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Noel Lorica

Jazz guitarist, Noel Lorica exciting new songs stems from his & Treebo band's diverse cultural backgrounds to blend a subtle but wayward style of jazz which transports you from the jazz clubs of America to the sun drenched beaches of Brazil & South Fl.

About Me

Wayward Latin Jazz artist, Noel Lorica has been critically acclaimed for his skill & artistry garnering 21 Grammy Ballot entries. In addition, his songs have charted well and ClearChannel has him on their New Music Network. Because of his talent he has been chosen to have, not one but, two 1 hour telecasts of Comcast's PBS New Music Showcase to be taped in their Springfield, Mass. studios. This includes a coveted Christmas program. Along with this, Noel and his band Treebo have performed at Major Festivals & conventions including West Palm Beach's Sunfest, Latin Heritage festival, Jazzfest, City Place Friday Nights and many others. Their upcoming schedule will include repeat requested performances at Sunfest on May 2nd opening for Marcus Miller and City Place, Sat May 22nd 2010.

Recently on Famecast, Mr. Lorica was the only instrumentalist voted in the Top 5 on any stage and was first in the Latin stage with his songs ”Warm Winds” & “Midnight Dreams”. He then was one of the featured artists on the back cover of Billboard's Magazine. He has many fans which he keeps updated through Twitter, Youtube, Myspace, Facebook & his own website.

His third album “Second Glance” won his song “Tell Me Now” with female vocalist Becky Espulgar, Jazz Song of the Year at IACmusic and in addition, his album are selling widely on ITunes. He is currently in preparations for a national tour next year to coincide with the release of his fourth album.

His songs also have been chosen to appear on several compilation CDs and was featured in the Italian Jazz Magazine.

Entries in the 2007 Grammy awards including :

Record of the Year (El Viento, Midnight Dreams, Samba in A & Scent of Cinnamon) Album of the Year (First Dance) Best New Artist (Noel Lorica) Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen & My Favorite Things) Best Jazz Instrumental Album (Christmas Jazz - On the Smooth And Wayward Path) Best Instrumental Composition (Scent of Cinnamon & Midnight Dreams) Best Instrumental Arrangement (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)

2008 Ballot entries:

Record of the Year (American Journey, Novadelic, Second Glance) Album of the Year (Second Glance) Song of the Year (Tell Me Now, That's How It Is (Crazy Nights)) Best New Artist (Noel Lorica) Best Pop Instrumental Album (Second Glance) Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (Amargosa) Best Instrumental Composition (Passing By) Best Instrumental Arrangement (Wouldn't it Be Loverly) Best Engineered Album Non-Classical (Second Glance- Chuck Hemann)

Great American Song Contest - Award Winner -Honorable Mentioned - ”Back in Five”

John Lennon Song Contest for Latin category -Top 10 - “Second Glance”

Broadjam - 4 Songs voted #1 for Contemporary Jazz, Latin Jazz, All Genre (Florida) & Fan Pick (37-50)

Independent Artists Company (KIAC) - #1 (El Viento) & 6 others top 20 in Jazz

ITunes (Japan) #15 Christmas Album (Christmas Jazz - On the Smooth & Wayward Path)

MP3 tunes - Album (First Dance) #5 in Latin Jazz & #15 in Smooth Jazz.

Radiowave - 7 songs charted Prime Movers and Hot Sheet in Jazz, Latin & Urban

In addition, he is also getting great reviews. SmoothJazzandMore has awarded him in the top 10 albums of the year. And, Karl Stober of Ejazznews states that his debut album is “one of the rare stunning pieces of Latin jazz to hit the scene today”.

Noel Lorica cultural background brings out subtle & sensual diversions to Jazz, combining, Latin rhythms & Asian precision into melody rich songs. Born in Manila, Noel played in a rock band as a teenager, though his mother urged him to take piano lessons. But his love was always the acoustic guitar. He also loved caring for animals & pursued a career in veterinary medicine. Musicially at that time he got exposed to the music of George Benson, Wes Montgomery, Paul Desmond, and the modern jazz instrumentalists. Leaving the Philippines Noel first migrated to San Francisco then decided to go East. He worked in New York & around Philadelphia. Later moving to South Florida where Latin Beats & Jazz influences were all around. There he found his perfect musical fit with a little Wayward style.He started to concentrate on perfecting his craft through tireless practice and soulful dedication. His music today is an expression of his musical and personal journey.

Each song of Noel has it's own character and touches each person differently, that's what seems to set them apart and what keeps more than one song on radio playlists.

Noel Lorica is distributed nationally by Victory Multimedia & Baker & Taylor. He is also on ITunes, Napster, Rhapsody, MSN Music, MusicNet, Yahoo, with many more in negotiations.

Instrumentation Line up varies based on event 3-5 members small venues 5-9 members for large events & festivals

Noel Lorica: Composer

Noel Lorica: Acoustic Guitar- Electric Guitar Bass/Rhythm Guitar - Steve Constantino Drums: Arturo Afanador Percussions: Eric Sabinano Keyboards: Sylwester Butzik Accent Percussion- Dee Lorica Vocals: Becky Espulgar Additional Vocals: Jane Waldmann Additional Vocals: Ziarra Washington Additional Percussion- Georgette Afanador Flute: John Hollis (special guest can be requested) Sax: Paul Magersuppe (special guest can be requested)

Discography Distributed by Victory Multimedia 460 Hindry Avenue, Unit D Inglewood, CA 90301

Debut CD: Noel Lorica- First Dance Back in Five Samba in A My Favorite Things El Viento First Dance Midnight Dreams Forgiveness Sarong Bangi Last Dance Scent of Cinnamon Warm Winds

Noel Lorica- Second Glance Second Glance Passing By Tell Me Now All I Want Echoes of Segada, American Journey Amargosa Crazy Nights Tears of Green Your Eyes Novadelic Azul Christmas CD: Christmas Jazz- On the Smooth & Wayward Path God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Santa Claus is Coming to Town Christmas is Here (Pasko Ay Sumapit) The Christmas Song We Three Kings Scent of Cinnamon (reprised) Angels We Have Heard on High Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas SilverBells

Upcoming Releases: July 2010 - (Single) Painted Wing August 2010 - (Single) Senoras al Fuego Sept 2010 - (Album) Christmas Guitars - No Drums Allowed Feb. 2011 - (Album) Jazz Along the Way....ward

CD Distribution:

Victory Multimedia Baker & Taylor Super D distributors Amazon CD Baby Barnes & Noble Borders

MP3 Distribution:

Apple I Tunes Napster Yahoo MusicNet MSN Music MP3Tunes Sony Connect Broadjam LoudEye Rhapsody BuyMusic Bitmunk Chonda MusicNow Passalong American Idol Underground Walmart.com

More in negotiation

Links http://www.noellorica.com Noel Lorica - Facebook Official Website More of Noel's Video Songs - YouTube Noel Lorica on Twitter ABC News Clip (Noel Lorica & Sunfest)