For Immediate Release
Urban Music Presents
A Showcase of the Best of Roots Music:
Funk, Jazz, Latin Jazz, R&B and SOUL!
In the month of October:
Flutes, Funk, Soul, Groove and Voodooville! ***
Ray Obiedo Group, Kymberly Jackson w/ Urban Legends, Marcus Cohen & The Congress,
Dayna Stephens Trio, CHELLE! & Friends!
In the month of November:
Soulful Strings, Swingin' Jazz, and HOT Sizzilin' Horn Blowin' and Afro-Cuban Rhythms ***
Musical Art Quintet, Russo Alberts Trio, Jamie Dubberly: Orquesta Dharma CD Release "Road Warrior"
In the month of December:
"If you can't manage to put Tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning for Jazz. ~ Jelly Role Morton, 1925 *** Mark Levine & The Latin Tinge and
The Gail Dobson Latin Jazz Ensemble
At Berkeley Art House
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Photo by Robert Baker
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2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA
Venue Website
Concert Calender
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20, 2011 - Urban Music Presents is proud to announce The Best of Roots: Funk, Jazz, Latin Jazz, R&B and SOUL! A brand new series of music concerts Friday and Saturdays throughout October, November and December beginning October 1, 2011 - December 10, 2011 at the Berkeley Art House on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley. This musical series speaks to the rich and diverse musical community that the Bay Area is so fortunate to have.
In the spirit of community, Urban Music Presents profoundly believes music brings community together, and seeks to provide access to incredible performances, as well as supporting the musicians who are highly accomplished.
Stephanie Dalton has been supporting and advocating for musicians for many years and in 2005 founded Urban Music Presents, whose primary mission is to promote and present music of the Latin and African Diaspora. To this end, Urban Music Presents seeks to build and strengthen communities of musicians and music patrons by marketing and promoting performances, educating and informing the public through her newsletter, Urban Music News, which holds a weekly distribution of 11,000 readers. Urban Music and Stephanie seeks to develop partnerships with venues and funders by creating a collaborative model in order to implement the Urban Music Presents mission. The Urban Music Presents local Bay Area community is incredibly diverse and therefore believes in providing access to music of the various cultures in this community.
Stephanie's artistic vision for the series was to reach into the full spectrum of Roots Music and believes the power of this music will lead to a stronger understanding and appreciation of one another.
The Berkley Art House is a beautiful venue that showcases local visual artists and photographer's work and supports the performing arts.
Audiences will experience authentic music that comes from the heart and soul. Sounds of American Jazz, FUNK - as in "on the one", R&B, spirit filled Gospel, Neo-Soul, and a broad range of Creole styles where Latin, African, European, and American styles collided. Each one of these shows delivers an incredible, memorable performance that will absolutely inspire you!
The Bay Area musicians featured in this series have shared the bandstand with Les Nubians, Sista Monica Parker, Linda Tillery Cultural Heritage Choir, Wayne Wallace, Herbie Hancock, George Duke, Tower of Power, Sheila E., The Pete Escovedo Orchestra, Jesus Diaz, John Calloway, Max Roach, Roberta Flack, Realistic Orchestra, Jazz Mafia, Ray Charles, Omar Sosa, Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Pharaoh Sanders, Pete Seegar, Sting, Van Morrison, Frank Zappa, PeeWee Ellis, James Brown, Machete Ensemble, Dizzy Gillespie, John Santos Sextet, Jamie Foxx, Charles Neville, Rebeca Mauleon, Stanley Clark, Maria Marquez, Venezuelan Music Project and much more.
Berkeley Art House
Venue Website
Calender of Shows
2905 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
510-472-3170
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Press inquiries please contact:
Stephanie Dalton, Urban Music Presents
415-503-8207/415-796.2319 or
stephanie@urbanmusicpresents.com
www.urbanmusicpresents.com
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