [[Billy Joel]], 1986
* ''[[The Bridge (Billy Joel album)|The Bridge]]'' - [[Billy Joel]], 1986
*[[Color in Your Life]] - [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]], 1986
* ''[[Color in Your Life]]'' - [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]], 1986
*[[Perfect Machine (album)|Perfect Machine]] - [[Herbie Hancock]], 1988
* ''[[Hearts In Motion]]'' - [[Air Supply]], 1986
*[[Instinct (Iggy Pop album)|Instinct]] - [[Iggy Pop]], 1988
* ''[[Floodland (album)|Floodland]]'' - [[The Sisters of Mercy]], 1987
*[[Original Sin (Pandora's Box album)|Original Sin]] - [[Pandora's Box (band)|Pandora's Box]], 1989
* ''[[Perfect Machine (album)|Perfect Machine]]'' - [[Herbie Hancock]], 1988
*[[A Night to Remember (Cyndi Lauper album)|A Night to Remember]] - [[Cyndi Lauper]], 1989
* ''[[Instinct (Iggy Pop album)|Instinct]]'' - [[Iggy Pop]], 1988
*[[Jody Watley (album)|Jody Watley]] - [[Jody Watley]], 1989
* ''[[Ooh Yeah! (Hall & Oates album)|Ooh Yeah!]]'' - [[Hall & Oates]], 1988
*[[Under the One Sky]] - [[Distance (band)|Distance]], 1989
* ''[[Original Sin (Pandora's Box album)|Original Sin]]'' - [[Pandora's Box (band)|Pandora's Box]], 1989
*[[Journeyman (album)|Journeyman]] - [[Eric Clapton]], 1989
* ''[[A Night to Remember (Cyndi Lauper album)|A Night to Remember]]'' - [[Cyndi Lauper]], 1989
*[[Stranger in This Town]] - [[Richie Sambora]], 1991
* ''[[Jody Watley (album)|Jody Watley]]'' - [[Jody Watley]], 1989
* ''Under the One Sky'' - [[Distance (band)|Distance]], 1989
*[[Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell]] - [[Meat Loaf]], 1993
*[[HIStory]] - [[Michael Jackson]], 1995
* ''[[Journeyman (album)|Journeyman]]'' - [[Eric Clapton]], 1989
*[[Welcome to the Neighborhood]] - [[Meat Loaf]], 1995
* ''[[Stranger in This Town]]'' - [[Richie Sambora]], 1991
*[[Falling into You]] - [[Celine Dion]], 1996
* ''[[Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell]]'' - [[Meat Loaf]], 1993
* ''[[Blink of an Eye (Michael McDonald album)|Blink of an Eye]]'' - [[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]], 1993
*[[Stories Told & Untold]] - [[Bad Company]], 1996
*[[In Deep (Tina Arena album)|In Deep]] - [[Tina Arena]], 1997
* ''[[HIStory]]'' - [[Michael Jackson]], 1995
*[[Brave New World (Iron Maiden album)|Brave New World]] - Iron Maiden, 2000
* ''[[Welcome to the Neighbourhood (Meat Loaf album)|Welcome to the Neighborhood]]'' - [[Meat Loaf]], 1995
*[[Talk to Me (album)|Talk to Me]] - [[Joey McIntyre|Joe McIntyre]], 2006
* ''[[Falling into You]]'' - [[Celine Dion]], 1996
*[[Bag Of Bones]] - [[Europe]], 2012
* ''[[Stories Told & Untold]]'' - [[Bad Company]], 1996
* ''[[In Deep (Tina Arena album)|In Deep]]'' - [[Tina Arena]], 1997
* ''[[Brave New World (Iron Maiden album)|Brave New World]]'' - Iron Maiden, 2000
* ''[[Talk to Me (Joey McIntyre album)|Talk to Me]]'' - [[Joey McIntyre|Joe McIntyre]], 2006
* ''[[Bag of Bones (album)|Bag of Bones]]'' - [[Europe]], 2012
* ''Opus'' - [[Jane Badler]], 2014
* ''[[The Book of Souls]] - Iron Maiden, 2015
* ''[[Gracia (album)|Gracia]]'' - [[Mari Hamada]], 2018
* ''[[Soar (Mari Hamada album)|Soar]]'' - Mari Hamada, 2023


==Notes==
==Notes==
#[http://www.bovaland.com "Jeff Bova Website"]
#[http://www.bovaland.com "Jeff Bova Website"]
#[http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_jeff_bova/index.html "Mix" interview]
#[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024111/http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_jeff_bova/index.html "Mix" interview]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.jacquespetrus.com/change.htm Change biography]
*[http://www.jacquespetrus.com/change.htm Change biography]
*[http://www.jacquespetrus.com/bova.htm Interview]
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 8 January 2024

Jeff Bova
Born1953 (age 70–71)
OriginWashington, D.C., U.S.
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Keyboardist, composer, arranger, record producer
Instrument(s)Piano, synthesizer, keyboards, trumpet
Years active1970s–present

Jeff Bova (born Jeffrey Bova in 1953) is an American musician. He has been active in the music industry since the mid-1970s, contributing to recordings by significant mainstream artists like Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Blondie, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Bill Laswell and Herbie Hancock, Bernard Edwards and Tony Thompson, Meat Loaf, Missing Persons, Iron Maiden and Billy Joel among others.

Early life

[edit]

Born in Washington D.C., he grew up in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Being the son of a professional trumpet player, he took the instrument up for himself during elementary school and continued with it at the Berklee College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. Although he also had arranging and composition lessons by trumpet legend Maury Deutsch, he would choose to specialize in keyboards instead. After leaving college he participated in a Connecticut-based jazz fusion band called "Flying Island" and later on he moved back to New York to find a place into the R&B group Change (from 1982 to 1984).

Career

[edit]

1980s

[edit]

In 1983, and after having worked with Nona Hendryx, he met avant-garde bassist and record producer Bill Laswell, who was set to produce Herbie Hancock's Future Shock (the first part of the latter's "techno-funk" trilogy). The tour in support of that album found Bova on Hancock's live band, as he was proficient in the ARP Chroma (a much-heard instrument on Future Shock). He would work with him for the next five years, contributing to the recordings of the final part of the trilogy (Perfect Machine), while he also programmed and composed tracks for several of the soundtracks Hancock has been working on, including that of the Sean Penn film Colours. Soon after, he started working on numerous projects that were held in the Power Station and eventually obtained a room of his own there (courtesy of the studio's owners Tony Bongiovi and Bob Walters). In 1987, fellow Power Station "resident", bassist Bernard Edwards (of Chic), formed the rock-funk supergroup Distance, with Bova on keyboards, Tony Thompson (also of Chic) on drums, future Bad Company member Robert Hart on lead vocals and Eddie Martinez on guitars. They released only one album, Under the One Sky (1989) on Reprise Records, which failed to chart.

1990s

[edit]

During the 1990s, Bova achieved great commercial success as a producer of Celine Dion's Grammy Award-winning album Falling into You. He also played Hammond organ and synthesizers with Meat Loaf on Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell. "Back Into Hell", an instrumental track on Bat Out of Hell II, was arranged and performed entirely by him, while "Fiesta De Las Almas Perdidas", a short song also written by Bova, was featured on Meat Loaf's 1995 album Welcome to the Neighborhood.

Partial discography

[edit]

Partial Jeff Bova's discography, as a keyboardist, composer, arranger and producer:

Notes

[edit]
  1. "Jeff Bova Website"
  2. "Mix" interview
[edit]
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