Christened at birth with a Muslim name in a Nazarene Church, Hassaun Ali Jones-Bey (aka Boundless Gratitude) grew up in a West Indian household in a Jewish neighborhood. The name Boundless Gratitude comes from his African Diaspora ancestors, the first truly global people, infusing a soulfully vibrant celebration of gratitude for even the smallest things in life into every religious and cultural tradition on Earth.
So it shouldn't be surprising that Boundless celebrated his 20th birthday as a Roman Catholic engineering student; his 30th as a Sufi-dancing, U.S. Navy pilot; his 40th as a Sunni Muslim, science and technology journalist; and his 50th recognizing all traditions within the Circle of Life by gratefully telling musical stories like, “Mama Earth Just Poked a Mountain Out at Daddy Sky.”
Whether Boundless and his guitar are crooning a mellow ballad, rocking an up-tempo foot-tapper, or laying down a spiritual or political folk song, they still just sing the truths of life in healing, empowering and entertaining ways that listeners describe as “warm” and “calming.” For Boundless music is religion, vocation, and therapy, because of its heavenly harmonies, earthy rhythms and divinely earthy metaphors.