Patience - BOYCE JUSTICE GRIFFITH - from "The Point" 2025

PATIENCE

FEATURING:
Anthony Hervey (trumpet),
Isaiah J. Thompson (piano)
Martin Jaffe (bass),
John Sturino (drums).


Saxophonist and composer Boyce Justice Griffith emphasizes the beauty and necessity of being grounded in one’s principles with his concept album, The Point

No matter one’s age, demographic, nationality, religion, or political affiliation, each human being
undeniably has some treasured personal tenets that are held dear and are paramount to one’s definition
of self. Likewise, each individual’s central values have in some way been informed by a series of
experiences, relationships, and ideologies that have uniquely and organically played out in their life in a
definitive way. Saxophonist and composer Boyce Justice Griffith posits that, regardless of what one
holds dear, there are such universal moods and experiences that form the building blocks of every
person. Griffith’s upcoming album The Point expounds on this idea through the timeless mediums of
swing and the blues to explore such key existential elements such as faith, solitude, arrogance, justice,
confidence, and comfort/rest.
The Point is an exploratory concept album that seeks to both evoke and unpack the complex emotions
that Griffith expresses are at the center of humanity. The album’s mission is, in many ways, embedded
within the very title of the record itself. The phrase “the point” can be seen to in part answer the
common question, “what is the point?” as applied to a vast array of scenarios within life. In answering
this question, Griffith implores listeners to return to their core values and to seek truth within that
process. Further emphasis of this idea is found in the album’s structure: throughout The Point, Griffith
has restated and rearranged the main musical theme of the title track, acting as a running metaphor.
“Core principles can look different each time they appear in our own lives,” Griffith says, “and can take
on different properties based on the various situations in which we need to utilize them.”