Hey Music Lovers!
Some slightly different types of stuff up tonight and this weekend. I’ll be at the Bollywood show and then probably head over to the reggae show tonight. These Bollywood revues are great shows, and for $6 extra you also get a plate of Indian food! So do a little world traveling in your own back yard and check it out. Be forewarned: it’s an early show at 5:30pm. Then you can still go out and hit the bars later.
The Yoginis are working behind the scenes to get our CD out next month (finally) and then I’ll be globetrotting to India and Philippines again in Jan/Feb 2006 where we’ll be recording some new Yoginis Jazz/Indian fusion originals for later release. We’ll keep you posted. I will be playing in December again before I go, so more on that later.
Here’s what’s hot this week:
Jovino Santos Neto
Thursday, October 27 at 7:30 pm
“Seattle Follies – Cabaret with a Political Twist”
It should be a fun and interesting evening. Expect ironic political commentary, satirical sketches, and fine music by Dave and his guests.
Also appearing:
Maktub lead singer Reggie Watts
Singer/actor Sarah Rudinoff, and
Seattle's official unofficial historian Paul Dorpat with a slide-show on "Haunted Seattle."
www.townhallseattle.org
Advance, reserved section tickets $16/$13 Town Hall members, seniors & students only at www.ticketweb.com.
$18/$15 at the door.
Gregg Williamson presents a special Earshot Jazz Festival Event
JAZZ TRADITIONS: CONVERSATIONS AND DECONSTRUCTIONS
a composition by greg williamson
a featured performance of the 2005 Earshot Jazz Festival
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 8PM
CONSOLIDATED WORKS
500 Boren Avenue N (South Lake Union), Seattle
A new sound collage of recorded interviews, electronica and live big band. Stories from Seattle's colorful jazz legends accompanied by new music performed by a live 13-piece jazz orchestra. Come laugh and swing - a one of a kind experience!
Open rehearsal and workshop at 4pm. Free
Tickets to the 8pm performance are $12 general / $10 Earshot members. Available at www.earshot.org or by calling (206) 547-9787.
Sorry, this next one is posted a little late- my apologies! :0
Reggae Maestro Sugar Minoot from Kingston, Jamaica
Presented by Culture Yard (www.cultureyard.com)
At CHOP SUEY in Seattle’s Capitol Hill (14th Ave and Madison St)
Saturday October 22nd.
Opening up will be rising artists Jus Goodie, Itawe and Pashon Minott (Sugar’s talented daughter!) supported by their Band from Jamaica.
Tickets Day Of show will be $18. Doors Open at 9:00 PM. Ages 21+ Only.
Please pick up your discounted advance tickets for $15
Zion’s Gate Records, 11th and Pike (Capitol Hill)
Cowri Imports, 215 Broadway E.(Capitol Hill)
The Mustard Seed, MLK Jr. way + Judkins (Central District)
The Landing Music, Roosevelt + 64th (U-Dist.)
Sonic Boom Records (locations in Ballard and Fremont)
Pan Africa Café, 1521 First Ave (Pike Place Market)
And last but not least - calling all Bollywood/Indipop enthusiasts!
Asha Seattle presents
AllGoRhythms 2005
Evening of Music Masti with hits from Bollywood !
Date : Saturday October 22nd 2005, 5:30 pm
Venue : Kane Hall 130, University of Washington
Directions: http://www.ashanet.org/seattle/events/allgorhythms/drivingdirections.htm
Ticketing : Online at www.ashanet.org/seattle or contact
Kavitha Sharma: 425-785-3177
Vaibhav Bhandari : 425-706-4016
Ravi Manghani: 206-498-6522
Advance purchase: $18 main $14 balcony $10 kids ( 12 yrs & under) $5 food coupon
Door purchase: $20 main $15 balcony $10 kids ( 12 years & under) $6 food coupon
2 comments:
Around one hundred years ago, a bunch of American musicians discovered the joys of improvising and called it jazz. Over two thousand years ago, Indian classical musicians were busy laying down foundations for improvised music. If jazz is improvised music, Indian classical music is jazz! Now that we've discovered who really discovered jazz, it's time to take a good look at the state in India. The name of India's most popular live jazz venue located in Mumbai, tells the story loud and clear. It started as 'Jazz by the bay', changed to 'Not just jazz by the bay' and should now switch to 'Just not jazz by the bay'!
Granted, jazz has a niche audience and commercial music rules, but then a few years later, that same commercial music is ruled out while jazz blissfully evolves, embracing all other forms of music along the way. We now have rock-jazz, pop-jazz, funk-jazz, latin-jazz, hip-hop-jazz, indo-jazz... to cut a very long story short, there is a -jazz attached to every genre of music and there will be a -jazz attached ot every genre that comes along. That's how huge jazz is and it should now be spelt jaaaaaaaaaaz!
Jazz is the medium through which I express myself musically. Jazz allows me to be myself as opposed to pop that wants me to be Madonna. I'd rather be myself than strut onstage wearing conical jocks. In fact, not very long ago a leading music company in India released a male indi-pop star's album titled 'Mai bhi Madonna' (I'm Madonna too) with the man dressed in drag on the album cover. Jazz suddenly began to make profound sense to me. I chose to play bass as I felt it was the coolest sound of music. Rhythm, melody and harmony makes music and the bassplayer is the important link between the three. I may not be upfront or in the spotlight all the time like the singer in the band but I am certainly right behind the song all the way.
It's been a long, exciting journey into jazz for me. I made a lot of friends as a musician and a whole lot of enemies. I did meet a lot of people. If it wasn't for my music I would have been a lighthouse keeper on Andaman island or what's worse, I would have been a doctor, lawyer or engineer. Yes, music helped me get out of my shell and face the world with a song. I currently work on two resident contracts at the JW Marriott hotel with my indo-jazz fusion ensemble called 'The Brown Indian Band' for obvious reasons and at night at the Taj Lands End hotel with my band called 'The Bassman's Band' for some strange reason. I often take time off from these two gigs to perform at concerts and corporate events all over India and internationally. One of the highlights of my career so far, has been performing internationally on the world renowned Hennessy XO jazz tour.
My journey into jazz has been fun and my best is always yet to come. To give back to the music that gave me so much, I setup an organisation in Goa called 'Jazz Goa' that can be reviewed at www.jazzgoa.com After close to three decades of playing jazz with just about every jazz musician in the country, I would have loved to be called the Godfather of Indian jazz. The position has been filled I'm told, so I'll settle for Godson of Indian jazz!
Checkout some of my bands and music at my website www.jazzyatra.com
Thanks for getting in touch. You apparently have had an illustrious career.
Are you in India now, or are you in the States?
I'm in the Seattle area.
I have had great fun collaborating with Indian musicians. Some work we recorded was used in the new documentary featuring the Dalai Lama (I feel extremely lucky and grateful about that). All that stuff is on my websites.
Do you have a myspace site?
The Yoginis band is www.theyoginis.com
MySpace site is www.myspace.com/yoginis
Music newsletter is www.yogismusic.blogspot.com
Cheers,
Yogi
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