Satalla August 2005 Calendar Highlights

**CALENDAR CHANGE**
Wednesday, July 13 at 7:00 PM
Barbara Sfraga with special guests Mala Waldron Group
Admission is $15
A vocalist of extraordinary passion and range with a penchant for free-spirited improvisation (she prefers the term voicist to jazz singer), Barbara Sfraga is also a savvy bandleader-composer-lyricist and gifted arranger who delights in putting a new spin on the familiar. On Under The Moon, her second release and a leader and debut for A440 Records, she breathes new life into well-worn jazz standards by Duke Ellington, Hoagy Carmichael, Lerner & Lowe and Rodgers & Hammerstein while also offering vivid interpretations of pop pieces by Angela Bofill and Bob Dylan. The result is a musically diverse and highly appealing package that showcases Barbara's beautiful voice along with her considerable skills as an arranger and her restlessly creative streak as an improviser. Vocalist, pianist and songwriter Mala Waldron has been performing professionally since she was 15 yrs. old, mixing R&B, calypso, classical, gospel and soulful funk.

Tuesday, July 26 at 7:30 PM
Red Stick Ramblers
Admission is $12
The Red Stick Ramblers play a mixture of Cajun fiddle tunes, Western Swing, traditional jazz of the 1920s and 1930s alongside a steadily growing number of tradition-inspired originals. Based in Southern Louisiana, they build upon the songs of seminal fiddlers like Dennis McGee and Dewey Balfa, along with jazz and country swing bandleaders such as Bob Wills and Django Reinhardt, finding a common thread of danceable rhythms and strong, elegant melodies.

Friday, July 29 at 8:00 PM
Paul Carlon Octet Featuring Illeana Santamaria
Admission is $15
The Paul Carlon Octet brings together musicians of various backgrounds and music of various origins in a combination that is both elegant and expressive, both searchingly innovative and nostalgically evocative of the American experience. Featuring African mbira, a collection of brass and woodwinds, and a traditional jazz rhythm section that speaks of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian influences, the ensemble brings saxophonist, composer, arranger, and bandleader Paul Carlon's unique compositional voice to life. The Octet will feature vocalist and songwriter Ileana Santamaria, whose project, the Ileana Santamaria Orchestra, is under the musical direction of Paul Carlon. The youngest daughter of Afro-Cuban percussion legend Ramón “Mongo" Santamaría, Ms. Santamaría's strong, lilting voice and dynamic stage persona is the product of a unique combination: a lifelong passion for languages coupled with an equally fervent love for and devotion to the songs and rhythms of her native Cuba, along with Brazilian, Arabic, Haitian, and African-American musical traditions The collaboration between the two has been a fruitful one, engaging their common musical influences and combining as well as producing original material that is both fresh and rooted in the Afro-Latin and Jazz traditions.

Tuesday, August 2 at 9:30 PM
Howling Makams
Admission is $15
The NYC-based Howling Makams play a unique blend of Near Eastern music with a free jazz sensibility. Working within the incredibly rich “maqam" (modal) system of the East, they constantly trying new forms and approaches to stretch the canvas and fill it with new sounds. Led by Brandon Terzic (oud, saz), the Makams boast an outstanding lineup of musicians, including master multi-instrumentalist Tom Chess (ney, flute, oud) and a rhythm section featuring Luke Notary (percussion), Shane Shanihan (percussion) and Michael Savino (bass). The Village Voice calls them “The Arabic Sun Ra." Bellydancing by Kaeshi from Bellyqueen and her students.

Thursday, August 11 at 9:30 PM
Chris Berry and Panjea
Admission is $7
Panjea is a high energy dance band that originated its grooves in the ghettos of Zimbabwe. The bands first break came in 1992 when Panjea recorded its first hit album Vanhu Vamwe, that remained number one on the Zimbabwean charts for nearly the whole year. It was also during this time that Panjea played to thousands in sell-out stadium shows. Audiences flocked to see American born Chris Berry dancing and singing in Shona for at the time no-one believed it was a white man who sang out to them over the radio waves. After sweeping success in Africa, Panjea hit the international scene adding new members and fusing new sounds from around the globe. African Rhythms were crossed with funk beats, Ancient Mbira (thumb piano) melodies were overlain with soulful jazz inspired horn lines and African melodies became the vehicle for Berry's deeply inspired parable like English lyrics. The end result of this fusion being a unique music that dances the body, sends the soul soaring and takes the mind to a place of positive introspection.

Friday, August 12 at 8:00 PM
Gino Sitson
Admission is $15
Cameroonian singer Gino Sitson comes from a long line of musicians, known as “Ntontas," ("players of horns"). His mother is a vocalist and choir director. Early in his life he was introduced to blues, jazz and African traditional music, first by listening, then practicing by ear, records. Before starting his professional career, he shared his time between music academies and the Sorbonne, in Paris, where he studied languages and ethnomusicology. Little by little Mr. Sitson entered the professional musical world, first as a drummer, then as a singer. He has laid down tracks or shared the stage with Manu Dibango, Ron Carter, Papa Wemba, Wally Badarou, Geri Allen,

Friday, August 12 at 10:00 PM
Latin Dance Fridays: Folklore Urbano
Admission is $15
While professor of jazz at Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia, in 1998, Pablo Mayor of Folklore Urbano began his personal search...a process of first becoming acquainted with his own Colombian identity, and subsequently with the native music of his country. He now resides in NYC, where his concept of Folkore Urbano was born. Having been intellectually drawn to jazz, but all his life connected spiritually to the musical language of Colombia, Mr. Mayor has been seeking a form of expression that combines both musical worlds. Folklore Urbano combines Afro-Columbian rhythms of Mayor's home country with sophisticated jazz harmonies and form.

Tuesday, August 16 at 9:30 PM
Howling Makams
Admission is $15
The NYC-based Howling Makams play a unique blend of Near Eastern music with a free jazz sensibility. Working within the incredibly rich “maqam" (modal) system of the East, they constantly trying new forms and approaches to stretch the canvas and fill it with new sounds. Led by Brandon Terzic (oud, saz), the Makams boast an outstanding lineup of musicians, including master multi-instrumentalist Tom Chess (ney, flute, oud) and a rhythm section featuring Matt Kilmer (percussion), Rich Stein (percussion) and Michael Savino (acoustic bass). The Village Voice calls them “The Arabic Sun Ra." Bellydancing by Kaeshi from Bellyqueen and her students.

Thursday, August 18 at 9:30 PM
Chris Berry and Panjea
Admission is $7
Panjea is a high energy dance band that originated its grooves in the ghettos of Zimbabwe. The bands first break came in 1992 when Panjea recorded its first hit album Vanhu Vamwe, that remained number one on the Zimbabwean charts for nearly the whole year. It was also during this time that Panjea played to thousands in sell-out stadium shows. Audiences flocked to see American born Chris Berry dancing and singing in Shona for at the time no-one believed it was a white man who sang out to them over the radio waves. After sweeping success in Africa, Panjea hit the international scene adding new members and fusing new sounds from around the globe. African Rhythms were crossed with funk beats, Ancient Mbira (thumb piano) melodies were overlain with soulful jazz inspired horn lines and African melodies became the vehicle for Berry's deeply inspired parable like English lyrics. The end result of this fusion being a unique music that dances the body, sends the soul soaring and takes the mind to a place of positive introspection.

Thursday, August 25 at 9:30 PM
Chris Berry and Panjea
Admission is $7
Panjea is a high energy dance band that originated its grooves in the ghettos of Zimbabwe. The bands first break came in 1992 when Panjea recorded its first hit album Vanhu Vamwe, that remained number one on the Zimbabwean charts for nearly the whole year. It was also during this time that Panjea played to thousands in sell-out stadium shows. Audiences flocked to see American born Chris Berry dancing and singing in Shona for at the time no-one believed it was a white man who sang out to them over the radio waves. After sweeping success in Africa, Panjea hit the international scene adding new members and fusing new sounds from around the globe. African Rhythms were crossed with funk beats, Ancient Mbira (thumb piano) melodies were overlain with soulful jazz inspired horn lines and African melodies became the vehicle for Berry's deeply inspired parable like English lyrics. The end result of this fusion being a unique music that dances the body, sends the soul soaring and takes the mind to a place of positive introspection.