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PRESS RELEASE
January 13, 2012
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Stephanie Dalton
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For Immediate Release
Urban Music Presents Performances
January and February Calendar
Thursday January 19
Marcus Shelby Quartet featuring vocalist Tiffany Martin A Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. @ Georges Nightclub Friday January 20 CHELLE! and Friends @ Red Poppy Art House Friday January 20 Quijerema @ The JazzSchool Saturday January 21 Double Header Ray Obiedo and the Urban Latin Jazz Project & Thursday January 26 Rumbache - Open Dance Floor @ Georges Nightclub Thursday February 2 Peter Horvath plays Herbie Hancock @ Georges Nightclub Friday February 3 Steve Carter Group @ The JazzSchool Thursday February 16 Celebrating New Orleans - Double Bill Mindy Canter & Fluteus Maximus & Mo'Fone!
@ Georges Nightclub For More Information please visit:
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 Thursday January 19 Marcus Shelby Quartetfeaturing vocalist Tiffany Martin A Tribute to
Martin Luther King Jr.
This session will be fronted by the superb bassist and composer Marcus Shelby. Shelby has found a particular calling in jazz: commenting on events and themes in Afro-American history through the medium of the big band, not unlike the legendary Duke Ellington. His critically acclaimed jazz oratorios include Port Chicago, regarding segregated African-American soldiers, and Harriet Tubman, about the Underground Railroad. For this show -- Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Shelby and co. turn to the civil rights icon.Marcus Shelby, well known as the leader of the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, is often called a "Renaissance musician," earning acclaim as a bandleader, bassist, composer and arranger. Now fronting Jazz at George's, the Marcus Shelby Quartet, featuring Howard Wiley (tenor sax), Matt Clark (piano) and Darrell Green (drums), brings together four of the fiercest bop players in the Bay Area.
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Friday January 20 @ Red Poppy Art House
CHELLE! and Friends, commemorates the music of Mardi Gras, New Orleans, and celebrates it's Creole people and their remarkable music. Michelle Jacques was born in New Orleans. She began this journey to find out what it means to be Creole, to understand her culture, her language and her history and after the devastation of Katrina in 2005, her mission has evolved into her determination to keep the history and the music of New Orleans alive. Michelle has been awarded the 2008 City of Oakland, Individual Artist grant to make this dream come alive. From the joyous mix of Spirituals, the pulsating rhythms of the Wild Magnolias' HERC JOLLY JOHN, and Irma Thomas' YOU CAN HAVE MY HUSBAND, to Nina Simone's ode to peace "COME YE", CHELLE! And Friends will take you on a musical and historically rich roller coaster ride that you won't soon forget! With drums, percussion, bass, horns and powerful voices, CHELLE! And Friends delivers a musically rich performance of Jazz, R&B, world music and Spirituals, that transcends ethnic boundaries, uplifts, brings news, protests, motivates and honors our richness and diversity. CHELLE! and Friends are:
MICHELLE JACQUES - Vocals RHONDA CRANE - Vocals JAY LAMONT - Vocals BRYAN DYER - Vocals DONNA VISCUSO - Saxophone, Harmonica and Flute KEN"SNAKEBITE" JACOBS - Saxophone SAM BEVAN - Bass BOB SCOTT - Drums  Saturday January 21
Double Header Ray Obiedo and the Urban Latin Jazz Project &
Tony Saunders latest CD Release of "Romancing the Bass" in San Francisco was "Spectacular" and now, Urban Music Presents and George's Nightclub present him on Saturday January 21 with Ray Obiedo & the Urban Latin Jazz Project - A fantastic double bill not to miss! Ray Obiedo & The Urban Latin Jazz Project are bringing some of the best Bay Area musicians, laying down the jazz and throwing in the Carribean groove. Contemporary jazz composer and guitarist Obiedo had an eclectic musical background during his youth, spent in the Bay Area of San Francisco. Here the sounds of Miles Davis, Henry Mancini, Antonio Carlos Jobim and the imported soul and pop of Motown Records influenced his early musical persona.
Ray Obiedo and the Urban Latin Jazz Project is: Ray Obiedo - Guitar David K Mathews (from Santana) - keys Jeff Cressman (from Santana) - trombone Melecio Magdaluyo (from the John Santos Sextet)- sax & flute Michael Spiro - congas Colin Douglas - timbales & trap drums Marc van Wageningen - bass Phil Hawkins - trap drums & steel pans Tony Saunders and "Romancing the Bass" can guarantee a fantastic good time, incredible energy and the highest level of music which will have you feeling the love that only the BASS can deliver! Tony's story could be a script to a hit movie. Son of legendary musician Merl Saunders, Tony's life has been a musical adventure that would be impossible to duplicate! Tony Saunders and "Romancing the Bass" is: Tony Saunders - Bass Richie Aguan - Drums Bill Hampton - Guitar Allen Leong - Keys Benton Smith - Keys Angelo Luster - Saxophone Misa Malone - Vocals Nakita Germain - Vocals Anna Lissa Patterson - Vocals Fred Ross - Vocals Tony Saunders Jr. - Vocals Thiyane Pointer - Vocals *****  Thursday January 26
Salsa Thursday Rumbaché
Open Dance Floor! @ Georges Nightclub One of the hottest Bay Area salsa bands on the scene today, Rumbache plays original music that fuses traditional and modern salsa sounds with timba, bomba and other Caribbean musical styles. Jas hosts a free pre-concert dance lesson. While you can hear them interpreting the classic and contemporary Cuban and Salsa repertoire, they are not shy with their own expression. Their fresh originals make them stand-out in a cover heavy scene. Rumbaché is the voice of youth for San Francisco's Salsa scene, and ignites enthusiasm in dancers and musical connoisseurs alike. With a renewed commitment to public performance in 2011, Rumbaché has led a rigorous schedule of performance throughout the Bay Area, including festivals (San Jose Jazz Festival, SF Jazz Summer Series, Benbow Summer Arts & Music Festival) and club dates (George's Nightclub, Sausalito Seahorse, The Cigar Bar & Grill, Montero's, etc.) Rumbaché is: Omar Ledezma - Vocals Monica Fimbrez - Vocals Darren Smith - Baritone Saxophone & Coro Evan Francis - Tenor Saxophone & Coro Jason Moen - Piano & Coro Raul Perales - Bass Colin Douglas - Drums & Timbal Patricio Angulo - Congas & Coro; Musical Director ****** 
Thursday February 2
Peter Horvath
Plays Herbie Hancock
@ Georges Nightclub
www.peterhorvath.com
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Video
"Honest-to-goodness contemporary cool with a sprinkle of straight ahead elan for a varied diet at the jazz table . . . he effortlessly communicates to listeners." ~ JAZZIZ
Peter's talent as a pianist/keyboardist is matched by his role as a composer and producer. Horvath's diverse background is manifested in his performances and compositions, with both complexity and clarity . . . from straight ahead to funk to contemporary jazz. Performing with a passion, and heightened by his fiery personality, he uses every ounce of energy to convey his finely crafted compositions. Horvath is a serious artist with more than mere entertainment in mind, combining appealing melodies with plenty of sound for thought.
In 1983, Peter moved to the U.S., where he studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has since performed, toured, and recorded with a long line of world-class artists. He toured with jazz greats Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Richie Cole, Ernie Watts, Benny Maupin, Bob Sheppard, and Tiger Okoshi.
He recorded, performed, and toured nationally and worldwide with the Victor Bailey Group, Lenny White, Arturo Sandoval,Randy Brecker, Lalah Hathaway, Melba Moore, Ledisi, Ray Obiedo, Kenneth Nash and the Oakland Symphony.
Peter composed for and performed with David Garibaldi for his Warner Brothers video/CD series, and recorded the tracks for Aretha Franklin's performance of the National Anthem at the 1993 World Series.
Peter Horvath's first solo recording, "Foreign Matter", (Lake Street Records) has received enormous national contemporary jazz radio airplay. In its first week of release, it was the #1 most added recording to Gavin's Adult Alternative Chart, and #2 most added to Radio & Record's NAC Chart.
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Friday February 3
Steve Carter Groupwith special guests Jeff Narell and Marquinho Brasil @ The JazzSchool
Artist Website
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High-energy jazz with a healthy dose of East Bay funk. Pianist Steve Carter, bassist Dennis Smith and drummer Tommie Bradford have played with George Benson, Michael Franti and Spearhead, The Jerry Garcia Band, The Freaky Executives, Bobby Womac and many more. Their latest CD Cosmopolis received top 10 CD of the year honors in All About Jazz.
The Steve Carter Group is:
Steve Carter - Piano
Dennis Smith - Bass
Tommie Bradford - Drums
Special Guests
Jeff Narell - Steel Pans
Marquinho Brasil - Percussion
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Thursday February 16
DOUBLE BILL - Celebrating New Orleans and Fat Tuesday (on Thursday)
Mindy Canter and
Fluteus Maximus
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MO'Fone!
@ Georges Nightclub
www.mindycanter.com
www.mofone.net
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This session will be fronted by the superb,original, soulful, groove oriented and accessible flautist Mindy Canter! She begun her career at a young age and was classically trained, Mindy's earliest creative influences were blues and jazz, and later, soul, funk, roots, rock n roll.and anything else she could wrap her flute or keyboards around.
About Mindy Canter
Mindy has performed with Albert King and over the years with Michael Bloomfield, Boz Scaggs, Nick Gravenites, It's A Beautiful Day, Dan Hicks, Ray Obiedo, Roberta Donnay, and Grammy winner Terrence Simien, among many others.
Her latest CD titled "Fluteus Maximus" is a high energy, soulful stew of blues and jazz flute. Original, contemporary, groove oriented flute and vocals mixed and stirred into a hot, cool, hip, soulful, gutsy sound and has received raging reviews.
About Mo'Fone
"Snaps and crackles like James Brown's Famous Flames mixed with a New Orleans second line."- George Harris, www.jazzweekly.com
With its surprising and highly combustible line-up of two saxmen and one drummer, the Bay Area-based group Mo'Fone has thrilled audiences with some of the funkiest jazz-and jazziest funk-being played today. Powering its way through inventive high-energy original compositions and navigating unexpected tunes by the likes of Weather Report, John Scofield, and Led Zeppelin, Mo'Fone makes a huge sound that belies its compact size.
Combining serious musicianship with an infectious sense of fun onstage, Mo'Fone also manages to groove with abandon while keeping miraculously in balance, as each member of the band pushes his instrument well beyond its role in a more traditional trio. What's more, Mo'Fone delivers adventurous riffs and grooves, while achieving a sound that's not only accessible, but instantly addictive. Their groovy improvisations and original concept have earned them the award for Best Jazz Group in the 2008 East Bay Express Readers' Poll, and secured them slots at the Monterey, San Francisco and Sonoma Jazz Festivals, in addition to gigs at the Bay Area's premier live music venues.
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Press inquiries
Stephanie Dalton, Urban Music Presents
415.796.2319 / 415.503.8207
stephanie@urbanmusicpresents.com
www.urbanmusicpresents.com
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