Results for "Oakland"

Mario Salomon

Aaron Levin

Born: March 7, 1976

Aaron Levin is a drummer, electronic musician, and writer based out of the Bay Area. Born in Berkeley, Aaron grew up in Los Angeles, CA. As a child he studied piano, clarinet, and saxophone until he decided to quit music forever and become a drummer. After drawing initial inspiration from the great classic rock drummers, he discovered the music of John Coltrane propelled by master drummer Elvin Jones. From that moment on Aaron developed a deep love for Jazz, particularly the bebop, hard bop, and free jazz of the 50s & 60s as well as the Funk & more inspired Fusion experiments of the 70s

Sheila Barnett

T Sisters

The T Sisters, born and raised in California and now based in the creative hub of Oakland, embody harmony. It’s in their blood, bones, and history. Erika, Rachel and Chloe have been singing and writing music together since childhood, and the lifetime of practice shows. The three sisters’ inventive songwriting is supported by their own acoustic instrumentation as well as upright bass (Steve Height), mandolin/guitar (Andrew Allen Fahlander), and drums (Marlon Aldana). Their sound represents a continuum of music, from traditional to pop influences, moments of breathtaking a cappella to swells of energetic indie Americana. In the last two years, they’ve been honored to support such acts as Amos Lee, Todd Rundgren, The Waybacks, Laurie Lewis, ALO, Elephant Revival, The California Honeydrops, and more

Mum Conundrum

Chris Trinidad

Born: October 30, 1979

Filipino-Canadian and San Francisco Bay Area-based musician, teacher, and scholar Chris Trinidad has fallen into the place where everything is music. Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, his relationship with music grew through exploring various instruments beginning with the voice, then the piano, followed by the bass guitar, and finally the drum set with little detours in the world of percussion and forays with the guitar.

Chris's formal education includes undergraduate training in Jazz Studies and Secondary Education, graduate study in the fields of Philosophy and Sociology of Music Education and Theological and Liturgical Studies, and doctoral work in Educational and Interdisciplinary Leadership. All of these seemingly disparate disciplines and interests help to inform the music that he makes.

Negative Press Project

In an era when there’s no respite from bad news, when it’s difficult to tell the difference between headlines in the Onion and the New York Times, Negative Press Project comes bearing the best of tidings. After a fruitful hiatus following 2023’s The Victorious Sessions (recorded in 2019), the chamber jazz ensemble led by pianist/composer Ruthie Dineen and bassist/composer Andrew Lion is back with the first volume of its most ambitious undertaking yet, Cycles I, an exquisitely orchestrated work featuring the innovative string ensemble Friction Quartet and released by Envelopmental Music. 

Mechelle Jayne McClenton- LaChaux

Born: February 4, 1953

Tom Bekeny

Born: March 12, 1954

For the last 40 years, Tom Bekeny, has been primarily known to people as a Bluegrass mandolinist and fiddler (The Kathy Kallick Band, High Country, Bangers and Grass, Laurie Lewis). But, for the last 15 years he has focussed his energy on playing Jazz mandolin with his trio The Missing Man Quartet. In August of 2013, he released a cd of straight ahead Jazz entitled "Jazzolin" which has garnered some very positive reviews by Jazzmando.com, Jazz Weekly, and Mandolin Cafe. Jazzolin will also be reviewed in the upcoming Winter 2014 issue of Mandolin Magazine. In addition to performing and recording Tom also teaches mandolin.

Wajeedah

Vocalist, 'Wajeedah' (which means compassionate), has brought together Neo- Soul, Jazz and R&B. Wajeedah is a balladeer: very sensual with her deep buttery voice, which has also been described as mesmerizing. With every note she sings, you feel it, you believe the story she sings of, and this experience leaves audiences inspired. Additionally, Wajeedah is versatile enough to bring the in 'heat' of a rhythm with up-tempo beats. Her concerts bring all these elements in to play as Wajeedah performs some familiar classics as well as introduce some original work.