Yogi's Music World

Songbird music slideshow video

2010-03-11T09:16:00.001-08:00

Here's another music video slideshow, this one of "Songbird," one of our mst requested originals. It features the vocals of Samia Panni, flute solo by Bob Antolin, me on Piano, Jeff Busch on Brazilian percussion, Johnny Conga on Latin percussion, Ed Mays on Drumset, and in this case, bassist Marc Miller, who relocated to Atlanta soon after the recording. The phothgraphy for the video is done by my friend Septhanto Floribertus. The photos are from recent Yoginis perormances, so the bass player in the video is my current bassist Burt Boice.

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Video of the song Basant Blue

2010-03-10T00:28:00.000-08:00

New Music Video: The Song Basant Blue in a video slideshow featuring the locations and musicians in India and the USA who worked on the song.

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Basant Blue won finalist in the 2009 WOMEX World Music Songwriting Contest. It was composed by vocalist Ujwaal nagar, Yogi McCaw, and Tabla-maestro Vishal Nagar in Delhi India where they composed many of the songs found on the Terra Shivaiya album.

Yoginis at Bellevue's new Monsoon East

2010-02-09T23:49:00.001-08:00

Yogi and the Yoginis will be performing at the elegant Monsoon East restaurant in Old Downtown Bellevue on Friday feb 12th at 9pm. There is no cover charge, and Monsoon has specials on drinks for late happy Hour, 9-11pm.
Yogi and the Yoginis

Friday, feb 12th 9pm - 12amMonsoon East10245 Main StBellevue, WA 98004

(425) 635-1112

About Yogi and the Yoginis:The Yoginis deliver exciting, fresh sounds fusing American Jazz, Brazilian Samba, Afro-Cuban and Caribbean rhythms and Indian/Jazz fusions. The Yoginis explore new territory while respecting their roots. The Yoginis are created by pianist Yogi McCaw drawing on his musical friends from around the world. Yogi and the Yoginis original samba/latin/world-fusion jazz has won finalist in the WOMEX 2009 songwriting contest, called “Truly one of a kind” (Steve Getz, Stan Getz's son) and “Truly Innovative” (the Jazz Network Worldwide), and has songs heard in the award winning “Dalai Lama Renaissance” documentary. Website: http://theyoginis.com/...

About Monsoon East website: http://www.monsoonres/...
We grew up in Saigon, where the cuisine was influenced not only by what was freshest every day, but by Chinese and European cooking traditions. Join us for contemporary Vietnamese cuisine served in a modern, elegant setting.
Yes, the new Monsoon is gorgeous. —Nancy Leson, The Seattle Times

Yoginis at Soulfood Bookstore to be video-streamed live

2010-01-10T18:44:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,

The Yoginis upcpoming show at Soulfood Books will be video-streamed live, and we will archive the show as well, plus try to remix and re-release some clean versions of the songs at a later time. Here's the scoop:

Yogi and the Yoginis will be appearing
Saturday, Jan 16, 8 - 10pm
Soulfood Bookstore
15748 Redmond Way
Redmond WA 98052
(in the QFC shopping center behind Canyon's sports bar)
Check the soulfood calendar at
http://tinyurl.com/ygz8wsv

The show will be streamed live on the Soultribe Streaming site on UStream.com.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/soultribetv
OR go to
www.soulfoodbooks.com, click on SoulTribe Streaming
If you miss the live stream, Soulfood archives their shows so we will still be there!

And we will have 2 different CDs for sale:
1. Yoginis Terra Shivaiya CD recorded both in India and the USA.
2. Dalai Lama Renaissance Movie Soundtrack. The Yoginis India group has 2 songs on the soundtrack of this wonderful award-winning movie featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

At a later date we will post individual songs from the show to the YogisMusicWorld You Tube Site (search You Tube for "yogismusicworld").

If you have been to Soulfood, you know how cool the place is. If not you owe it to yourself. They have a great little in-store coffee bar, a beautiful stage, and the people who come there are just really the greatest audience you could ever ask for! Big Thanks to Clint McCune, who has poured his life into making Soulfood happen for us all!

Buy Yogi and the Yoginis Music

2009-12-27T20:12:00.000-08:00

Here are the storelinks to buy either hard copy Cds (use CD Baby) or mp3 downloads (all other sites) of the Yoginis album Terra Shivaiya (or cuts therefrom):

They are the same songs you hear on the player at right. If you like the music, please support an independent musician. All these services forward a large majority of the payment directly to the artist. Thank you!

Yoginis Friday at Monsoon East in Bellevue WA

2009-12-06T10:31:00.000-08:00

We are happy to appear at the elegant Monsoon east Restaurant and Bar in the Old Bellevue downtown.
We will be a quintet with Brazilian stylist Samia Panni on vocals and acclaimed Latin Percussionist Johnny Conga, as well as myself, Burt Boice on bass and the multi-talented Bob Antolin on reeds/woodwinds/guitar.

Come enjoy our hot mix of samba/latin/straight-ahead jazz and the excellent menu and drink selections of Bellevue's new Monsoon East Restaurant.

Yoginis @ Monsoon East
Wednesday 6:30 - 9:30pm
10245 Main St
Bellevue WA 98004

Cheers,

Yogi

Yoginis at Local Color Cafe in Seattle

2009-10-28T23:03:00.000-07:00

Yoginis at Local Color Cafe in the Heart of Pike Place Market, street level on the corner of Pike Pl. & Stewart
$5 Admission, come and hear the award winning sounds of our worldjazz/fusion band. And FREE covered parking in the market -see below!
Costumes optional, but we'll give a free yoginis CD to the best costume (the band members are the judges).
And a SPECIAL for my returning friends and fans - I have a FREE CD to give to the first ten Friends that bring a new person (i.e. - someone who has never heard the Yoginis before). This is the first ten only, so come for the first set and bring a new person to be sure to get your free CD.

Parking – FREE covered validated parking after 5pm, Public Market Garage 1531 Western Ave. Park and take the elevator and sky bridge to the market. Mention Local Color to the attendant and bring your parking ticket to the Cafe, -- OR FREE Street parking after 6pm.

So come out, get your CD, start your Hallowe'en weekend and hang with the Yoginis and friends.

Yogi and the Yoginis
Local Color Cafe
Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 8:00pm - 10:30pm
Location: 1606 Pike Place

What people have been saying about Yogi and the Yoginis:

“Yogi has assembled a diverse and talented group of multi-cultural musicians" - Steve Getz (sax legend Stan Getz's son)

“Yogi, your music is very innovative, it causes one to ‘really listen’ to what’s going on" - JaiJai Jackson, founder The Jazz Network Worldwide

Finalist - WOMEX/We Are Listening World of Music Songwriting Contest 2009.

Yogi's Gigs This Weekend Friday 10-2 to Sunday 10-4 2009

2009-10-01T22:03:00.000-07:00

Friday 10-2 7:30 - 11pm
Ocean City Restaurant Ballroom
Chinese International Ballroom Dancing
with Singer Yadong
609 S Weller St
Seattle, WA 98104-2924
(206) 623-2333
Beautiful ballroom, one of the Chinese Community's premier hotspots in Seattle

Sunday 5:30 - 7:30pm
Seattle Mobile Espresso
Jazz Montage gig/jam session
13000 Linden Ave N
Seattle, WA 98133
(206) 420-4719
www.seattlemobileespresso.com
Led by singer Nelea Lloyd, this is easily the gig that creates the most buzz of all my gigs. Great people, great place, many good jazzers/singers stop in.

Yogis gigs this weekend 9-19 to 9-20 2009

2009-09-17T22:08:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone,

Here's the gigs I will be on this weekend. All of them are no cover, but we encourage supporting the band with donations, and it's greatly appreciated if you support the businesses by enjoying some food and drink with the music. This makes it possible to keep the gigs happening in these times of tight finances! Thanks!

Friday 9/18 7:30 - 11pm
Ocean City Ballroom w/ singer Yadong
International Ballroom Dancing
609 S Weller St
Seattle, WA 98104-2924
(206) 623-2333
oceancityrestaurant.net
Saturday 9/19 9pm -12am

Goldies Bar and Restaurant
w/ Harvey Leonard's Vintage One Jazz Quartet
Birthday party/session for sax player Jeff Chen
3924 Airport Way S
Seattle Wa 98108
(206) 622-1119

Sunday 9/20 5:30 - 7:30pm
w/ Nelea Lloyd and Jazz Montage gig/jam session
Seattle Mobile Espresso
13000 Linden Ave N
Seattle WA 98133
(206) 420-4719

Yogis shows this weekend (or Why I Won't be at Bumbershoot)

2009-09-02T23:32:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

I will be at the Ocean City Ballroom (corner of 6th Ave S and S Weller St in Chinatown) again this Friday with singer Yadong, guitarist Don Zuniga, and drummer Tom Lash. Bring your partner and/or some friends for an Asian twist on the ballroom dance styles cha-cha, swing, samba, waltz and more. Plus me, Don, and Tom usually break out for some rock and latin jazz during the night as well.

And I have two shows with singer Nelea Lloyd this weekend.
Nelea says:

I would like to invite you to please come on out and show your support at our debut performance at Laughing Ladies Cafe in Shoreline on Saturday, 9/5 from 7:30pm-9:30pm. Representing Jazz Montage will be a trio consisting of myself on vocals, Burt Boice on bass and Yogi McCaw on keys. There is no cover but we appreciate any contributions to the tip jar. Also, check out the cafe's extensive menu from food to beer and wine.

Also, please join us for our gig with jam session during the second set with the entire Jazz Montage group at Seattle Mobile Espresso Sunday, 9/6 from 5:30pm-7:30pm. This is our usual hang at SME which is on the 1st & 3rd Sundays. The next date will be 9/20. Vocalists, please bring charts and musicians your axes. This is also no cover, but tip jar donations appreciated. SME too has a fabulous menu of drinks and treats.

I am excited to direct you to our brand new website at: www.seattlejazzmontage.com. Here you will find maps to our event locations. The site will be updated with music, pictures, and events.

So that's why I won't be at Bumbershoot...;-)

Yoginis Friday Aug 28 at Third Place Books

2009-08-26T00:19:00.000-07:00

Hi Y'all!

The Yoginis are very happy to be returning to Third Place Books where we have always had fun stretching out on our original music while the people dance, eat, shop or do whatever they do. Bring the youngsters they usually dance up by the stage too. All ages, plenty of refreshments in the food court.

Yogi and the Yoginis
Friday Aug 28th 7:30 - 10:00pm
Third Place Books Stage in Lake Forest Park Center
17171 Bothell Way NE (at Ballinger way)
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
The Yoginis are: Yogi McCaw - keys, compositions; Burt Boice - Bass, compositions; Samia Panni - vocals and percussion; Bob Antolin - Flutes, Saxes, Guitars; JC Johnny Conga - Latin percussion; and Ed mays - Drumset

See you at the gig!

Also, I will have the new Yogi and the Yoginis CD - Terra Shivaiya - Six east, Six West, recorded half in India and half in the USA. The CD garnered rave reviews as the featured CD on the Jazz Network Worldwide, including an outstanding review by jazz writer Steve Getz, who is Stan Getz's son. Everyone that has one is very happy with it (as far as I know so), and a number of people have bought several at once.

The CD features our unique approach to east/west jazz fusion, plus a number of great sambas and Samia singing the gorgeous Songbird bossa nova that many people say the love when they hear us perform it. It also garnered rave reviews by DJs Sharon Stevens and former music programming director Barbie-Danielle DeCarlo of KBCS 91.3FM Bellevue Community radio.

So get one of those while you're there with us!

Plus - if you're still reading - here's a bonus for you: an older Yoginis You Tube with the late great Mike Deasy, Jr on Sax, recorded at the 2007 Hempfest!

Enjoy!

Cheers,
Yogi
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Yogi's Sites:

The Yoginis band is http://www.theyoginis.com/
MySpace site is www.myspace.com/yoginis
Music newsletter is http://www.yogismusic.blogspot.com/

Sunday Jazz Jam 5:30pm Seattle Mobile Espresso

2009-08-02T10:42:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

The Sunday Jazz Jam hosted by Jazz Montage at the Seattle Mobile Espesso is happening again this Sunday Aug 2nd 5:30 - 7:30pm.

Jazz Montage is Nelea Lloyd, vocalist, and whip cracking band boss, Chris Busa on wind whatchamacallit thingy that makes all those confounded noises, Burt Boice on bass and assorted kitchen implements, Ed Mays beating the tins, and a piano student called Yogi.

This week we are happy to have Eric Hullander covering the bass chair. Eric is very good and has played jazz and Brazilian music all over Seattle. In fact, he will be on the gig with Sambatuque later Sunday evening (meet me at that gig too).

So y'all come now, hear?

Sunday Jazz Jam hosted by Jazz Montage
Sunday Aug 2, 5:30 - 7:30pm
www.seattlemobileespresso.com
13000 Linden Ave N
Seattle, WA 98133
(206) 420-4719

Yogi's upcoming shows

2009-07-18T16:56:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

I am excited to announce our show at the 4th Ave Alehouse in Olympia Saturday August First. Show starts 9:30-ish and the Subtonic Trio from Portland will open for us. You'll want to see them too, their bandleader spent months living in Brazil and they play some really nice stuff.

Here's the rundown and the poster:
Yogi and the Yoginis
Sat August 1st 9:30pm
Special Guests Subtonic Trio
The 4th Ave Alehouse
210 4th ave E
Olympia WA 98501

Yogi's Interview on KBCS

2009-07-13T21:54:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

I had a great interview on KBCS 91.3 FM (KBCS.fm) with Sharon Stevens on Daily Planet on June 23rd. We discussed how the album was made in both India and the USA, and talk about the musicians on the record as well.

I have posted the excerpts up on my websites for your listening pleasure! The excerpts are minus the songs because you can listen to those in the music players on the sites (or even better, buy the CD to help support all this planet-hopping and music-making!)

Interview and songs at
The Yoginis band is www.theyoginis.com
MySpace site is www.myspace.com/yoginis
Music newsletter is www.yogismusic.blogspot.com

Buy the CD as an MP3 album at the following online stores:

Search "Yogi and the Yoginis" at the ITunes Store,
OR use any of the following links
AmazonMp3:
eMusic:
Rhapsody:
Napster
Digstation:

or listen on Last.fm

"Yogi has assembled a diverse and talented group of multi-cultural musicians, all in one superb recording
offering an esoteric,unique collage, a fusion of jazz and multi-cultural music!"
-Steve Getz, Writer/Reviewer
The Jazz Network Worldwide

"Delightful to listen to! Really beautiful!"
- Barbie Danielle De Carlo
Music Director, KBCS radio Bellevue WA

Yogismusic News June 21 2009

2009-06-21T12:19:00.000-07:00

We greatly benefited from and enjoyed our space as featured artists on the Jazz Network Worldwide, and now the CD review by Steve Getz is still featured there below the current artists of the week profile.

I also have an interview coming up on KBCS Bellevue Daily Planet Show hosted by Sharon Stevens.
I will be on at 4pm this Tuesday, June 23rd. Check out KBCS Radio online streaming or at 91.3 on your dial. They also archive the shows now. There's a wealth of world music from all countries and traditions there. It's really quite amazing what they have there.

I am also working on setting up an interview at KAOS independent radio in Olympia WA sometime in July, before our August 1st show at the 4th Ave Alehouse there.

And my sideman shows:

Looking forward to appearing with Alex Kajumulo at the Black Community Festival in Judkins Park on July 4th at 4pm.

And I am very happy to announce my appearance with African guitarist/composer Guillaume Mpacko on July 8th on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, at the sports field by the new Microsoft Commons shopping area. I am not sure if you have to be a "Softee" to attend - more on that as the time approaches.

I also have my appearance at the Sunday Jazz Jam at Seattle Mobile Espresso, this time hosted by singer Nelea Lloyd, and we are known as Jazz Montage.
Jazz Montage and Jam session
with Singer Nelea Lloyd
Sunday 7:30pm - 10pm
Seattle Mobile Espresso
13000 Linden Ave N (1 block west if Aurora)
Seattle WA

As usual, I will be at the Ocean City this Friday with Chinese pop singer Shanel Hsu, dishing out the Chinese ballroom faves. It's a nice event - you should attend. No cover, but you are expected to buy dinner. Although famous for their lunchtime dim-sum, I can tell you dinner is really excellent there too!

Shanel, Yogi and Don play
International Ballroom Dancing
Friday 7:30 - 10pm
Ocean City Restaurant Ballroom
609 S Weller St
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 623-2333

The Yoginis featured this week on The Jazz Network Worldwide

2009-06-14T10:14:00.000-07:00

I want to thank Jai Jai Jackson for her awesome work over at the Jazz Network Worldwide and for allowing us to feature our music there for a week! She is providing an invaluable service to the indie-jazz community.

Visit THE JAZZ NETWORK WORLDWIDE

I also want to thank Steve Getz (son of Stan Getz, one of the world's most famous jazz musicians), the staff reviewer there, for writing a very nice review of our new CD Terra Shivaiya, which I am reprinting here:

Yogi McCaw, leader, composer and keyboardist presents here his new release:" Yogi and The Yoginis- Terra Shivaiya: Six East-Six West". Yogi has assembled a diverse and talented group of multi-cultural musicians, all in one superb recording offering an esoteric,unique collage, a fusion of jazz and multi-cultural music! Seattle native Yogi McCaw has taken exceptional care in putting this project together, which was recorded over a course of several years on two continents-In the US and in India. The musicians come from the traditions of Jazz, Latin, Brazilian, Indian Classical, Reggae and African music! This is truly a one of a kind recording! This writer does not know of another recording offering such a rich infusion of multi-cultural music which blends different, diverse music, all together in one CD!

Congratulations, Yogi McCaw, on a fine and most unique recording!

Steve Getz
Writer/Reviewer
The Jazz Network Worldwide
June 2009

Yogi with Alex kajumulo plus more weekend gigs

2009-05-29T08:13:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

I'm very happy to be appearing with Alex Kajumulo at the 4th Ave Tavern in Olympia this Saturday Night 10pm (or so).

We will be filming a concert video, so come be a part of it. This is a rare opportunity to see Alex's band before we start our international touring schedule this fall and winter. The next chance will be July when we headline at the Black Community Festival

Yogi with Alex Kajumulo and Original Sound
Alex rocks Olympia and we'll be making a concert video - BIG FUN!
Sat 10pm - closing
The 4th Ave Tavern
210 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA 98501
360-786-1444

ALSO: I will be on the following gigs in the Seattle area this weekend:

Yogi and Shanel Hsu and Don Zuniga
Friday &:30 - 11pm
Ocean City Restaurant
International Ballroom Dancing with a Chinese Flair
609 S Weller St
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 623-2333

Sat AM Private Party
Seattle's Aloha Inn, nationally recognized successful program to assist homeless people, celebrates its Birthday.
As always, the African Knights Reggae Band led by program Alumnus Ahmed Tarawally, plays

Sunday evening 7:30 - 10pm
Jazz Montage and Jam session with singer Nelea Lloyd
Chill, friends, a nice cuppa and some jazz
Seattle Mobile Espresso
13000 Linden Ave N
Seattle, WA 98133
(206) 420-4719

Yogi with Alex Kajumulo

2009-05-17T09:45:00.000-07:00

Hi folks!

I am now playing keyboards with the Band of Alex Kajumulo. Alex is a former soccer star from Tanzania, who, in retirement from soccer, has been traveling the globe teaching soccer to kids and selling a sporting clothes line called Babukaju. He also has done some music along the way. A couple of years ago he decided to release music and promote it around the world, and to form a touring band. His website is http://www.alexkajumulo.com

I am happy to say that I was one of the first musicians he called to help form his band. Now Alex has released five records, and he is ready to start touring. Here is some info from Alex's Myspace page www.myspace.com/alexkajumulo:

Hello everybody. My name is Alex Kajumulo. I am a recording artist and producer. I have a record label called Babukaju Records and have so far produced five albums. Never Before, Justice for Mankind, Searching for Love, I'm Kool Like That, and Bushman Vision. Never Before has been playing all over the world. One of my songs, Maza Africa, was a finalist in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition. Other songs in the Never Before album have so far been licensed by several organizations.

The first scheduled tour is of Africa in Dec 2009 and January 2010. We will return to Africa in May 2010. We are also arranging tours in Canada and possibly Australia/New Zealand.

We are warming up with a couple of local shows. We will play May 30th 9pm at the 4th Ave Tavern in Olympia. 4th Ave is the premier club for music in dopwntown Olympia. We played there last fall and they told us we brought more people to the club than they had ever had in there before.

We will also be the headliner band at the Black Community Festival on July 4th in Judkins Park in Seattle.

The music is available on iTunes, Amazon, and CDBaby also.

So look for me at Alex's shows.

Yogi's projects update

2009-04-04T23:18:00.000-07:00

Yogi's projects update:

Here's the projects I am currently involved in and what's going on with them:

Alex Kajumulo (aka Babukaju) we are playing at the Bellevue Community College on April 20th, a Monday, at 10pm. We seem to be getting a lot of airplay on college stations around the world. We will also be in Olympia at the 4th Ave Pub again on May 30th where we played a packed house last month. Be there for the live concert video we will make. July will see us headlining at the Black Community Festival at Judkins Park in Seattle.
He has music on the Alex Kajumulo myspace page where he has passed the 700,000 listeners mark. The song "Global Warming" seems to be attracting attention as well.

I rehearse and gig occasionally with Martin NTerry's soul reggae group. He is also working on some international promo here, in Europe, and Africa.

I have started to be the keyboardist every Friday night at the Ocean City Ballroom in Chinatown, part of the Ocean City Restaurant enterprise. I back the well-known Chinese singers Shanel and Yadong. Come prepared for some international ballroom-style dancing and great Chinese entrees. The ballroom usually is filled. We start 7:30pm

And I have the Sunday night jazz/world jam session at the Navya Lounge in Seattle's famous Rainier Square center. We start at 7:30pm.

Those are the things I occupy my music time with these days.

2009-01-30T23:47:00.000-08:00

After our memorial show for Mike Deasy at the Navya Lounge, we had so much fun, and the place is so nice that we decided to do it every week! So...we are hosting a jazz/world music jam session Sundays 7:30 - 10pm at Navya. Drop in for listening, eats, or if you are a player, some jams!

Usually it will be me on keys and Burt Boice on bass and Ed Mays holding the rhythm section. Of course there will be guests on all instruments at different times.
(We are hoping that some of the players that came last week (Beth and Jim Wulffe, Tim Romain, Hilary Harris) will grace us with their musicianship, and aim to attract the likes of Trumpeter Harv Leonard and Sax Man Mike Yasutake - and ---YOU!
Horns and Singers bring your charts and let's make some joyful noises!

Sunday Jazz Jam with
Yogi and Friends
Navya Lounge
1333 5th Ave (in Rainier Square Center)
Seattle Wa 98101
206-623-4111

I'm ba-a-a-ck!

2009-01-11T23:20:00.001-08:00

Hi Everyone,

I am Back after a blog hiatus . I am going to try to re-invent this place. I had wanted to list all the gigs I thought were good in town, but that became overwhelming as I am playing in four different configurations of musicians right now plus holding a full time job! One side effect of that is my time to go to other group's gigs has become more limited since I'm always working on one of the projects I am involved in.

I will still try to get some gigs listed, but the listings won't be as comprehensive, and the blog is going to have to be more focused on the music I am involved in directly. So...PLEASE check the band sites on the right sidebar - I will try to keep the links updated. Also - bands are sending me their gigs in email, on facebook and myspace, so I will try to get listings out ion emails every couple of weeks or so like I was doing before.

I expect to be traveling some more over the coming years, so I will use the blog as a travel log too - send pictures from farway places and all that...

So...slow;y, slowly, I'll startre-establishing my presence on the scene again. Next post will be gigs and then a newsletter.

Cheers everyone and happy 2009!

Yogis Gigs Thanksgiving Weekend

2008-11-27T10:33:00.000-08:00

Hi Music Lovers,

I have two very nice gigs coming up this weekend that you can enjoy. I will be playing keyboards with the Martin NTe rry Beneere Band. Martin hails from Burkina Faso, West Africa, and sings his powerful songs of social change and love in the African Reggae style. Highly danceable, and you can practice up on your French, as he sings many of the songs in French.

Then on Sunday I will be on keys with Babu Kaju, that's Alex Kajumulo of Tanzania. That will be in Bellingham at the Wild Buffalo, and is a benefit party of the Slum Doctor organization, which has helped thousands of people fight poverty in Africa. We played last summer for Slum Doctor to a sold out crowd of several hundred and expect to so the same in Bellingham.

Here's the scoops:

Martin N'Terry Beneere Band
Fri Nov 28th 9pm
Waid's Haitian Café
1212 E Jefferson St (between 12th and 14th aves)
Seattle WA 98122
$10 at the door

Sun Nov 30th 8pm
Babukaju Alex Kajumulo
Slum Doctor Benefit
The Wild Buffalo
208 W Holly St
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 752-0848
$16 and $8 students

Yogi's June Gigs

2008-06-01T10:20:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone,

Wanted to shout out the Yoginis June gigs
There two opportunities to see the Yoginis, and I have a sideman gig with the Jet City Rock band (yes, I play rock'n'roll too!)
Also, we are on Reverbnation as well as MySpace
And now, we're on The Jazz Network too!

Yoginis:
Fri and Sat June 20-21 9:30pm -12:30am
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Regatta Bar and Grill
1113 6th Ave Seattle WA 98101
No cover, donations to musicians accepted

Yoginis Quintet in Crowne plaza's five-star hotel lounge
No Cover, full bar, nice, non-greasy bar menu
Great room for our jazzy sambas and chill bossas

Friday June 27th 7pm- 10:30pm

Cafe Vignole
9252 57th Ave S (cnr of Rainer Ave)
Seattle WA 98116
No cover, donations to musicians accepted

A new jewel in Seattle south end
Elegant, yet casual, Cafe vignole is where "Tuscany meets the South."
Good food, good vibes, good folks.
Always a joy to perform in this place.

What folks are saying about The Yoginis:

"Thank you for a most amazing evening of music! Your gigs are always so full of great music and beautiful friends."
-Jeannie - owner of “Bossa2Nova, #1 Bossa Nova Internet radio www.live365.com/stations/bossa2nova

"It was an enormous pleasure to hear you and especially to sing with a musician of your level. Thanks Yogi!"
- Brazilian Singer Nilza Lessa

"We love you guys!" - Rebeqa Rivers, La Familia Art Gallery, Seattle

Yogi on Keyboards with
The Jet City Rock Band
Friday June 6th 9pm
Highliner Pub
3909 18th Ave W
(Interbay near Fisherman's terminal)

Stones, Beatles, Cream, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Spirit, Heart, etc...plus a few originals
These guys are all veteran rockers who know how to get the sound...so check it out.

New Music clip with slideshow

2008-04-20T22:07:00.001-07:00

Here's a new music clip from the Indian/Jazz fusion sessions. The song is DDA Flat Nine. The Indian tracks in the song appear in the movie Dalai Lama Renaissance
The song title has many meanings. We stayed in the DDA (Delhi Development Association) flats while I was in India. The raga the song is based on has what we jazz musicians call a "flat 9" built into the scale. Finally, the rhythm of the songs is a 9-beat clave structure, which we created , since there is no such concept as "clave" in Indian music. "Clave" is a rhythm structure found in Afro-Cuban music. Most clave is for four beat cycles, but this one is a 9-beat clave. Enjoy!

Yoginis Spring 2008

2008-03-22T20:13:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

I have joined the ReverbNation musicians network, and will be using their tools to help me manage music emails and stuff. They have an opt-in form to make sure emails are received by people who want to get them. So, if you want to receive Yoginis info on gigs and projects, please opt in:

Opt-in link for Yoginis email list:
http://www.reverbnation.com/yoginis?add_email=true

The Yoginis are working completing the Indian - Jazz fusion album Terra Shivaiya. it should be ready in the fall. IT consists of combining music I recorded in Delhi India in 2006 with the western Yoginis musicians to make a seamless East-West music experience.

Meanwhile, the India tracks are being used in the film DalaiLama Renaissance and has been playing worldwide at film festivals to sold-out shows with some festivals even having to make extra showings to accomodate demand. There will be a soundtrack released as the movie opens in theatres in Europe and the USA in May.

You may also have heard about the violent protests and resulting Chinese crackdown in the Tibetan provinces of China. I want to urge you to show support for Tibet and also urge China to use restraint when restoring order by signing this petition over at Avaaz.org. Over 360,000 people have signed it and they want up to 1 million, and it will be delivered to Chinese officials.

It's important to support the Dalai Lama who has requested the Tibetans to stop rioting and destroying Chinese property, and requested that the Chinese use retraint when dealing with the Tibetan protesters. Please help out.

Avaaz.org homepage (Tibet is listed as top issue right now):
http://www.avaaz.org/en/

We have shows coming in April at Egan's Ballard Jamhouse on April 11th (the weekend that the Dalai Lama will be in Seattle - website here - and in May at Crowne Plaza and at the Northgate Community Center in the Neighbor Power project Finale, an event sponsored by Seattle City Light.

I'll send out emails and post up the details on those as they near.

You can also get on the Yoginis email list using this widget:

Crowne Plaza, Cafe Vignole

2008-02-26T23:10:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,

The Yoginis will be in a quartet configuration at Seattle's Crowne Plaza Regatta Bar and Grille this weekend. I'll be on keys, Samia Panni on multi-lingual vocals and Brazilian Percussion, Burt Boice on contrabass and JC Johnny Conga on Afro-Cuban percussion. We'll be exploring our samba-jazz/fusion/ Yogistyle grooves for your listening/drinking/dining

/socializing pleasure.

Crowne Plaza has a luxurious international hotel lounge and a great grille menu along with a well-stocked bar. Entertainment manager Paul is the consummate gracious host, and he loves jazz. So it's always a good thang down at the CP. Hope to see you there.

Yoginis Quartet
Fri - Sat, Feb 29 - March 1
9:30pm - 12:30am
Crowne Plaza Hotel
1113 6th Ave
Seattle, WA 98101

no cover

Cafe Vignole!

The Yoginis Quartet will be at Seattle's new Cafe Vignole, and elegant Italian/Southern Cuisine Restaurant in Seattle's Rainier Beach. They have an excellent wine selection, and have newly remodeled their space, AND have started having jazz every weekend!

We are excited to be invited to play our music there, and it will be on Friday March 7th, from 7-10 pm. We hope you come out, enjoy dinner and wine, meet the folks at Cage Vignole and hang out with us too.

Yoginis Quartet
Friday, March 7th, 7-10pm
Cafe Vignole
9252 57th Ave S (cnr of Rainer Ave)
Seattle WA 98116

Yoginis Shows, Dalai Lama Movie, and Babu Kaju "Never Before"

2008-02-10T09:49:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone,

News in Yogis Music World:

We had a very nice time playing an invite-only Singles event at an the La Familia Art Gallery in Pioneer Square last night, and The Yoginis Rhythm (Yogi on keys, Burt Boice on Bass, Ed Mays on drums) section backed up Trumpeter Harvey Leonard at a Mardi Gras celebration in Tacoma to a very, very appreciative crowd at St Mary’s Episcopal Church. Thanks to all who made those events possible or attended one of them!

I am still continuing to plug away at the Yoginis Indian-Jazz fusion project. The tracks from India have, as you know, if you know me, been included in the new documentary Dalai Lama Renaissance, now doing quite well in film festivals worldwide and due for release to theatres in Europe in May, and later in the States. Here’s a trailer for the movie.

Next shows include full band Yoginis at the Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park on the North side of Lake Washington, and Crowne Plaza’s Regatta Bar and Grille in downtown Seattle no cover for any of these shows, so come on out and say hi to the band:

Fri Feb 15th 7:30 -9:30pm
Third Place Books
Lake Forest Park Towne Centre
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
Tel: 206-366-3333
http://www.thirdplacebooks.com

Feb 22-23,9:30pm-12:30pm
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Regatta Bar and Grille
1113 6th Ave
Seattle WA 98101
http://tinyurl.com/2dawxa

Finally, I want to mention that my collaboration with Tanzania’s soccer-star/musician Babu Kaju (Alex Kajumulo) is entering a new phase. Babu Kaju’s new record “Never Before” has been getting good press in Africa, Europe, and the USA. He has a song, “Maza Africa,” that is one of 16 finalists in the International Songwriting Competition (chosen from over 15,000 submitted songs!) The song has Jamaican singer Selassie I-soldier and Seattle violinist Joel Gamble on it.

Listen to the songs of the finalists here, and vote for one of them (hint, hint!) They want a valid email address (which is not published) and you can vote once a day, so you can vote for Alex’s song every day (ok, you can vote for others, too!)

We will be premiering live shows in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya in March and April. Hopefully that will lead to shows around here you can attend later on too.

I will send out an email just for the Babu Kaju Never Before project in a few days.

Yogi's Gigs Jan - Feb 2008

2008-01-09T22:20:00.000-08:00

Here's the rundown for the next several weeks. In addition to this I'll be doing more in the recording Studio on the album Terra Shivaiya, the Indian/Jazz fusion record from which the India tracks were pulled for use in the Dalai Lama Renaissance film.

Also note that The Yoginis will start having their rehearsals at the Ugly Mug on Monday nights. This a chance to hear the "behind the scenes" with the rhythm section working out on our original songs, and bringing in the Yoginis Horn players and Singers when available, and the occasional guest performer.

And I'll be alternating the Ugly Mug Sunday Jam Sessions with Mike Yasutake. He leads on the 13th and 27th, I lead on the 20th. That's always a hoot with lots of good players.

I'll be sitting in with a bunch of blues/rockers at the Celtic Bayou in Redmond on Fri the 11th of Jan. Gotta play that roots rock every now and then.

And we return to Soulfood Bookstore Sat the 12th, Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park on Fri Feb 15th, and one of our favorite gigs, The Crowne Plaza Hotel, on Feb 22-23.

Here's the scoop:

Fri Jan 11th 9:30pm -1:00am
Sitting in on the blues/rock jam at
Celtic Bayou
7281 W Samm Pkwy E
Redmond, WA 98052
(425) 869-5933
www.celticbayou.com

Saturday Jan 12th 8-10pm
SoulFood Books and Cafe
15748 Redmond Way
Redmond, WA 98052
Tel: (425) 881-5309
All Ages Smoke-free
No alcohol
http://soulfood.booksense.com

Sunday Jan 13th, 20th, 27th 7-9:30pm
Ugly Mug Jam Session
(20th w/Mike Yasutake)
http://myspace.com/uglymugjazz

Monday Jan 14th, 21st, 28th
Yoginis band practice
The Ugly Mug
11425 Rainier Ave S
Seattle, WA
http://myspace.com/uglymugjazz

Fri Feb 15th 7:30 -9:30pm
Third Place Books
Lake Forest Park Towne Centre
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
Tel: 206-366-3333
http://www.thirdplacebooks.com

Feb 22-23,9:30pm-12:30pm
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Regatta Bar and Grille
1113 6th Ave
Seattle WA 98101
http://tinyurl.com/2dawxa

Yoginis Trio Tonite Dec 22 at Crowne Plaza

2007-12-22T08:33:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone - this just in

I got a last-minute call to play at Seattle Five-Star Crowne Plaza Hotel at their elegant Regatta Bar and Grille. It's an elegant lounge atmosphere, good food and they love good jazz. Here's the scoop:

Yoginis Trio
Sat Dec 22, 9:30pm
Crowne Plaza Regatta Grille
1113 6th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98101 - no cover

I'll be there with Sax/Flute Maestro Bob Antolin and bassist Burt Boice (who will be joining us for the second set). A little jazz samba for your Christmas enjoyment.

See you there!

Indian-Jazz Fusion Project in the Studio Now

2007-12-09T09:37:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone,

I have been slacking on the blog here, no doubt.

The news with the Yoginis is that we’re finally back in the recording studio, finishing the Jazz/Indian fusion album.

I am also finally finishing the mixing and mastering of the first Yoginis album Songbird, from which the samples on myspace were pulled. But alas, I had the hard drive mailed up from the original engineer who is now based in LA, and it seems there’s some problem accessing the files. So I have let a friend who is a retired computer forensics expert have a cursory look and tell me if the data is intact and if it is easily recoverable.

On the business side, it has finally come down to contract signing time with the non-profit organization that produced the Dalai Lama Renaissance documentary, which has been doing quite well at film festivals worldwide. Contract negotiating is not my favorite part of the biz, as you can probably understand, but it’s necessary so we have to do it.

A complicating factor is that my music was already copyrighted by me before we decided to submit it to the film’s producers and director. Normally, compositions are commissioned for a film beforehand, and the composer produces what is called a "work for hire” in which the producers own the rights to the music, and the composer is paid either a one-time fee or entitled to some royalty on the film sales.

But since I already had the India/Jazz project underway, with my own plans to promote it worldwide, and I already owned the copyrights, I stand in a different relation to the film.

So we have to find a contract agreement that allows them to use the music in the film, but doesn’t surrender my copyrights. It can be done of course, it will just take a little longer since it is a non-standard agreement falling outside the usual “work-for-hire” arrangement.

Ahh, Legalese – ain’t it great?

Jams and Gigs, Sept - Oct 2007

2007-09-29T22:16:00.000-07:00

Hey folks,

I have some jams and gigs as sideman and in small combos of some of the Yoginis family of musicians (there's about 20 all told, both here and in Asia).

I am no longer a musical orphan, now having been adopted into the Ugly Mug Family of Musicians. The Ugly Mug is this really great little coffee joint where a bunch of jazzers meet every Sunday. This Sunday I'm hosting the jam with bassist Burt Boice.

Yogi, Burt and Friends Jam
Sunday Sept 30^th and Oct 14^th 6:30 – 9:30pm
The Ugly Mug Café
11425 Rainier Ave S Seattle, WA 98178
(206) 772-3751 - no cover

Also I have my first show with singer Lita Page at Serafina's this Fri Oct 5th - pulling from songbooks of bossas, boleros, and more. She sings beautifully in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Mixed up with a few Yogi instrumentals, of course.

Yogi With Lita Page
Friday, Fri Oct 5^th -9pm-12am
Serafina’s Italian Restaurant
2043 Eastlake Ave E Seattle, WA 98102
(206) 323-0807 - no cover
http://www.serafinaseattle.com/

I will be playing originals at Crowne Plaza Hotel in their Regatta Bar and Grille Oct 12th and 13th. This will be a Yoginis Quartet configuration of Yogi, Burt Boice, and Bob Antolin, with percussionists Ricardo Guity on Friday and Johnny Conga on Saturday.

Yoginis Quartet
Fri – Sat Oct 12^th -13th 9:30pm
Crowne Plaza Regatta Grille
1113 6th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98101 - no cover

My birthday party will be held at Jai Thai Restaurant on Friday 26th Oct (courtesy Paula Maya!). Everyone come and play music, or party - whatever! No cover, just do us all a favor and buy some drinks and some of their great Thai Food.

Yogi’s Birthday Party
Friday, Oct 26^th7:30 – 10:30
Jai Thai Capitol Hill
235 Broadway Ave. East Seattle WA 98103 – no cover
http://www.jaithai.com/broadway.htm

See ya!

Jazz Fusion TV - the Muthaload of prog-jazz vids!

2007-09-21T22:21:00.001-07:00

Hello Everyone,

OK, here's the muthaload of prog-jazz videos. I was going to upload a series of them, but as things are going these days, someone else has already thought the whole thing through and designed a cool site that covers the turf even better. Check it out:

Jazz Fusion TV

And they have an audio page if you like listening with no video too (the way we used to do when we were teenagers - remember those days?)

Have hours of fun. You can download the videos too, they are in FLV files (Flash video). If you don't have a player for them already (hint: the default windows media player in xp doesn't read flv files), here's a free one:

http://applian.com/flvplayer/

and here's the always handy You Tube Downloader:

http://www.youtube-d.com/

All free, all legal, no adware, spyware, or viruses.

Have fun!

Ultra-cool music vids

2007-09-16T11:50:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

I want to depart from my usual plugging of gigs to bring you some of what I think are the coolest prog-jazz vids on YouTube and MySpaceTV. These vids will also give you a good idea of what I was digging during those transformative early teenager years we all experience where we wake up to the wide world around us.

Well, I was living in Berlin, Germany in 1971, age 12, as my dad was stationed there with the US Army. Here's a video of what SOME people were doing in Berlin at the time (namely Joe Zawinul - may he rest in peace! - and Wayne Shorter). After just having left Miles Davis legendary "Bitches Brew" cadre of musicians, they were forming a nascient band that people had not heard of before with a weird name - Weather Report.

This is some very rare, very early stuff from a composition that would be on the very first Weather Report release, self-titled in Europe and titled "Milky Way" in the US. I am surprised to find that even a number of Weather Report Fans don't even know this was their first album.

Anyway, there's a small subset of us that was digging Weather Report long before "Birdland", and we LOVE this early far-out stuff. Zawinul's appoach to the keys and composition are strikingly non-traditional, and a very young Miroslav Vitous and John Surman are also in these sessions. You've gotta stretch to appreciate this stuff, but if you're willing to drop your old ideas about "songs" and other traditional ideas, you will be rewarded with a glimpse into the genius of every one of these players. Sure, Zawinul is the group leader here, but each of these musicians is amazing in their own right. Check it out:

If the video doesn't load, use this link:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6ucVEWbwsWk

Yogi's gigs at Crowne Plaza and Jubilante and a new picture

2007-09-03T11:35:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

I have a couple of more gigs coming up in the Yoginis Trio Configuration. These are on the Yoginis Myspace Site, and will shortly be posted on the Yogi's Music World weblog

Sat Sept 15th, 9:30pm
Regatta Bar and Grill
Crowne Plaza Hotel
1113 6th Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 340-1617
no cover

Yoginis Trio: Samba, Bossa, Jazz and exotic grooves for your dining and listening pleasure in the Crowne Plaza’s plush Regatta Bar and Grille. Expect a cool and refreshing lounge experience. Yogi will be with first-call bassist Burt Boice and World Percussionist maestro George Sadak

Jubilante Dinner Club

Tuesdays, 4 and 11 Sept 7pm
305 Burnett Ave S
Renton, WA 98057
(425) 226-1544
no cover

Weekly Dinner set and jam at Jubilante, Renton's hidden gem.
We play the first set, and have guests on the second set. Often trumpeter Harv Leonard joins us and recent guests include David Keys, editor of NW Jazz Profiles magazine, singer Hilary Harris, and others.

Here's a recent promo shot of the full six-piece Yoginis band (photo by Michelle Smith-Lewis):

L to R: Bob Antolin (Flute, Saxes), Yogi (Keys, Composing), Burt Boice (Bass, Composing)

Samia Panni (Vocals, percussion), Ed Mays (drumsets) Johnny Conga (Latin Percussion)

--Yogi's Sites:

The Yoginis band is www.theyoginis.com
MySpace site is www.myspace.com/yoginis
Music newsletter is www.yogismusic.blogspot.com

Hempfest Video and Pix

2007-08-29T22:59:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone!

My Band, the Yoginis had a very successful show at Seattle's Hempfest. We used a quartet version of the group, with me, Mike Deasy on sax, Ed Mays on drums and Burt Boice on bass.

Ed Mays, who produces a local television series called Pirate TV, brought his camera and filmed us. Here is the song Tisisat from Hempfest:

The Yoginis at Hempfest 2007: Tisisat on Ed Mays Music site

It's in Windows Media format. I'm still teaching myself about You Tube, and Ed is learning about formatting videos for the web, so we hope to have a cross-platform version or You Tube version up soon.

The studio version of Tisisat (rough mix) is on the Yoginis MySpace Page, so check it out there too.

Here's a couple of pix too:

Feeling the Spirit of Hempfest

Mike Deasy, Saxman Extraordinaire

Yogi Mon!

Fusion Maestro Ed Mays

Bass Meister Burt Boice

The Nagars in Concert

2007-08-29T21:47:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone!

Today I went to a concert at the University of WA Ethnic Cultural Theatre to see my friends the Nagar Family from Delhi. I had the great pleasure of visiting with them in Delhi for three weeks, at which time we recorded music that eventually became used for a movie soundtrack. But I digress as there are actually three separate stories in there to tell. Let's start with today's concert. Here's some pix:

Here is the family group: L to R, Vishal, Ujwaal, Urmila Nagar

Ujwaal Nagar, age 21, featured vocalist in today's concert

Vishal, the older brother and tabla virtuoso

Urmila Nagar, Mother and Guruji.
Urmila has many disciples in India that strudy Karthak dance and music with her. She has been given the Presidential award for a lifetime of outstanding achievements in the arts in India.

OK, second story:

I was working on my band the Yoginis first album, and I invited Vishal to play tablas on the piece Terana, which is an Indian Jazz Fusion piece. Vishal came to the studio of Limitless Sky Records, and worked with me there and the engineer and owner of Limitless Sky, Michel Tyabji. The piece came off very well. Vishal then later invited me to come to India for the purpose of recording some music with him. I told him I was excited about the idea of an Indian/Jazz fusion album that would further explore the directions hinted at by the piece Terana.

Listen to Terana (with Vishal playing tabla) on the Yoginis MySpace Page.

So...in January 2006 I found myself on a plane to Delhi, where I spent three delightful weeks co-composing, rehearsing and recording all the Indian instruments for a second Album, to be called Terra Shivaiya ("the Land of Shiva" i.e - India). The name is a reference to a song on the first album called Terra Sabaea (the land of Sheba - i.e. - Biblical Ethiopia).

Now, the 3rd story: back in the USA, Michel and his wife Rosa had moved to Los Angeles, seeking work in the independent film world (smart move, as they have benn swamped with work ever since). They landed, serendipitously, and also because of Michel's Indian/Persian ethnic background, the job of being the music editing team for a new Documentary called "Dalai Lama Renaissance" and featuring, of course, His Holiness The Dalai Lama. Michel lobbied hard, and eventually was successful in persuading the film's Director, Kashyar Darvich, and the producers to use a significant amount of live recorded music played by Tibetan and Indian musicians.

So, along with Sitarist Roop Verma, Tibetan Singer Techung, and others, the Yoginis Indian recordings were selected to comprise the soundtrack for the movie.

View the directing, producing, and music bios for the Dalai Lama Renaissance.

The movie has been very successful at film festivals worldwide, playing to sold-out venues, and even being in such high demand that extra screenings had to be scheduled at some festivals to due overflowing crowds.

Pix from the Nagar Family Concert

2007-08-27T23:02:00.000-07:00

Hello,

I posted up some pix of the Sunday Indian Classical Concert over at another blog.

The latest blog entry is here.

Check it out.

Cheers,

Yogi

Hempfest! Final promo

2007-08-17T22:10:00.000-07:00

OK, Here's the big Hempfest promo poster for our group! Come on out and enjoy!

Yogis gigs at Hempfest, Jubilante and with Jack Becker Blues

2007-08-13T18:23:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone,

I've been busy trying to get my lazy you-know-what out there and get some exposure! So here's the cookin's over the next two weeks:

Yogi's trio at Hempfest with Mike Deasy on Sax! Sunday at 4pm at the Hemposium Stage
That's right - Mike is back with that big Saxy sound of his! We hope he'll be doing more with us too! We found out after I made the promo poster, so you heard it here!

Yogi's Trio + Mike Deasy
Hempfest Hemposium Stage
Sunday, August 19th, 4pm
Myrtle Edwards Park
3199 Alaskan Way
Seattle WA 98121

Hempfest, is as you know, one of Seattle's largest festivals, with Founder Vivian McPeak building it up from the Seattle "grass" roots (no pun intended!) since 1995. Twelve years of celebrating hemp and protesting against the marijuana laws! Can you believe it? Even Norm Stamper, the former chief of Seattle Police is a featured speaker there. Watch an interview with former Chief Stamper at www.hempfest.org

Here's the poster:

MORE GREAT SHOWS! Read on...

Yogi plays the Blues!

Many of you have seen me playing the blues here and there too. I am now proud to be appearing with The Jack Becker Blues Band in TWO big shows! One in Kirkland, and one in Seattle's Pioneer Square! Jack's band also features veteran Texas Blues Rock drummer Ed Mays and veteran Bay-Area R&B Bass Meister Tim Romain.

Jack rocks hard, and we played a really successful gig for the Harley Davidson enthusiasts up in Skagit Valley a couple of weeks ago. Come on down on two different beautiful summer evenings. All in the name of a little enjoyment, right?

Yogi with the Jack Becker Blues Band

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
The Central- Kirkland
Jack Becker Band - 9 p.m.
Downtown Kirkland Waterfront
21 Central Way
Kirkland WA 98033
425-827-0808
Price: 0.00

Saturday, August 25th, 2007
The New Orleans Cafe
114 First Ave S
Seattle WA 98104
Price: cover at door
(Pioneer Square Joint Cover).
9pm-1 am

Come out and hear what it's all about!

Yoginis Groups at Jai Thai, Third Place Books , and the Jet

2007-07-19T07:07:00.000-07:00

Hi Seattle World Music Lovers,

Here's three upcoming shows in July featuring different combinations of members of my group the Yoginis doing our samba-jazz thing.
Come on out. Turn your friends on to our sound. We get a lot of good response from folks. Here's the scoop:

Yogi McCaw Trio
Yogi, Burt Boice - Bass, Ricardo Guity - Latin Percussion
Jai Thai Lounge - No Cover!
Friday July 20 9pm
235 Broadway E (at Thomas)
Seattle WA 98102

The hip Jai Thai Lounge at the center of Coolsville , Broadway

and Thomas on the Hill.
Special Thanks to Paula Maya!

Yoginis Full Band
Third Place Books
Fri July 27 7:30pm
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park
WA 98155 (206) 366-3333

Here's your rare opportunity to hear the full Yoginis sound, with our great multi-lingual vocalist Samia Panni, the famous Johnny Conga, and top horn talent Bob Antolin, along with the "power trio" of Yogi, Burt and Ed. Serious grooving. Don't miss!
Third place books - nice big stage, lots of eats at the nearby food court, great sound, all ages,
Again - no cover charge! Lots of good things about this gig.

Yoginis Quartet
Yogi - keys, Burt Boice, bass - Ed Mays drums, and JC Johnny Conga on Latin Percussion
This one's with the Ticklejunk All Stars opening! Rumor has it original Yoginis Sax Man Mike Deasy might there with us too!
At Everett's new Jet Bar and Grill, brought to you by the owner of the renowned Jet Deck where many legendary parties went down in Jet Town.
Um...prepare to gro-o-o-ove. As Frank Zappa said, "Get down with your bad Self, (so to speak)!"

Yoginis Quartet
Jet Bar and Grill
July 28 10pm
800 164th St SE(at Bothell Hwy)
Mill Creek WA 98012 tel 206-353-3419
Ticklejunk All Stars 9pm
Special Thanks to Josh Paar Jopa Music

That's it for now. More soon...

Yogi's Trio, Samia Panni, Johnny Conga, Paula Maya, Eduardo Mendonca, and Tor Dietrichson

2007-06-24T11:34:00.000-07:00

Hello World Music Lovers,

The Yogi McCaw Trio this week is doing our usual Tuesday dinner set (6-9pm) at Jubilante in Renton and also appearing at West Seattle's Coffee To A Tea Friday eveing 8-10.

Also great gigs by Samia Panni, Johnny Conga, Paula Maya, Eduardo Mendonca, and Tor Dietrichson

Here's the scoop:

Tuesday, Jubilante
Yogi McCaw Trio 6-9pm Dinner Set
305 Burnett Ave S
Renton WA 98055
(425) 226-1544

Trio line up is
Yogi McCaw - Piano, Keyboards, composiutions
Burt Boice - contrabasS, compositions
Ed Mays - Drums

Coffee To a Tea
Yogi McCaw Trio 8-10pm
4541 California Ave SW,
Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 937-1495

Trio line up is
Yogi McCaw - Piano, Keyboards, composiutions
Tim Romain - Bass
Ed Mays - Drums

Also note these great upcoming shows-

SAMIA PANNI - Multilingual vocalist and vocal percussionist

07/13/2007 07:00 PM -
Starfire Sports Complex -
World Heart, composed/conducted by Jovino Santos Neto
14800 Starfire Way, Tukwila, Washington 98188 -

Premiere of World Heart, composed/conducted by Jovino Santos Neto performed by 20 of percussionists from around the world @ the All Nations World Cup of Soccer at the Starfire Sports Complex. I will be one of the percussionists.

07/21/2007 09:00 PM -
Abráce performing at
Jai Thai Restaurant
235 E. Broadway,
Seattle, Washington 98102 -

Join Abráce for their unique blend of global harmonies & percussion in 12 languages

JOHNNY CONGA - Latin percussion all-star

06/24/2007 01:00 PM -
Burien Street Fair with ALMA VILLEGAS
151st off 1st ave.,
Seattle, Washington 98166 -
with ALMA VILLEGAS QUARTET...

06/30/2007 03:00 PM -
Taste of Tacoma-
Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington -
with TYPE A BAND (12-piece top-rated R&B Revue)

07/04/2007 09:00 PM -
Lynnwood Athletic Complex
Lynwood, Lynnwood, Washington -
FREE

with my 8 piece Latin dance band "SABOR TROPICAL"

PAULA MAYA - Eclectic Songwriter and rocker

07/01/2007 12:00 PM - Taste of Tacoma
Tacoma, Washington - FREE
Paula Maya will be a guest in Rob Porcaro's band, my soulful rocking singer friend.

PAULA MAYA BAND
07/07/2007 08:00 PM - Jai Thai
235 Broadway , by Thomas, in Capitol Hill,
Seattle, Washington 98102 - $4.

They serve great food till 1am, and we'll play till 11pm. Support local music and local businesses, while having a great time :) The cover is only $4. that will be added to your bill for your convenience.
http://www.jaithai.com

EDUARDO MENDONCA QUARTET - Authentic Brazilian Bossa, Samba, and MPB

Friday, June 29th 7-10 p.m.
Café Rozella
9434 Delridge Way S.W.
Seattle, WA. 98106
(206) 763-5805

Line up:
Eduardo Mendonça (Guitar/Vocal),
Burt Boice (Bass),
Brian Kent (Sax and Flute),
Caxambu (Percussion).

TOR DIETRICHSON world percussion all-star

06/25/2007 10:00 PM -
Tor Dietrichson/Thomas Marriott Duo with DJ Thomas @ Babalu
Wallingford Ave N at 45th Street,
Seattle, Washington 98103 -
Free, it pays to show up
This will start our every Monday night duo with the two Thomases; Thomas Marriott and DJ Thomas. We will play a variety of music every Monday at Babalu -- The Mambo Room -- from 10 PM - 1AM.

06/27/2007 09:30 PM - Mambo Cadillac @ Babalu, The Mambo Room - Latin Jam Sessions
1723 N 45th St., Seattle, Washington 98103 - Free
Every Week at Babalu!

06/28/2007 09:00 PM - Mambo Cadillac @ Twisted Cork Wine Bar in Bellevue
900 Bellevue Way Suite 100, Bellevue, Washington 98004 - Free
Mambo Cadillac continues at The Twisted Cork.

06/30/2007 09:00 PM - The Cosmonauts @ The Twisted Cork in Bellevue
900 Bellevue Way Suite 100, Bellevue, Washington 98004 - Free, it pays to show up
Tor Dietrichson and The Cosmonauts present the very best in Brazilian, Funk, Afro-Cuban and Blues with Tor Dietrichson doing much of the singing.

07/01/2007 09:00 PM - Mambo Cadillac @ The Triple Door Musicquarium
3rd and Union St., Seattle, Washington 98101 - Free, it pays to show up
Here we will be playing for our third week in a row with the greatness of Mambo Cadillac in The Palatial Splendour of The Triple Door in Full 3D Regalia and featuring Junior Medina on drum set and timbales as a kickoff to Julio Jauregui's wedding in Mexico on July 7th. 07/07/07 get it?

Yoginis Quartet at Nectar in Benefit for Africa and at Jubilante

2007-06-15T10:09:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

The Yoginis and the Yogi McCaw Trio are doing a few things I’d like to post up. Our shows are at Nectar in Fremont and Jubilante in Renton

Here’s the short scoops:

Yoginis Quartet at Nectar in a benefit for Playpumps.org to help African Villages acquire clean fresh water sources.
Tuesday June 19th - benefit begins at 8pm, we play at 10:30pm
412 n 36TH St in Fremont
Seattle WA 98103

Quartet Configuration
Yogi McCaw – Keyboards/Compositions
Burt Boice – Bass and compositions
Ed Mays - Drums
Ricardo Guity – Latin percussion – our special guest, Ricardo comes to us originally from the Honduras , where his lineage is of the Garifuna people. He brings an extensive knowledge of Afro Cuban traditions to the Yoginis mix.

Playpumps builds wells to help bring fresh water to African villages where drought or other causes has made it difficult for people to have clean water. Clean water is, of course, essential to combat diseases and provide health care, as well as for preparation of food. Their website is www.playpumps.org.

View the Nectar webpage for the Playpumps Benefit with the Yoginis

And at Jubilante in Renton:

Yogi McCaw Trio
Every Tuesday 6-9pm (except NOT the 19th, when we’ll be at Nectar)
Jubilante Jazz Club and Restaurant
305 Burnett Ave S
Renton WA 98057

Jubilante’s website is here

Dat's all for now! More coming soon!

Yogis Music June 2007 The BIG rundown!

2007-06-01T21:45:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone - bookmark this or save the email newsletter mirror some of you receive, because this is the once-in-a-while (when I have time) rundown of lots of gigs that I and my many music friends here in the Seattle area are doing. Unfortunately it is not (and cannot be) comprehensive. If I missed your Seattle Area shows, email me or respond as a comment to this post. I'll try to get it out there soon.

Now for the evangelical lecture: People, GO TO THE GIGS OF YOUR CHOICE. The Seattle scene only grows if folks GO SEE BANDS. Otherwise it's all useless. And BUY FOOD AND DRINKS TO SHOW SUPPORT for the great people that want our music in their establishments.
The MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE at a gig are NOT up on stage - the VIPs are YOU listening and appreciating the music.

As usual, first my gigs, then the rundown. You'll notice most or all of these artists are LISTED on the RIGHT HAND COLUMN. So click their sites and check them out.
YOGI MCCAW TRIO

Every Tuesday Evening Dinner set
at Jubilante, Renton's Jazz Jewel

Yogi McCaw Bossa/Samba Trio with
Burt Boice, Bass
Ed Mays Drums
$3 cover for dinner set 6-9pm

Jubilante Restaurant
305 Burnett Ave S.
Renton, WA 98055
(425) 226-1544

There's a lot of good music happening down at Jubilante's these days
It's worth it to make the drive south from Seattle
Run by Caesar and Tess, Jubilante's has a great southern/cajun menu too
Dinner there is part of the experience!

It's surprisingly easy to get to off I-405
20 minutes from either Seattle or Bellevue
Take the Rainier Ave Exit
Head North on Rainier
Turn Right at the light on S 3rd St
And go to the corner of Burnett Ave S.
It's directly across the Street from the Bank America

And these following choice gigs as well:

PAULA MAYA BAND

SAT JUNE 2nd (1st sat of every month)
PAULA MAYA- plus guests
@ JAI THAI
A chance to hear the band in an intimate setting. Lots of improv and
grooves
9pm-midnight
Delicious Thai food served till 1AM!
235 Broadway E, by Thomas
Capitol Hill, Seattle
FREE

NEWS: We are being featured for this week at
http://www.sonicbids.com

Paula Maya's new release is out now! In Seattle at all Silver
Platters, Sonic Boom, and Easy Street records.

On line at

http://www.paulamaya.com , http://www.cdbaby.com/paulamaya2
http://www.myspace.com/paulamayaband
http://www.sonicbids.com/paulamaya

HILARY HARRIS

Jai Thai Restaurant in Fremont on Friday June 8th, from
7:00 -9:30 pm.
235 Broadway E, by Thomas
Capitol Hill, Seattle
FREE

I'll be singing with jazz guitar player Ryan Taylor. He's fantastic. We'll
be doing swinging standards, bossa nova and more. We may even have a
special guest or two. :-)

Hope to see you there!

Hilary

MICHAEL CLUNE and SLEEP TILL NOON

Put it on your calendar!

You're Invited! To our "Sleep Till Noon Video Party" June 8th Friday,
2007, 8-10 PM
Yes, it's a professional like MTV like video that's
happening.........in West Seattle only....
@Coffee to a Tea, 4541 California SW
Seattle WA 98116
206-937-1495

Creative dress up encouraged as in costume, formal, or you don't have
to wear much or whatever:)
We welcome those healthy extraverts to be part of the Video! We're
looking forward to a very fun
evening and of course we'll be having the mother of all dance contests!

SAMIA PANNI

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Samia, Fofinho & Dinnen - Performing the Afro Sambas of Baden Powell/Vinicius de Moraes, Choros of Pixinguinha & music of Guinga

Sunday, May 27th, 7:45pm
Northwest Folklife Festival, Charlotte Martin Theatre
Global Women Performance Series

Monday, June 11th
BrasilFest in West Seattle, Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA
4pm-4:45pm - Performances
5pm-5:30pm - Dance, Capoeira, Percussion Workshops

Sunday, June 24th
BrasilFest in Burien, Burien Community Center
425 SW 144th Street, Burien, WA
1:15pm-1:45pm - Dance Workshop - Gallery Stage
2pm-2:45pm - Percussion Workshop - Kids Stage
2pm-2:45pm - Capoeira
3pm-3:45pm - Performance at the Main Stage

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ABRÁCE - Singing in 12 languages that include: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Swahili, Xhosa, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Japanese, Brazilian

Portuguese, Lucumí (archaic Yoruba), Ladino and nonsense syllables, from the 15th Century to the present + original compositions; acapella or

accompanied by percussion instruments, playing a whole variety of rhythms.

Sunday, June 10th, 2pm
Othello Park Concerts
4351 S Othello St, Seattle

Hope to see you at these events!

Abraços,

Samia Panni

Host of Raizes
Saturdays 2pm-4pm PST
KBCS 91.3 FM
“A World of Music & Ideas”
Phone: (425) 564-2424
Station Website: http://kbcs.fm
Personal Webpage: www.myspace.com/sampa57

DON BARAGIANO and HEJIRA

6/2 7:00 PM Georgia's Greek Restaurant Seattle, WA
6/16 12:00 PM 2007 Freemont Fair Freemont, WA
6/16 3:00 PM Spirit Journey Bookstore Issaquah, WA

Don Baragiano - Godin Guitar w/Roland Guitar Synth (bass, flute, voices, sitar, FX, etc). Attended the University of Cincinnati's College

Conservatory of Music. Lived/worked 2 years
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & studied World Rhythms at Cornell University in New York.

Ashraf Mohammed Hakim - Cello Virtuoso
1st chair cellist with the Cairo Opera House in Cairo, Egypt 1992 - 2006.
His incredible fiery, Arab solos are an audience favorite & add much to Hejira's overall sound.

Scott Wurtz - World Percussion (tabla, djembe, dumbek, etc)
BA Music - Goddard College, Plainfield VT
Ali Akbar College of Music - San Rafael, CA
Scott's presence and ability to listen deeply to the musical fabric allow for an expansive
dialog and creativity response with fellow musicians.

Check out Hejira's websites:
SonicBids: www.sonicbids.com/Hejira2
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/14793386

RED HOT BLUES SISTERS

Jun 2, 2007 5:00 PM Tulalip Casino - Big stage sound and lights! www.tulalipcasino.com I-5 exit #202 Marysville, WA
Jun 3, 2007 7:00 PM Jazzbones - South Sound Blues Association Best Band Competition 2007 - Come join us and help send the Red Hotz to

Memphis in 2008! Tacoma, WA
Jun 9, 2007 9:00 PM The Wild Buffalo Bellingham, WA
Jun 10, 2007 7:00 PM The Spar Tacoma's Oldest Saloon - Sunday Blues Series - 2123 N 30th St Tacoma, WA
Jun 15, 2007 All Day Micro Blues Fest 2007 Friday features Red Hot Blues Sisters @ 7pm, also on the bill, Dented Trucks, Rollie Tussing,

Beckie Sue & her Big Rockin' Daddies & Too Slim & the Tail Draggers Vancouver - Micro Blues Fest 2007, WA

EDUARDO MENDONCA - SHOW BRAZIL

Friday, June 29th 7-10 p.m.
FESTA DE SÃO JOÃO
(Brazilian Country Dance Party)
More information soon.
Aguarde maiores informações.

Sexta-Feira, 29 de Junho 19 às 22 hs.
Café Rozella
9434 Delridge Way S.W.
Seattle, WA. 98106
(206) 763-5805
fax 206-428-7124

MPB and Bossa-Nova

http://www.showbrazil.com/en/index.html

JC - JOHNNY CONGA

06/03/2007 08:00 PM - Paragon Bar/Rest.
2525 Queen Anne Ave.N, Seattle, Washington -

with Erik Fridrich Trio..
06/16/2007 08:30 PM - PO GOTCHA
Issaquah, Issaquah, Washington -

with Eric Fridrich Trio...
06/17/2007 05:00 PM - HIgh Dive with MICHAEL SCHRIEVE & TANGLETOWN
Fremont, Seattle, Washington -

with MICHAEL SCHRIEVE(SANTANA) and his band-TANGLETOWN....
06/23/2007 11:00 AM - Party with ALMA VILLEGAS....
, Seattle, Washington -

ALMA VILLEGAS QUARTET....
06/24/2007 01:00 PM - Burien Street Fair with ALMA VILLEGAS
152nd and 1st ave., Seattle, Washington 98166 -

with ALMA VILLEGAS QUARTET...

THOMAS MARRIOTT - JAZZ TRUMPET STAR

June 6th, 2007 with John Bishop Band
The Hendrix Lounge, Columbia City Theatre, 9:00 pm

June 11, 2007 with John Bishop Band
The Sunset Tavern 9:00 pm

June 12, 2007, with Emerald City Jazz Orchestra
Tulas, 2nd & Bell, 8:00 pm

June 15th, 2007 - with Ron Weinstein & Mike Peterson
Lo Fi, Eastlake Avenue & Mercer Street 9:00 pm

June 16th, 2007 - with Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra
Benaroya Hall, 7:30 pm

June 17th, 2007 - with Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra
Kirkland Performance Center, 3:00 pm

June 22nd, 2007 - Marriott Brothers Quintet
Tula's, 2nd & Bell, 8:30pm

TOR DIETRICHSON - WORLD PERCUSSIONIST AND FUSION STAR

06/06/2007 09:30 PM - Mambo Cadillac @ Babalu, The Mambo Room - Latin Jam Sessions
1723 N 45th St., Seattle, Washington 98103 - Free

Our weekly all out jam session at the hippest of the hippest spots where only the hippest dare to tread!!!
06/07/2007 09:00 PM - Mambo Cadillac @ Twisted Cork Wine Bar in Bellevue
900 Bellevue Way Suite 100, Bellevue, Washington 98004 - Free

Mambo Cadillac continues it's run at the beautiful Twisted Cork Wine Bar in Bellevue. Not to be misseed!!!
06/09/2007 09:00 PM - The Cosmonauts @ The Twisted Cork in Bellevue
900 Bellevue Way Suite 100, Bellevue, Washington 98004 - Free, it pays to show up

This is a continuation of our wonderful involvement with Saturdays at The Twisted Cork and not to be Missed!!!!!!!
06/12/2007 09:00 PM - The Pleasure Seekers @ Triple Door Musicquarium
3rd and Union Street, Seattle, Washington 98101 - Free

This great trio of Reggie Garrett, Paul Benoit and Tor Dietrichson where Reggie and Paul play guitar and Tor plays percussion and all three take

turns singing has influences such as Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Taj mahal and others. The only thing quite like it in Seattle and beyond. Not to be

missed!!!
06/13/2007 09:00 PM - Tor Dietrichson Blues Machine @Triple Door Musicquarium
3rd and Union Street, Seattle, Washington 98101 - Free

Tor Dietrichson will once again bring his fantastic Blues machine to The Triple Door Musicquarium for a night of Highly accomplished Blues singing

and playing. Not to be missed!!!!
06/13/2007 09:30 PM - Mambo Cadillac @ Babalu, The Mambo Room - Latin Jam Sessions
1723 N 45th St., Seattle, Washington 98103 - Free

Be there!!!!!
06/14/2007 09:00 PM - Mambo Cadillac @ Twisted Cork Wine Bar in Bellevue
900 Bellevue Way Suite 100, Bellevue, Washington 98004 - Free

Mambo Cadillac continues it's successful run at The Twisted Cork Wine Bar in Bellevue. Not to be missed!!!
06/17/2007 09:00 PM - Mambo Cadillac @ The Triple Door Musicquarium
3rd and Union St., Seattle, Washington 98101 - Free, it pays to show up

Mambo cadiilac will once again grace the Palatial Splendor of The Triple Door musicquarium this wonderful evening. Don't Forget It!!
06/20/2007 09:30 PM - Mambo Cadillac @ Babalu, The Mambo Room - Latin Jam Sessions
1723 N 45th St., Seattle, Washington 98103 - Free

Here we go again!!!
06/21/2007 09:00 PM - Mambo Cadillac @ Twisted Cork Wine Bar in Bellevue
900 Bellevue Way Suite 100, Bellevue, Washington 98004 - Free

Not to be missed!! Long live the Twisted Cork!!!
06/27/2007 09:30 PM - Mambo Cadillac @ Babalu, The Mambo Room - Latin Jam Sessions
1723 N 45th St., Seattle, Washington 98103 - Free

Every Week at Babalu!!!!!

MICHAEL DEASY JR

06/09/2007 10:00 PM - Ticklejunk All Stars - ToST
(Freemont), Seattle, Washington - 5

Nu-jazz, DJs spinning beats with live horns, rhythm and vocals
06/17/2007 01:00 PM - Danny Massure Band - Wedding
, Seattle, Washington -

Nu-jazz, DJs spinning beats with live horns, rhythm and vocals
06/21/2007 05:00 PM - Cedar Beam Conspiracy - Private Party
Office Building on the water, Seattle, Washington -

Experimental Jazz and Fusion
06/21/2007 09:00 PM - Ticklejunk All Stars - Hiway 99
Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, Washington 98101 - 5

Nu-jazz, DJs spinning beats with live horns, rhythm and vocals
08/18/2007 02:00 PM - Cedar Beam Conspiracy - Wedding
, Seattle, Washington -

Experimental Jazz - woodwind and precussion duet

Yogi's Music news and pix - Johnny Conga, RedHotz ,and Martin N'Terry!

2007-05-14T22:49:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks!

Good news and pix!

My good friend and fellow musician Johnny Conga is bringing out his new band Sabor Tropical.

JOHNNY CONGA & SABOR TROPICAL
(an 8 piece NY style Latin Dance band)
May, 17 2007 (and all Thursdays in May) at CLUB BC'S
17917 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, Washington 98012
Cost : NO COVER this week!
Also featuring from Puerto Rico, "El Cantante"-Danny Olaizola.
Salsa Instructor on sight....Vamos a Bailar y Gozar!

Those of you who know JC know he brings us the authentic salsa and Latin jazz sounds from the streets of “Nuyork Rico”, the beaches of Miami and the LA scene. If you don’t know JC – then what’s up, slacker? Everyone else does! He’s played with Sergio Mendez, The Jackson Five, Mongo Santamaria just to name a few.

So come out and dig the Latin soundz! I’ll see you there this Thursday! Here’s some pix of “JC” playing with my group last March (pictures of JC by Janet O’Brien).

Pix from Yogi’s latest “sideman gigs”:

I had the great pleasure of appearing recently with the Red Hot Blues Sisters (who by the way are up for more awards than you can shake a stick at over at the Washington Blues Society’s Awards night at the Triple Door).

We played the Nooksack Indian Casino in Bellingham. The crowd loved us and we won the jackpot (OK, that last bit isn’t true, but the first part is!)

Here’s some pix from that:

1. Teri Anne Wilson, Guitar; Suze Sims, Vocals and percussion; Patrick on bass
2. Teri Anne Wilson, Nominated Best Blues Guitarist, Washington Blues Society
3. Yogi on keyboards (as usual!) and versatile drumset heavyweight Andre Thomas.

Then I had the great pleasure of appearing with the African reggae artist Martin N’Terry from Burkina Faso West Africa at the University of Washington Intercultural Night at the UW Bothell Campus.

Here’s some pix from that show!

1. Martin N'Terry of Burkina Faso
2. Yogi and Drummy (trick question ...guess what instrument Drummy plays?)
3. Martin, Yogi, Tamlin (Guitar) and Dragon (Bass).
4. Yogi, Martin, Tamlin

OK, that's it for now! I'll be buggin' ya with the next upcoming gigs soon!

Cheers,

Yogi

The Yoginis Slide Show!

2007-05-05T09:54:00.001-07:00

Don't forget Yogi's Trio at Jubilante for the Thursday Dinner Set from 6-9pm
Jubilante Restaurant 305 Burnett Ave S.Renton, WA 98055 (425) 226-1544

Here's the latest version of the slideshow from the Yoginis MySpace page. Enjoy!

Yogi's Trio (and more) at Jubilante, y'all! Plus Jovino and the RedHotz!

2007-04-04T10:09:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone - there's a nice club downtown in Renton called Jubilante

The Yogi McCaw Trio is there for the Thursday Dinner set 6-9pm, playing our delicious bossa/samba grooves.
We kick off Latin Thursdays there.
We'll be followed by The Coffee Band (9:30 - midnight), a hot salsa group with full horn section geared specifically so you and your salsa-dancing friends can come and dance at Jubilante every Thursday night. Dress nicely - no sneakers hats or jeans.

AND - Hilary Harris, versatile jazz singer hailing from Spokane will be there on Sunday night. See Below:

Yogi McCaw Bossa/Samba Trio with
Tim Romain, Bass
Ed Mays Drums
$3 cover for dinner set

Jubilante Restaurant
305 Burnett Ave S.
Renton, WA 98055
(425) 226-1544

Hilary Harris - Jazz Singer
Sunday, April 8th - Jubilante Restaurant ( 8-11 pm)

Run by Caesar and Tess, Jubilante's has brought on new award-winning Southern Style Master Chef Elihu Vance
So Eat dinner there too -it's part of the experience!

It's surprisingly easy to get to off I-405
20 minutes from either Seattle or Bellevue
Take the Rainier Ave Exit
Head North on Rainier
Turn Right at the light on S 3rd St
And go to the corner of Burnett Ave S.
It's directly across the Street from the Bank America

And these following choice gigs as well:

My friend and mentor, world-class Brazilian pianist/composer Jovino Santos Neto!
Jovino Santos Neto Quarteto
At Bake's Place
Issaquah's Premier Jazz Dinner Club

Saturday April 7, 2007
Jovino Santos Neto Quarteto
"Waltzes and Ballads"
with Ben Thomas, vibes,
Chuck Deardorf, bass
Mark Ivester, drums

Dinner Time: 7:00 - 8:00pm
Performance Time: 8:00 - 10:30pm
Price with Dinner: $47.50
Show Price: $22.00
Dessert Menu available
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE,
Issaquah, WA 98029, phone: 425-391-3335

The Red Hot Blues Sisters are still pumpin' out their special brand of kick-ass R&B!
Red Hotz Rock the Rockfish again!
Apr 7, 2007 9:00 PM
The Rockfish 320 Commercial Ave
Anacortes, 98221 - (360) 588-1720
Local Brews and fantastic food!

Yogi's Trio Thursdays at Jubilante, plus Pix!

2007-03-26T09:13:00.000-07:00

The Yogi McCaw Trio will begin playing Thursdays at Jubilante Restaurant amd Music Club in Renton this week.
Yogi on Grand Piano, Burt Boice onContrabass, Ed Mays on Drums.

We kick off their Latin Music Thursday night with a dinner set of our Bossa and Samba Jazz from 6-9pm. The dinner set is all ages.

Then at 9:30 they have Salsa dancing with the Coffee Band and a dance lesson. The Salsa set is for ages 21 and over. Dress up for the salsa : not formal, but no sneakers, jeans or hats.

The Yogi McCaw Trio
Thursdays 6-9pm
Jubilante Restaurant
305 Burnett Ave S
Renton WA 98057
Ph: 425-226-1544

Jubilante is a fine dining restaurant specializing in International Cuisine with an emphasis on Cajun.
Come and experience Jubilante's famous homemade desserts, seasonal menu, and our exciting Jazz events.

Now here's some pictures of the group from last Saturdays show at SoulFood Books in Redmond:

Sammia Panni	Johnny Conga
Ed Mays	Burt Boice and Yogi

Yoginis Friday in Seattle, Saturday in Redmond

2007-03-20T10:08:00.000-07:00

Hello Music lovers!

The Yoginis are playing both nights this weekend! You can catch us either on the Seattle side Friday night or the Eastside Saturday night!

Yogi and the Yoginis:
Through the compositions of pianist Yogi McCaw, the Yoginis incorporate Jazz, Samba, and Afro-Cuban Rhythms to deliver an authentic fusion of cultures.

Friday, March 23rd 7pm - 9pm
Egan's Ballard Jamhouse
1707 NW Market St
Seattle WA 98107
206-789-1621
http://www.ballardjamhouse.com/

Egan's is Ballard's newest jazz hotspot.
"Egan's Ballard Jam House is dedicated to the cultivation of small venue performance and innovation in the jazz club tradition. We also have a great dinner menu!"
All ages, too! The 7pm set at Egan's is open to all ages - so bring your young music students!

Saturday March 24th 8pm-10pm
SoulFood Bookstore
15748 Redmond Way (behind Canyon's)
Redmond WA 98052
425-881-5309
http://soulfood.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp

Soulfood Bookstore is a nice intimate Eastside venue. They have a

beautiful wooden stage and a choice Bose PA system.
They serve tea, coffee,and healthy snacks. Kids OK, bring 'em!

http://soulfood.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?s=storeevents&eventId=344246

Yogi's music World (V 2.0!)

2007-03-06T19:11:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!

We’re back with the newly remodeled Blog! You like the look? We hope so!

Today we have the next Yoginis gigs coming up (March 9th, 23rd, and 24th). I am working on posting new pix from happenings here and there (and yes, emailing some of you the pictures I promised – I haven’t forgotten!).
Hopefully I will be able to run other features as well (I am in the process of brainstorming and evaluating ideas).

This first post covers the Yoginis gigs in March. There will be the Yogi McCaw Trio with Burt Boice on bass and Ed Mays on drums working out at the Coffee To A Tea, a favorite place for us to make a joyful noise. That’s this Friday night, here’s the scoop:

Yogi McCaw Trio
Coffee To A Tea
Friday, March 9th (this Friday!)
4541 California Ave SW
Seattle WA 98116 (206) 937-1495
Just a few storefronts north of West Seattle's famous Easy Street Records at the Alaska St/California Ave Junction.
All ages, kid friendly - NO COVER (we greatly appreciate a small donation!)

The Yoginis full group will be playing March 23 at the Beautiful Egan’s Jamhouse:

TheYoginis
Egan's Ballard Jamhouse
Friday March 23rd 7-9:30pm
1707 NW Market St
Seattle WA 98107
7pm -Cover is $5.00
Look for our name on the marquis!

And also March 24th a return to Redmond’s SoulFood Bookstore

SoulFood Bookstore
15748 Redmond Way (behind Canyon's)
Satyurday, March 24th 8-10pm
Redmond WA 98052
425-881-5309
8pm No COVER (again, donations appreciated)

Soulfood Bookstore is a nice intimate Eastside venue. They have a beautiful wooden stage and a choice Bose PA system.
They serve tea and coffee, Kids OK, bring 'em!

Time for a change

2007-02-24T23:53:00.000-08:00

Well, if you visit this blog, you have probably noticed that there have been no new posts or newsletters since Jan 1st.

Basically, the newsletters were getting very long, and since I know a lot of musicians around Seattle, the task of researching and reposting all their gigs was becomiong very time-consuming. This is compounded by the fact that I now have a day job on the Microsoft campus (which I actually enjoy very much, believe it or not), and add in the fact that I have started doing more of the bandleader tasks for my band besides writing the music and organizing the musicians, such as promo related activities, web-related stuff like the Yoginis MySpace Site (check out the new look, y'all !), Yoginis Sonic Bids site and other websites I still have to tweak.

Plus rehearsing the group, and I am in the process of converting all my old hand-written charts from music manuscript over to Finale charts that I can email to people and print as PDFs and such.

Plus I have been enjoying playing with Don Baragiano's Hejira a world fusion band that has a strong Arabic/Middle Eastern influence. We do a lot of work with bellydancers and also new agey stuff like music meditation events.

So I'm, uh, busy most of the time.

Sooooo...I have to rethink this site.

What I might do is shift the focus so that it's more about my groups and use this space like a blog is more usually used - you know, to blab about our group, gigs I went to, people I met on the scene and post up pix and stuff.

For all my Friends Groups, I might create a link list that will transport you directly to their MySpace site or Homepage, where you can get all the latest and greatest from them too. Maybe I'll include brief descriptions so you'll be able to choose which bands you might be interested in.

Give me another week or two.. I'll re-invent, re-incarnate, or re-whatever the blog, and then send you all an email to visit this and all the other updated sites I have been working on.

Yogi

Until then - stay in the groove...Cheers!

Pix, y'all!

2007-01-01T18:08:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I want to thank everyone that came out to see the Yoginis on last Saturday and make our gig a success. Also all of you that went to any of the shows listed on this blog. Without you, the people, coming to the shows, the whole system breaks down for both the venues and the musicians. Also crucial is telling your friends about the bands you like, referring people to this weblog or other sources of information about the musicians and the shows.
So I want to thank everyone who overcomes the stay-at-home syndrome, turns off the TV and logs off the web, and actually gets out and goes to shows. We don’t take you for granted at all. Don’t be fooled by us prancing around on stage. You are the ones that make it happen.

It also occurred to me that I have been collecting a lot of pictures of my band and my friend’s groups. Given that I have gotten good feedback when I put pix on the blog (such as from my travels) I wanted to share some of these with you too. I can't remeber everyone's names, (especially in the Phat Phunk Phamily) but I've tried to cover most. Quick links to the groups:

The Yoginis at Egan's Ballard Jam House in Seattle

Triple Bill at the Sunset Tavern in Seattle
Amusicator
Phat Phunk Phamily
The Talismen

The Yoginis at Egan's Ballard Jamhouse

The marquee!Yours trulySamia PanniJohnny CongaBurt BoiceEd Mays

I also played with Amusicator on Fri 12-29-06 at the Sunset Tavern in Seattle

Dawa and FlautistAlicia
CarlaEnriqueYogi

The same night was the Phat Phunk Phamily, hot off five months in the studio.

That's right- 5 singers!
CydneyThe Horn section
Big Daddy GaryGreg

And last was the Talismen, who put on a world-class reggae show and topped it off by giving away their CD!

JamieMarcusRashid
RenaldoSteve

New Year's Week Gigs 2006-07

2006-12-25T21:43:00.000-08:00

Hello and Happy New year to each of You!

Here's some gigs this week and after the New year that will expand your horizons in music and also be a lot of fun. I've got stuff going on, and my friends Paula Maya, Johnny Conga, The Red Hotz, Burt Boice, Tim Romain, and Rashid all have choice gigs for you too!

Remember to tune into KBCS 91.3 (broadcasting online at KBCS.FM) for your 100% Community-supported, non-corporate, independent radio playing music from around the world every day, and giving you the News that you won't get from the Ministry of Propaganda (aka the Mainstream Media, which is trying to make itself all one big company). Rebel,and support independent musicians and independent radio!

Yogi's gigs
Paula Maya
Johnny Conga
The Red Hot Blues Sisters
Burt Boice
Rashid and The African Roots
Sonic Funk Orchestra

YOGI'S GIGS:

The Yoginis
Sat Dec 30th 10pm $5.00
Egan's Ballard Jamhouse
Yogi's Holiday Party Gig
1707 NW Market St
Seattle WA 98107

www.theyoginis.com
www.myspace.com/yoginis

Our mix of Bossa Nova, Samba, and Jazz
For your Holiday Listening Pleasure

Egan's is Ballard's new Jazz hotspot - great room with a grand piano,
nice atmosphere great food and beverage selection, not overpriced.
We're on for the second show that night.

Yogi with the
African Knights Freedom Reggae Band
New Years Eve Reggae Party!
Awash Ethiopian Restaurant
3808 S Edmunds St (just off Rainier Ave)
Seattle WA 98118

African Style Reggae Party!
Need I say more?

Yogi with Amusicator at
One Funky Reggae Holiday Party With Talismen, Amusicator, and The Phat Phunk Phamily
December, 29 2006
The Sunset Tavern
5433 Ballard Ave,
Seattle, Washington 98107
$7.00 Door 21 W/ID

www.myspace.com/amusicator
WWW.crowenterprises.org/amusicator.aspx

PAULA MAYA'S TEXAS TOUR!

I just think it's cool when my friends tour and play all over the place. Who knows, maybe some of you will be in Texas!

Web: www.myspace.com/paulamayaband www.paulamaya.com

12/29/2006 09:00 PM
Last Concert Cafe
Houston, Texas 77002
Performing with one of Houston's favorite band El Gato Negrito. Find them on my top friends
http://www.lastconcert.com

12/30/2006 07:00 PM
Texas Tea & Coffee
402 A West 3rd Street
Waco - McGregor, Texas 76657
I'll be in Waco for the first time, sharing the evening with veteran guitarrist/singer/songwriter Bob Livingston.
myspace.com/boblivingston

12/31/2006 09:00 PM
Dean's
316 Main Street
Houston, Texas -
I'll be joining my friends El Gato Negrito for this great new Years Eve party! Find them on my top friends

JOHNNY CONGA
www.myspace.com/jcjohnnyconga

12/28/2006 08:00 PM - WANN restaurant
2020 2nd ave., Seattle, Washington -
with the Eric Fridrich Trio....

JOHNNY CONGA WITH "TYPE A" PREMIER NW FUNK AND SOUL REVUE
www.typeaband.com

12/31/2006 10:00 PM - Fairmont Hotel
Seattle, Seattle, Washington 98188 -
"TYPE A BAND" will be performing for this New Years Dance at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Seattle.

01/05/2007 08:00 PM - The Triple Door
216 Union St., Seattle, Washington 98188 - $20.oo
"TYPE A" will be appearing in the Main Room at The Triple Door. Put on your Dancin Shoes!

Remember to hear Johnny at 6pm every Saturday Night on KBCS 91.3 Community Radio
on his show "A Lado Latino" ("On the Latin Side")

RED HOTZ (aka THE RED HOT BLUES SISTERS)
www.redhotbluessisters.com

Dec 28, 2006 8:00 PM
Seven Cedars Casino - Rock and Roll the Dice
Sequim, WA

Jan 6, 2007 1:00 PM
Olympic Sculpture Park Opening Celebration for Educators
Seattle, WA

Jan 13, 2007 8:00 PM
Seattle Art Museum
Olympic Sculpture Park Evening Preview Event
Seattle, WA

BURT BOICE - CONTRABASSIST
www.myspace.com/burtboice

12/29/2006 08:00 PM
Starbuck's - Columbia City
Seattle, Washington -
Emerald City Jazz Ensemble - Corner of Rainier Av S & Edmund St.

12/30/2006 10:00 PM -
Egan's Ballard Jam House
1707 NW Market Street, seattle, Washington - $5.00
The Yogini's - An all star line up Playing a mixture of Jazz, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban & South Asian Indian Music. Each member brings their own unique diverse Musical traditions that sum up to an interesting sounding group.

01/05/2007 08:00 PM - Jubilantes - The Harvey Leonard Extravaganza!
Renton, Washington -
Jazz with Harvey Leonard (trumpet).

01/12/2007 08:00 PM - Cafe Vingole-Coffee House + Mo'!
9252 57th Ave South, Seattle, 98118 -
Chris Busa (Wind Synth) & other local stalwart jammers in a very cool lively Afro-Italianesque-type cafe/resturant atmosphere. 206.721.2267

RASHID AND THE AFRICAN ROOTS

New Year's Eve party at
Hidmo's Eritrean Restaurant www.hidmo.com
2000 S Jackson St
Seattle, WA 98122
206-329-1534

Afro-Pop Music of West Africa featuring the wildest African guitarist on the continent. Raschid is from Sierra Leone and will not miss a chance to show his stuff. It will be a great band night. $20 cover, includes Eritrean food buffet. Make your reservations early as it will fill up fast. For
reservations, call (206) 329-1534.

Hidmo's has garnered the 2006 Seattle Weekly Best Place to hear African Music in Seattle Award.

SONIC FUNK ORCHESTRA WITH BASSIST ROMAIN

This just in - Sonic Funk Orchestra, a 10-12 peice Funk & Disco cover band. (sonicfunktheband.com) will be playing New Years Eve at the Seattle Center, in the Center House My friend bassist Tim Romain, who also plays with the Yoginis sometimes, is their bassist.

For the 2nd year in a row ... the SFO crew has
been chosen to headline Seattle's NYE Party!! For
2005, we rocked in the new year to a standing
room only crowd at the Center House! Let's do it
again this year!

It's free, open to the public and of course it's
all ages ... so bring the whole crew!

Stay for an amazing fireworks show off of the
Space Needle immediately following SFO's
performance!

Yogi's Samba Jazz Quartet at Egan's, Jovino at the Kennedy Center!

2006-11-28T21:00:00.000-08:00

Hi Music lovers,

This time you get a chance to hear me in a more traditional jazz setting (don't worry, there'll still be lots of samba groove!) at the luscious new Egan's Ballard Jam House - the club that puts Ballard on the Jazz map.
And my friend/mentor Jovino Santos Neto (and Cornish Faculty member), who is rapidly becoming the world's next most famous Brazilian Jazz Pianist, has a gig at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC (that's right - the other Washington) as part of NPR's Jazz Piano Christmas Show. Here's the rundown on the gigs:
(FYI - pres alt key + back arrow key to return to the list after clicking on a link)

Yogi's QuartetBossa/Samba/Jazz - Elemental Yogistyle
Paula Maya Band Rockin' Paula and the Boys
Marc Smason Seattle's hardest working trombonist
Red Hot Blues Sisters Yes,that's Red, HOT, and Blues!
Jovino Santos NetoSeattle's Brazilian Jazz Superstar!
Johnny Conga Latin Percussionist extraordinaire
Mike Deasy Jr Big Mike, Big Sax, Big Sound
Burt Boice Choice Jazz contrabassist
Far Corner featuring Sax man Dick Valentine

YOGI'S QUARTET

Samba Jazz Quartet Time! At the new Egan's Ballard Jamhouse a beautiful, intimate jazz venue with a BABY GRAND PIANO! Yes, Ballard the way it should be! Easy on street free parking too.
We play the second set at 10pm, on Fiday Night Dec 1st (This Friday!)

Yogi's Quartet
Fri Dec 1st 10pm
Egan's Ballard Jamhouse
1707 NW Market Street
206-789-1621 or
email reservations@ballardjamhouse.com

Yogi's Quartet Lineup:

Yogi - Baby Grand, Compositions
Mike Deasy Jr - Saxes/Horn Arrangements
Burt Boice - Contrabass
Ed Mays - Drums

Playing the first set at 7pm that same night is:

FAR CORNER

Egan's Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107.
* Special Guest Bassist Ted Burik *
Friday, December 1, 7pm
$5 at the door

Wayward Coffeehouse, 8570 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle WA 98103.
Saturday, January 6, 2007, 8-10pm.
*FREE*

Far Corner is: Fraser Havens (flute), Dick Valentine (sax), Pete
Sanders (bass), Bradley Papineau (drums)

For more info contact Dick directly via email, dick@DickValentine.com,
or call 206.819.4403.

PAULA MAYA

NEXT AND LAST SEATTLE 06 SHOW:
SATURDAY DEC 16th - Mark your calendars!
@ The Mars Bar, on Eastlake, close to REI
Pre-Christmas Bash :)
For more info:
http://www.paulamaya.com
http://www.myspace.com/paulamayaband

Paula has a NEW CD and she has limited autographed copies

available right now:
Sales of the limited edition will end soon! To purchase your copy

go to http://www.paulamaya.com or email her at

paulamaya@yellowhouserecords.us

JOVINO SANTOS NETO

Catch Jovino at THE KENNEDY CENTER!! (OK, I know if you live in Seattle, it's a bit of a drive, but I have to post this up, cause, y'know, we're all SO PROUD of him!)

And he has a CD up for Grammy (this is getting to be a yearly habit with him, me thinks!)
"Roda Carioca" Grammy Nomination for best Latin Jazz Album 2006!

12.01.06 12.00 Pm - 1.30 PM JSN Trio with Chuck Deardorf/bass and Mark Ivester/drums at Pacific Place, downtown Seattle

12.08.06 7.30 PM Jovino Santos Neto at THE KENNEDY CENTER, Washington, D.C. NPR's A Jazz Piano Christmas
Terrace Theater / Tickets $30.00 www.kennedy-center.org

12.15.06 8 PM Jovino Santos Neto Trio at the Christoff Gallery in Georgetown, Seattle. 6004 12th. Ave. South, #7. $10 www.artinmusic.com

THE RED HOT BLUES SISTERS

Look, just go see this band. You'll have fun. Yogi sez!

Dec 3, 2006 TBA Friends of the Holidays Fundraiser - The Swiss Tacoma - The Swiss, WA
Dec 28, 2006 8:00 PM Seven Cedars Casino - Rock and Roll the Dice Sequim, WA
Jan 13, 2007 8:00 PM Seattle Art Museum - Olympic Sculpture Park Evening Preview Event Seattle, WA
Jan 20, 2007 12:00 PM Seattle Art Museum - Olympic Sculpture Park Grand Opening Ceremonies Seattle, WA
Feb 16, 2007 8:00 PM The Yale Vancouver, BC
Feb 17, 2007 8:00 PM The Yale Vancouver, BC
Feb 23, 2007 12:00 PM Guitar Slinger Showcase - The Rockfish - Teri is a featured guitarist in the 4th annual Guitar Slinger regional showcase Anacortes, WA

JOHNNY CONGA

11/30/2006 08:00 PM - WANN CAFE
2020 2nd ave, Belltown, Washington -

Eric Fridrich Trio, with Eric/guitar/harmonica/vocals, Lamar Lofton/upright bass, "JC" congas/bongos/tamborine
12/01/2006 10:00 PM - Nectar in Fremont
35th ave. NW, Seattle, Washington - $10.oo

with Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter-OMAR TORRES BAND......
12/03/2006 08:30 PM - Paragon Bar
2525 Queen Anne Ave., Seattle, Washington -

with The Eric Fridrich Trio-"LIVE" recording.....
12/07/2006 08:00 PM - WANN CAFE
2020 2nd ave, Seattle, Washington -

with the Eric Fridrich Trio....

MIKE DEASY JR

12/02/2006 04:00 PM - Cedar Beam Conspiracy - Art Jam - Gage Art School, Seattle, WA 98101 -

Art Jam is an annual drawing, painting, sculpting event with musicians playing for the inspiration of the artists. Avant Garde and experimentally funky jazz.

BURT BOICE

12/01/2006 10:00 PM - Egan's Ballard Jam House
1707 NW Market Street, seattle, Washington - 5.00

The Yogini's - An all star line up Playing a mixture of Jazz, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban & South Asian Indian Music. Each member brings their own unique & diverse Musical traditions that sum up to an interesting sounding group. Egan's Ballard Jam House 1707 NW Market Street Seattle, WA 98107
12/09/2006 06:00 PM - Greenlake - Holiday Festival
, Seattle, Washington -

Emerald City Ensemble - Parks Dept. holiday Jazz concert
12/10/2006 07:00 PM - Jazz Jam @ the Ugly Mug Coffee house!
116th S. & Rainier Ave S., Seattle, Washington -

Open jazz jam session, hosted by Mike Yasutake (ts). All instruments welcome...Rhythm section + YOU!! 116th S. & Rainier Ave S., near the Renton Airport, just up the street from the Why? Grocery. 19-22:00....It's a coffee house and family friendly, open 2 minors.
12/13/2006 07:00 PM - Music Works North West
14360 SE Eastgate Way, Bellevue, Washington 98007 -

Student ensembles - Brazilian Jazz & Afro-Cuban Ensembles.
12/14/2006 07:00 PM - The Palace, Seattle, -

Black Lab Trio-priviate event
12/15/2006 08:00 PM - JSN trio at The Christoff Art Gallery
6004 12th. Ave. South, #7, Seattle, Washington - $10.00

Jovino Santos Neto Trio - JSN (p) & Jeff Busch (d,perc). 8 PM at the Christoff Gallery in Georgetown, Seattle. 6004 12th. Ave. South, #7. $10
12/16/2006 07:00 PM - Madison Park - X-mas Ship Landing, Seattle, Washington -

Emerald city Jazz Ensemble...X-mas Ship landing/holiday festival.
12/20/2006 07:00 PM - T. B. A., Seattle, Washington -

T. B. A.
12/22/2006 07:00 PM - Marlene's Market and Deli
Federal Way, Federal Way, Washington -
Jazz & X-mas songs w/ the vivacious vocalist, Sarah K @ Marlene's Market and Deli, Federal Way WA.

12/23/2006 07:00 PM - priviate event - Holiday party w/ the Andre Mueller Trio, Bellevue, Virginia -

12/30/2006 10:00 PM - Egan's Ballard Jam House
1707 NW Market Street, seattle, Washington - $5.00

The Yogini's - An all star line up Playing a mixture of Jazz, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban & South Asian Indian Music. Each member brings their own unique & diverse Musical traditions that sum up to an interesting sounding group.

MARC SMASON

Seattle Jazz Vespers in downtown Seattle will feature THE KATATONICS WITH MARC SMASON AND JOANNE KLEIN on Sunday, December 3, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in the historic gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church on First Hill at the corner of Seneca and Harvard streets.

This venue is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100-minutes of their own popular music. The Vespers are f-r-e-e and open to the public on the first Sunday night of each month at 6:00 p.m., from October through June. No tickets or reservations are needed.

Marc's other gigs:

Announcing:
My band, Better World releases it's new CD this week!
Release Party @ New Orleans Restaurant 12/17!
available at performances and through www.marcsmason.com

Monday November 27 9 pm
Bruce Barnard - guitar Michael Gotz - bass Geg Campbell - drums
Sunset Tavern
5433 Ballard N.W. 206 784-4880 $5

Wednesday November 29 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Smason’s Open Jazz Workshop Oleg Ruvinov – tuba/bass Ed Mays - drums
*On the House
1205 E. Pike 206 324-3974

Thursday November 30 6 – 8 pm
Better World Bruce Barnard - guitar Oleg Ruvinov – tuba/bass
*C & P Coffee Co.
5612 California S.W. 206 933-3125

Friday & Saturday December 1 & 2 9:30 pm
Better World Michael Gotz - guitar Oleg Ruvinov – tuba/bass
Regatta Bar & Grill @ the Crowne Plaza
6th & Seneca 206 464-1980

Announcing: Seattle's Newest Jazz Venue & Finest Italian Cuisine! Café
Amoré
Sunday December 10 8 pm
Marc’s Jam Session!
*Café Amoré
5th & Bell 206 728-40-27

Friday December 15 10 pm
Better World Michael Gotz – guitar andy zadrozny - bass
Jai Thai 235 Broadway E. 206 323-5781

Sunday December 17 7 pm
Better World CD Realese Party!
New Orleans Creole Restaurant 114 1st S. 206 622-2563

Friday December 22 8 pm
Better World with Smason Joanne Klein Delvon Dumas – Hammond Organ
Larry Jones - drums
*Djembe Soul 1126 Commerce - Tacoma 253 284-2453

*all ages www.marcsmason.com (206) 760-1764

Yogi's Music Newsletter 11-18-06

2006-11-18T13:04:00.000-08:00

Hey, Lovers of music from all over the Planet!

I am starting to ramp up promoting my group, so I will probably be only sending out one of the newsletters each month. There's so many good gigs I want to put on here, but it takes several hours to prepare, so that's why. I'm doing my best!

Today I want to plug my band's next showcase gig, tell you about Tita Lima, the beautiful Samba singer from San Paolo, and then plug many other great gigs. Here's the hotlinks to this time's featured musicians:

YOGI AND THE YOGINISYogi's Jazz/world Fusion Band
TITA LIMA Gorgeous Brazilian Tropicalia/Bossa/Samba
MIKE DEASY JR Big Mike, Big Sax, Big Sound
JOHNNY CONGA Latin Percussion Heavyweight
BURT BOICE Outstanding Contrabass
ELIMAR UGUETO - E276 Rising Hot Latin Club Music Star
RED HOTZ aka The Red Hot Blues Sisters
HIDMO African Music series
JOVINO SANTOS NETO Brazilian jazz pianist virtuoso
PAULA MAYA Original Eclectic Rock
MARC SMASON Jazz Trombone and More

YOGI AND THE YOGINIS Yogi's Jazz/world Fusion Band

The Yoginis
Sat November 25th 8-10pm all ages
Free - Please Tip my musicians!
SoulFood Bookstore
15748 Redmond Way (behind Canyon's)
Redmond WA 98052
425-881-5309

Soulfood Bookstore is a nice intimate Eastside venue. They have a beautiful wooden stage and a choice Bose PA system.
The Yoginis will bring you our style of Jazz/World Fusion, and this show will be filled with the Samba Groove! We'll play originals and some choice covers.
As usual, I have KILLER MUSICIANS with me, so I let them out to play too...
They serve tea and coffee, Kids OK, bring 'em!

Yoginis Lineup

Yogi - keyboards, compositions
Samia Panni - Portuguese and English Vocals
Mike Deasy Jr - all saxes
Johnny Conga - Latin percussion
Burt Boice - Contrabass
Ed Mays - Drumset

TITA LIMA Gorgeous Brazilian Tropicalia/Bossa/Samba

Hey, I have to tell y'all about Tita Lima. She's a gorgeous young lady from San Paolo, Brazil that I caught at Nectar Lounge last Wednesday. She's on tour and already out of the country - sorry I didn't find out in time to give you the heads up on her show. Her father is a well-known musician in Brazil, and she sings like she was born to make music (which she was, practically speaking!) She also plays guitar and does a big chunk of her mixes. Go check her sound out and tell her I sent you to her site! Let's bring her back to Seattle!

MIKE DEASY JR Big Mike, Big Sax, Big Sound ;)

11/25/2006 08:00 PM - Yoginis - SoulFood Bookstore
15748 Redmond Way, Redmond, 98052 - Tips

Latin and fusion jazz in a setting of spiritually enlightened literature. The Yoginis combine elements of Brazilian, African, Indian and Jazz Fusion for a deeply eclectic and soulful ragout.

12/02/2006 04:00 PM - Cedar Beam Conspiracy - Art Jam - Gage Art School, Seattle, WA 98101 -

Art Jam is an annual drawing, painting, sculpting event with musicians playing for the inspiration of the artists. Avant Garde and experimentally
funky jazz.

JOHNNY CONGA Latin Percussion Heavyweight

11/18/2006 09:00 PM - The Rhythm Lounge
on Pine St. Downtown, Long Beach, California -
Performing with David Mora & The Conga Lovers

11/19/2006 09:00 PM - Paragon Bar
2525 Queen Anne Ave, Seattle, Washington -
with The Eric Fridrich Trio

11/20/2006 07:00 PM - North Seattle Community Campus, Seattle, Washington 98103 -
"ANJUMAN" an Indian(India)-Afro-Cuban band....

11/24/2006 10:00 PM - 21 Commerce
Commerce ave., Tacoma, Washington -
Working at the 21 lounge with the local DJ ...

11/28/2006 07:00 PM - Private party
Seattle, Seattle, Washington -
with the band "QUENARIMBA" A Japanese/Columbian band ..Miho Takekawa and Diego Coy, Ricardo Guity, Andy Zadronsky and JC Johnny Conga...

BURT BOICE Outstanding Contrabass

11/20/2006 06:00 PM - Garfield Community Center, Seattle, -
Emerald City Jazz Ensemble-City event

11/24/2006 06:00 PM - Starbucks - Columbia City, Seattle, Washington -
Emerald City Jazz Ensemble - Corner of Rainier Av S & Edmund St.

11/25/2006 08:00 PM - Soul Food Books, Redmond, 98052 -
The Yogini's - An all star line up Playing a mixture of Jazz, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban & South Asian Indian Music. Each member brings their own unique & diverse Musical traditions that sum up to an interesting sounding group.

12/09/2006 08:00 PM - The Ruins, Seattle, -
Black Lab Trio

12/22/2006 07:00 PM - Marlene's Market and Deli
Federal Way, Federal Way, Washington -
Jazz & X-mas songs w/ the vivacious vocalist, Sarah K @ Marlene's Market and Deli, Federal Way WA.

ELIMAR UGUETO - E276 Rising Hot Latin Club Music Star

Elimar Ugueto - E276
November 24th
Studio 503
6750 Sw Beaverton-Hillsdsale Hwy
Portland, OR 97225

www.studio503.org

RED HOTZ aka The Red Hot Blues Sisters

Dec 3, 2006 TBA Friends of the Holidays Fundraiser - The Swiss Tacoma - The Swiss, WA
Dec 28, 2006 8:00 PM Seven Cedars Casino - Rock and Roll the Dice Sequim, WA
Jan 13, 2007 8:00 PM Seattle Art Museum - Olympic Sculpture Park Evening Preview Event Seattle, WA
Jan 20, 2007 12:00 PM Seattle Art Museum - Olympic Sculpture Park Grand Opening Ceremonies Seattle, WA
Feb 16, 2007 8:00 PM The Yale Vancouver, BC
Feb 17, 2007 8:00 PM The Yale Vancouver, BC
Feb 23, 2007 12:00 PM Guitar Slinger Showcase - The Rockfish - Teri is a featured guitarist in the 4th annual Guitar Slinger regional showcase Anacortes, WA

HIDMO African Music series

Note that all African Music Series Shows are Sundays 8-10pm

Nov 19 = Thione Diop & Yeke Yeke
Hot young percussionist from Senegal with his high-energy percussion group. Some of the best traditional African music in the Northwest. Be prepared to dance! http://www.thionediop.com/

Nov 26 = Leif Totusek & Friends
Spirited high-life and other Afro-pop from guitar master Leif Totusek. Don't miss this show. Leif has toured with some of the best African musicians in the world because he has a true feel for African guitar styles. www.leiftotusek.com

Dec 3 = Ibrahima Camara & Safal
Music of Senegal with master drummer Ibrahima Camara and his group Safal. Original pop music compositions with traditional West African roots, spiced with the sounds of Reggae, Latin and Soukous. http://www.ibrahima.homestead.com

HIDMO East African Restaurant
2000 S. Jackson St
Seattle, WA
(206) 329-1534
www.hidmo.com

Free Admission (donations welcome)
Nonsmoking venue
Live African music and east African cuisine

For information about this Press Release:
Rob Pastorok
Maya Soleil
Woodinville, WA
mayasoleil@mindspring.com
www.mayasoleil.com

JOVINO SANTOS NETO Brazilian jazz pianist virtuoso

Saturday, November 18 at 8 PM at Bake's Place in Issaquah. Jovino Santos
Neto Quarteto, with JSN (piano, flute), Ben Thomas (vibraphone), Chuck
Deardorf (bass) and Byron Vannoy (drums). Reservations recommended. For
information and directions, please call 425-391-3335 or visit
www.bakesplace.org

Thanks for supporting live music!

Obrigado,

Jovino

Jovino Santos Neto
jovino@jovisan.net
realengo@comcast.net
Web site: www.jovisan.net

PAULA MAYA Original Rock

PAULA MAYA NEXT THU NOV 23RD:

THANKSGIVING NIGHT
@ The Central, the oldest saloon in Seattle!
207 1st Ave S in Pioneer Square. Seattle 98104
10pm - close
http://www.paulamaya.com
http://www.myspace.com/paulamayaband

MARC SMASON Jazz Trombone and More

sunday, november 19
marc smason (trombone)
talia marcus (violin )
ken strong (bass)
greg campbell (drums/fr. horn )

Monday November 27 9 pm
Better World Bruce Barnard - guitar Nate Omdahl - bass
Greg
Campbell - drums
Sunset Tavern
5433 Ballard N.W. 206 784-4880 $5

Wednesday November 29 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Smason’s Open Jazz Workshop
*On the House
1205 E. Pike 206 324-3974

Thursday November 30 6 – 8 pm
Better World Bruce Barnard - guitar
*C & P Coffee Co.
5612 California S.W. 206 933-3125

Friday December 1 & 2 9:30 pm
Better World
Regatta Bar & Grill @ the Crown Plaza
6th & Seneca 206 464-1980

Sunday December 3 6– 8 pm
The Katatonics with Smason & Klein
Beth Fleenor - clarinet Steve Rice – piano Andy Zadrozny – bass
Greg
Campbell - drums
*Jazz Vespers – Seattle 1st Baptist Church Harvard & Seneca 206
325-6051

Friday December 15 10 pm
Better World Bruce Barnard – guitar andy zadrozny - bass
jai thai broadway & e. thomas 206 322-5781

Sunday December 17 7 pm
Better World CD Realese Party!
New Orleans Creole Restaurant 114 1st S. 206 622-2563

*all ages www.marcsmason.com (206) 760-1764 donations

Yogi's Music Newsletter 10-21-06

2006-10-21T09:54:00.000-07:00

Hello World Music Lovers!

I have been moving, and therefore over-busy, but still trying to keep up. I've kind of been adopted into the scene at Hidmo's, so I've been there a lot, as you'll see below. Lots of good music goin' on. If I missed your gigs, email me the info. Some of you don't post the addresses of your gigs on your sites like myspace, etc. Get your gigs on the web where I can find them, or email me at yogi-one@excite.com.

Hot links to featured artists:

Hejira, featuring Don Baragiano
Marc Smason, jazz trombone and groups
The Red Hotz - sizzling R&B
Jovino Santos Neto - International Brazilian Jazz Piano Heavyweight
Paula Maya - International Indie Rock

YOGI'S GIGS
The Yoginis on myspace
The Yoginis Website

Wednesday, Oct 25th 9 -11pm - Yogi McCaw Trio

Yogi - Piano, Synthesizer, Eddy Fey - Acoustic Bass, Ed Mays - Drums

Great dinner set at Hidmo's. Samba and Bossa jazz/Originals/Coltrane and Miles/Freestyle Jams

Hidmo Restaurant 2000 S Jackson St, Seattle WA 98144

Saturday, Oct 28th, 9pm till midnight or so
YOGI'S BIRTHDAY PARTY GIG with the YOGINIS!
I want to see you there!
Hidmo again. We like this place. We are going to be building up Saturday night there.

2000 S Jackson St, Seattle WA 98144
The Yoginis Lineup: Yogi - Piano, Synths; Samia Panni - Brazilian and English Vocals; Burt Boice - Contrabass; Ed Mays - Drums; Tony Taylor - Latin

Percussion; and Special Guest Gordon Assadi on Indian and Jazz Violin.

Also at HIDMO:

Friday Oct 27th:

ATLANTIC MELODY led by Eduard Suarez of Guinea (formerly with Bembaya Jazz) and comprised of some of Seattle's top African Musicians
Soukous, Afro-pop, high energy African club music.

Friday Nov 3rd is KALASS, led by Guitarist Ganga Clamangou of Chad

Also don't forget the SUNDAY AFRICAN MUSIC SERIES - a different African Dance band every Sunday from 8-10pm!

HEJIRA, featuring the Arabic/Spanish guitar of Don

Baragiano, and usually some belly dancers!
And the cellist, Ashraf Hakim, formerly with the Cairo, Egypt, Opera House, is a delight for your ears too.

Sat, 10/21 Kolbeh Persian Restaurant, SOHO District, Seattle 8 – 10pm www.kolbehseattle.com
-With Belly Dancers!_

Tues 10/24 Jubilante Jazz Club in Renton, 8 – 11pm
-With Belly Dancers!-

Sat 11/4 Mandolin Café, Tacoma, 7 - 9 pm

Sat 11/11 Soul Food Books, Redmond, 8-10pm www.soulfood.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp

MARC SMASON

Friday October 13 8 pm
The Green Livers Smason Gary Way – keys Greg Barnes - bass
Mike
Smith – dr.
*Living Green 630 2nd St. – Langley 360 221-8242

Sunday October 15 8:30 pm
Better World
Marc Smason Bruce Barnard - guitar Ken Strong - bass & guests!
*Lottie’s Lounge
4900 Rainier S. 206 725-0519

Thursday October 19 6 - 8 pm
Better World
*C & P Coffee Co. 5612 California S.W. 206 933-3125

Tuesday October 24 7:30- 9:30 pm
Open Jazz Workshop!
*On the House 1205 E. Pike 206 324-3974

Saturday October 28 10 pm
Better World with Marc Smason Bruce Barnard - guitar Mike
Barnett
Jai Thai 235 Broadway E. 206 323-5781

Sunday October 29 7 pm
the Chicago 7 - vintage jazz!
Marc Smason Joanne Klein Brian Kent David George Bruce Barnard
Oleg Ruvinov Larry Jones
*New Orleans Creole Restaurant 114 1st S. 206 622-2563

*all ages www.marcsmason.com (206) 760-1764 donations

RED HOTZ
aka The Red Hot Blues sisters

Oct 27, 2006 9:00 PM New Orleans Creole Restaurant and Jazz/Blues Venue Seattle, WA
Nov 4, 2006 5:00 PM Tulalip Casino - 5-8pm Marysville, WA
Nov 8, 2006 8:00 PM Jazzbones - Teri & Suze guests at Randy Oxford's Jam Tacoma, WA
Nov 17, 2006 9:00 PM Wild Buffalo Bellingham, WA

JOVINO SANTOS NETO -LOCAL ONLY

See www.jovisan.net/calendar.htm for Jovino's New York and Europe Gigs

10-14-06
8.30 PM JSN Trio with Byron Vannoy/drums and Scott Thompson /bass at St.Clouds Restaurant
www.stclouds.com
1131 34th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 726-1522

10-24-06
5.00 PM JSN Trio at Ikea Seattle with Chuck Deardorf/bass and Mike Ivester/ drums www.ikea.com

11-18-06
SN Quartet at Bakes Place, with Chuck Deardorf/bass, Ben Thomas/ vibes and Byron Vannoy/drums www.bakesplace.org

PAULA MAYA

11/04/2006 09:00 PM - Dubliner Irish pub
3517 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103 -

We are sharing the evening with our friends Mofius. Check them out at http://www.myspace.com/mofius
11/11/2006 08:00 PM - The House - ALL AGES
2818 Wetmore, Everett, WA 98201 - TBD

We are back at The House!! It's an all ages venue in Everett that kick ass. Please come back to check on more details as we aproach the show :) http://www.

myspace.com/thehouseclub

Yogi's Music Newsletter 9-28-06

2006-09-28T22:14:00.001-07:00

Hi Everyone,

Surprisingly, my move got pushed back a couple of days, so here's the full music newsletter for Sept 29, 2006.

Quick links to this week's featured artists:
Yogi and the Yoginis um...Yogistyle :)
Hidmo East African Restaurant THE African Music scene in Seattle
Show Brazil/Eduardo Mendonca You like Samba? We got LOTS of Samba!
Paula Maya Eclectic Rock From Brazilian Pianist Paula Maya
Beth and Jim Wulff R&B and....cowboy songs? Featuring Pianist Beth Wulff who knows EVERY song (OK, it just seems that way!)
Thomas Marriott Jazz and Latin Trumpeter Extraordinaire
Marc Smason hardest working Trombonist in Seattle

YOGI AND FRIENDS QUARTET:

Sat Sept 30th 8-10pm
Coffee To A Tea Seattle, WA
4541 California Ave SW
Seattle WA 98116 (206) 937-1495
Just a few storefronts north of West Seattle's famous Easy Street Records at the Alaska St/California Ave Junction.
All ages, kid friendly - NO COVER (donations accepted for the band)

ALSO SEE US WEDNESDAY OCT 4TH 8:30 - 10:30PM AT HIDMO RESTAURANT (SEE BELOW)
www.myspace.com/yoginis
www.theyoginis.com

HIDMO East African Restaurant

*HIDMO'S is the THE scene for African Music in Seattle now, folks. Here you can see Seattle's best African Diaspora musicians, in an informal atmosphere with their friends, and enjoy authentic East African cuisine, as well as a full bar. The early shows on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday are ALL AGES too. Don't miss out. If you like music from Africa you need to be a part of what's going on here.*

2000 S. Jackson St
Seattle, WA
(206) 329-1534
www.hidmo.com

Free Admission (donations to musicians welcome)
*That's right the gigs are FREE - so PLEASE support the musicians with your donation*
Nonsmoking venue
East African Cuisine, full bar, peaceful, African Diaspora/World Citizen vibe.
WHY WE NEED YOU AT HIDMO'S:
You, the music lovers, make the gigs here. Our success is dependent on you coming and enjoying our music, and a drink, or one of their very expertly prepared East African style platters (share one with a table of friends!).

WEDNESDAYS: YOGI'S WORLD MUSIC 8:30 -10:30pm
Join Yogi and his music friends from all over the world. The lineup and groups will vary, but it will always be good. We're building a World Music Wednesday Night modeled after the successful Sunday night series (see below). We're just getting started; Oct 4th is our first one, featuring the Yoginis world jazz band.

This band features multi-lingual singer and KBCS DJ Samia Panni, who will grace us with some Brazilian bossas, and Latin Percussion heavy and also KBCS DJ Johnny Conga.

Yoginis Lineup:
Yogi on Keys, Compositions
Ed Mays - Drumset
Johnny Conga - Latin percussion
Tim Romain - Bass
Samia Panni - vocals (Portuguese and English)
Note: Our sax man Mike is missing this week, but we hope to have him as many weeks as possible, since he now lives in Olympia.

THURSDAYS: REGGAE WITH MYSTIK I AM. 8 - 10PM

ORIGINAL REGGAE led by vocalist/keyboardist Shemayin, featuring a rich tapestry of vocals and deep trancey grooves. Many of Seattle's well known Reggae and African musicians will be sitting in with her on Thursday nights.

FRIDAYS: African music alternating with Kalass, led by Guitarist/Singer Ganga Clamangou of Chad, and Atlantic Melody, led by Percussionist/Singer Edward Suarez of Guinea. I have seen both of these bands, and they are deserving of a lot more attention than they are getting.

SUNDAYS: AFRICAN MUSIC SERIES
Premier African Groups of Seattle, produced by Rob Pastorok. Rob's in China right now lining up things for his Global Heat band, so I don't have the Oct lineup of groups yet, but as soon as he gets back I'll have that info. Trust me on this, however, it's always good. African Music Sundays won a Best of Seattle Award in the Seattle Weekly this year.

SHOW BRAZIL/EDUARDO MEDONCA
www.showbrazil.com

Wednesday, September 27th - 7:30 p.m. - doors open at 6 p.m.
Eliane Elias (Brazilian Jazz). Touring in support of her latest release Around the City (8/22/06). Band members include Rubens de la Corte (guitar) Marc Johnson (bass) and Satoshi Takeishi (drums, percussion).
Where?: Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
2033 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98121
Cost: 22.50

Friday, September 29th
"We are Family" - Celebration 10th Anniversary of Bahia Street.
Silent auction, reception and dinner
Where? Mount Baker Community Club - 2811 Mount Rainier Drive S, Seattle, WA
5:30 to 7:00 p.m. - Live music with Jovino Santos Neto Trio
9 - 10 p.m. - Live music with Eduardo Mendonça (Voz e violão)

Friday, October 6th - 9 - 10 p.m.
Show Brazil! Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal, Guitar and Percussion), Denny Stern (Drums/Vocal), Caxambu (Percussion/Vocal), and Vanessa Miranda (Dance).
Where?: Crossroads Mall - NE 8th & 156th Ave. NE - Bellevue, WA

Friday, October 13th - 7 to 10 p.m.
Eduardo Mendonça Quartet. Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal/Guitar), Josh Wilson (Keyboard), Denny Stern (Drums/Vocal), and Caxambu (Percussion/Vocal).
Where?: Café Rozella - 9434 Delridge Way, SW - Seattle, WA 98106

PAULA MAYA - Original eclectic rock
www.myspace.com/paulamayaband
www.paulamaya.com

Paula Maya

October, 6 2006 at Tommy's
4552 University Way, On the Ave by 47th, Seattle, WA 98105
Cost: $5.

We'll be sharing the evening with our friends Laguna! Check them out at http://www.myspace.com/lagunajazz Check out the club at http://www.tommysnightclub.com

BETH AND JIM WULFF - R&B Jam

Beth and Wulff will be hosting a jam October 6th from 6:00 to 8:30. Bill Chism will also be performing. The food and atmosphere is awesome. Bad Albert’s is located on the corner of Dock Street and Ballard Avenue.

THOMAS MARRIOTT - JAZZ AND LATIN TRUMPET EXTRAORDINAIRE
www.thomasmarriott.net

September 30th with Tumbao
Portland Salsa Festival

October 5th, with Tumbao
Tula's Restaurant & Nightclub, 8:30pm

October 6th, with Tumbao
Vancouver Salsa Congress, Canada

October 12th Thomas Marriott & The Willie Nelson Project
Art of Jazz Concert Series, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park,
5-7pm

October 12th, with Jeremy Jones X-Tet
Tula's, 8:30 pm

October 15th Thomas Marriott w. New Stories
Eastside Jazz Showcase, Maydenbauer Center

MARC SMASON - jazz trombone and groups
www.marcsmason.com

Sunday September 24 2 - 4 pm
Chicago 7 with Joanne Klein & Marc Smason – jazz of the ‘30s!
David George – trumpet Bruce Barnard - guitar Oleg Ruvinov - tuba
Larry
Jones - drums & guests
*Music in the Sculpture Garden 790 N. 34th St. 206
675-8875

Sunday October 1 noon – 2 pm
Marc Smason Bruce Barnard - guitar Ken Strong - bass
*Broadway Farmer’s Market 10th E. & Thomas

Tuesday October 3 9 pm
3 much fun Perry Robinson - clarinet Jim Knodle - trumpet Marc
Smason – trombone
Sunset Tavern 5433 Ballard N.W. 206 784-4880 $5 – 15

Thursday October 5 8 pm
3 much fun Perry Robinson - clarinet Jim Knodle - trumpet Marc
Smason – trombone
*Gallery 1412 1412 18th Ave. 206 322-1533 $5 – 15

Yogi's Music Newsletter 9-4-06

2006-09-04T20:18:00.000-07:00

Hey Music Friends!

I'm playing a few places in the next couple of weeks. My band the Yoginis will play at Dante's World Music Night this Saturday Night. Before that on Saturday, 5-8pm, I'll be holding the keyboards down while the Red Hotz Rock the stage at the Tulalip Casino. On Sat Sept 16th, I'll be back at Dante's with The African Knights playing Reggae. I will also be at the Hidmo African Music series on Sept 17th at 8pm with Naby Camara. Finally, catch me also on Thursdays 8pm at Hidmo's with Sister Shemayin's new Reggae Band.

This appears on my music blog Yogi's Music World
My band's MySpace site is The Yoginis on MySpace

Use the keyboard shortcut of "alt" key = back arrow to come back (on PC's), or your browser's back button.

Quick links to this weeks gigs below:

HIDMO East African Restaurant
RED HOTZ (aka The Red Hot Blues Sisters)
Marc Smason - Virtuoso Jazz Trombonist and Groups

DANTE'S WORLD MUSIC NIGHT

Host: Amusicator - Reggae plus.

Sat Sept 9th
9pm Amusicator
10:30pm Yogi and The Yoginis

Sat Sept 16th
9pm Amusicator
10:30pm The African Knights

5300 Rosevelt Way
Seattle, Washington 98105
United States

HIDMO East African Restaurant
Thursdays: Sister Shemayin Reggae (Yogi on keyboards) 8pm
Sundays: African Music Series (see schedule below)
2000 S. Jackson St
Seattle, WA
(206) 329-1534
www.hidmo.com

Free Admission (donations welcome)
Nonsmoking venue
Live African music and east African cuisine

Hidmo's African Music series made The Weekly's Best of Seattle this year. Read about it here.

*** SCHEDULE September 2006 ***

September 10 = Atlantic Melody
High-energy pop music of Guinea, with a group brought to you by Edward Sourarez (Guinea), featuring Abdoullaye Diabate (Guinea) on guitar and others

September 17 = Lagni Sussu
Featuring balafon master Naby Camara with music of Guinea. Listen for that exciting combination of traditional west African music with contemporary sounds from Naby and his comrads.
http://nabycamara.com/

September 24 = Soyaya
Music of West Africa, featuring Mohammed Shaibu (Ghana) on vocals, guitar, and talking drum, Edward Souarez (Guinea) on vocals, calabash, and other percussion, and Caxambu (USA) on percussion. Raw traditional styles of Ghana, always with some surprises. We love 'em.

For more information about the Hidmo African Music Series:
Rob Pastorok
Maya Soleil
Woodinville, WA
mayasoleil@mindspring.com
www.mayasoleil.com

RED HOTZ (aka The Red Hot Blues Sisters)

Sept 9th @ Tulalip Casino – Marysville, WA – 5pm-8pm
featuring Suze, Teri, Andre Thomas, Lissa Ramaglia and Scotty Harris, and Yogi on keyboards

Sept 16th @ Club Crow 108 Cottage Avenue, Cashmere, WA 9881 – 9pm-12
featuring Suze, Teri, Andre Thomas, Lissa Ramaglia and Scotty Harris

Sept 23rd @Rockfish Grill, Anacortes, WA – 9pm-12
featuring Suze, Teri, Andre Thomas, Lissa Ramaglia and Scotty Harris

Sept 29th @ Highway 99, Seattle, WA – 9pm-12
featuring Suze, Teri, Eric Robert, Andre Thomas, Lissa Ramaglia and Scotty Harris

Friends, Family and Fans...your love and support is always appreciated..thanks! October brings The Red Hotz back in the studio to record more tunes and finish the full length album. We know you’re gonna love it!!

MARC SMASON Virtuoso Jazz Trombone and Groups

Tuesday September 5 7 – 9
Better World
Joanne Klein Bruce Barnard Mike Barnett Dave Bush
*Mr. Spot’s Chai House
5463 N.W. Leary Way 206 297-CHAI

Friday September 8 8 pm
Marc Smason Gary Way Greg Barnes & guests
*Living Green
630 2nd St. – Langley 360 221-8242

Saturday September 9 2 pm
La Banda Gozona – Music of Oaxaca!
Blanche Lavizzo Park - Guelaguetza
22nd & Yesler

Tuesday Sept 12 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Open jazz workshop!
*On the House
1205 E. Pike 206 324-3974

Alternate Wednesdays September 13, 27 … 8:30 pm
Better World
Joanne Klein Mark Bullis Mike Barnett Dave Bush
Beacon Pub
3057 Beacon S. 206 726-0238

Thursday September 14 6 - 8 pm
Marc Smason Ken Strong
*C & P Coffee Co.
5612 California S.W. 206 933-3125

Friday September 15 10 pm
Better World
Mark Bullis Mike Barnett
Jai Thai
235 Broadway E. 206 323-5781

Sunday September 24 2 - 4 pm
Chicago 7 with Joanne Klein & Marc Smason – vintage jazz!
Bruce Barnard Oleg Ruvinov Greg Campbell
*Music in the Sculpture Garden
790 N. 34th St. 206 675-8875

Sunday October 1 noon – 2 pm
Marc Smason Bruce Barnard Ken Strong
*Broadway Farmer’s Market
10th E. & Thomas

*all ages www.marcsmason.com (206) 760-1764 donations
removal upon request, of course.

Yogis Music 8-20-2006 Yoginis now on CD Baby!

2006-08-20T21:32:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

This is a special newsletter to announce our CD-EP is on the CD Baby website. Also a couple of gigs from some friends

Here's the hot links to our friends gigs:
Amusicator, announcing a new Saturday night Reggae/World series at Dante's restaurant and bar

Thomas Marriott's Willie Nelson Project (Willie like you've never heard him before!)

Irene Chigamba, mbira (African thumb piano) from Zimbabwe.

Yogi and the Yoginis

Our CD EP Songbird is on CDBaby!

Go to CDBaby.com and go to the world: samba page, or search the site using "Yoginis" in the Search field. $6.99 and it's yours! (Dang, I almost paid that much to make each one of those things!)

PLUS, we have a gig on

Sept 9th at Dante's in the U-District
5300 Roosevelt Way, Seattle WA 98105

Dante's is a nice "underground" club with nice decor, a room for the band and dancing with a good sound system, a big video screen for graphics behind the band, another room with pool tables and machines, fronted by a restaurant - good food, full bar and microbrews on tap.

The gig is arranged by Dawa, leader of the group Amusicator, who is running a Reggae/World night every Saturday night at Dante's.

Amusicator also has a special gig this Wednesday, the 23rd there:

Amusicator (Reggae and new influences)
August, 23 2006 at Dantes
5300 Roosevelt Way, Seattle WA., WA 98105

We're trying to bump it up in there so we can keep the place every Saturday, so come and bring a friend, and buy a drink, because the musicians will get some of the bar profits if they sell a respectable amount of drinks. (Oh my God!!! Did I just encourage people to drink while enjoying music??? Where's the mayor in all this? - Hey - don't get me started on THAT!)

Also this week, we have:

Thomas Marriott, Jazz Trumpeter Exraordinaire

Attention Music Fans!

On Monday, August 28th at 7:30 pm, the Seattle Drum School will be
hosting a
special
sneak preview of Thomas Marriott's new ensemble: The Willie Nelson
Project

This special sneak preview is being presented as part of the Geoff
Harper
Presents: Last Monday's
concert series at the Seattle Drum School, 12510 15th Ave NE (corner of
15th
& 125th NE).
Call (206) 364-8815 for directions and details.

HIDMO Restaurant Sunday African Music Series

August 27 = Irene Chigamba

Zimbabwean Irene Chigamba makes a rare appearance at HIDMO, with mbira and soulful vocals.

African Music Night every Sunday (8-10 pm) at HIDMO East African Restaurant in Seattle (Detailed schedule for AUGUST 2006 below)

LOCATION:
HIDMO East African Restaurant
2000 S. Jackson St
Seattle, WA
(206) 329-1534

Free Admission (donations welcome)
Nonsmoking venue
Live African music and east African cuisine

2006-08-12T21:12:00.000-07:00

Hey Music Lovers,

I am trying to keep up with it as best I can. If I missedyour gigs, email me at yogismusic@gmail.com. I'll add them in.

New pics: Hey I have to share them. Most are from a July show at the Coffee To A Tea in West Seattle

Yogi at the Seatac International Festival with Naby Camara's African Group

Johnny Conga with the Yoginis, July 2006

Yoginis at Coffee To A Tea, Yogi, and Ed Mays on Drums

Burt Boice, Contrabass

Samia Panni, Versatile Vocalist and Mike Deasy, Horn arrangements for the Yoginis, Ed Mays, drums

Here's the quicklinks to this time's featured artists, or scroll through them all:

Marc Smason and Jazz Groups
Samia Panni, Vocal music of Brazil and other nations
Layla Angulo, Latin Jazz Sax
Eduardo Mendonca/Show Brazil
Elimar Ugueto/E276, Hot Latin Club Music

Marc Smason and Jazz Groups

Friday August 11 10 pm
Better World with Michael Gotz Peter Sams & guests!
Jai Thai
235 Broadway E. 206 323-5781

Saturday August 12 10 pm
Better World Ron Weinstein Burt Boice & guests!
Ballard Jam House (*till 11pm)
1707 N.W. Market 206 789-162

Alternate Wednesdays August 16, 30 … 8:30 pm
Better World Joanne Klein Jon Eisen Michael Barnett Greg
Campbell
Beacon Pub
3057 Beacon S. 206 726-0238

Thursday August 17 7:20 – 9:20pm
Marc Smason Micheal Gotz
*Pegasus Coffee House
131 Parfitt Way SW – Bainbridge Is. 206 842-6725

Thursday August 24 4 – 6 pm
Klez Kids
*Lake City Farmer's Market
29th N.E. & N.E. 130th 206 632-5234

Samia Panni, Vocal music of Brazil and other nations

Samia will be performing at BrasilFest 2006 again, being held on Sunday, August 20th, from noon - 8pm or later.

Click this link for details on the event:
BrasilFest 2006

Here are the details of the performance:

Fofinho e Samia
A vocal-percussion/guitar duo performing the Afro Sambas of Baden Powell & Vinicius de Moraes + more.
When: Sunday, August 20th, noon - 12:45pm
Where: Centerhouse Stage, Seattle Center

Samia Panni

Host of Raizes
Saturdays 2pm-4pm PDT
KBCS 91.3 FM
“A World of Music & Ideas”
Phone: (425) 564-2424
Website: www.kbcs.fm

Layla Angulo Latin Jazz Sax

Layla is a Seattle resident (Cornish grad) who has crafted a great world-class latin jazz group. Be very afraid. Layla kicks booty. Her husband is a Peruvian percussionist who can clean up house in his own right. My kind of dynamic duo. Sorry I didn't get their recent Triple Door show up. I am posting up her international gigs not because I think you'll go (great on ya if you do!) but because I am happy for her. I remember seeing her at little places around town a few years ago. She's getting it right and making it happen. Celebrate!

August 22th - Bellevue Live Concert Series - 12noon
August 25th - Palermo, Italy
August 26th - Greek theatre of Eraclea Minoa, Italy
August 27th - Vittoria, Italy
September 23rd - Spokane Center Stage - Spokane, WA

Eduardo Mendonca/Show Brazil

Sunday, August 20th

From 6 to 7 p.m.

Domingo, 20 de Agosto

Das 18 às 19 hs.
BrasilFest 2006
Seattle Center – Seattle, WA
www.seattlecenter.com

Show Brazil! Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal/Guitar/Percussion), David Pascal (Bass/Percussion), Josh Wilson (Keyboard/Percussion), Brian Kent (Sax and flute), Mario Allende (Drums), Caxambu (Percussion), Grande Attila (Percussion), Norma Henry (Cavaquinho), Dora Oliveira (Dance), Bianca Mendonça (Dance), Lisette Austin (Dance), and Vanessa Miranda (Dance).

Wednesday, August 23rd

From 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Quarta, 23 de Agosto
Das 19
16th Annual Concerts in the Parks
Richmond Beach Community Park – 19601 21st Ave NW (in the green space at the Richmond Beach Library) – Shoreline, WA

* The Concerts in the Parks is produced by the Shoreline-LFP Arts Council.
Show Brazil! Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal/Guitar/Percussion), David Pascal (Bass/Percussion), Josh Wilson (Keyboard/Percussion), Mark OI (Guitar/Percussion), Brian Kent (Saxophone/Flute), Will Dowd (Drums), Dora Oliveira (Dance), Bianca Mendonça (Dance), and Lisette Austin (Dance).

Elimar Ugueto/E276

August 18th (Friday)
Concord, CA 94520 / 11:00pm
El Rancho
1450 Monument Blvd.

August 20th (Sunday)
San Francisco, CA 94158 /10:00pm
Jelly's Dance Cafe
295 Terry Francois Blvd.
Pier 50

September 2nd (Sunday)
Seattle WA 98122 / 10:OOpm
Neighbours Nightclub
1509 Broadway
http://www.neighboursnightclub.com/

September 8th (Friday)
Beaverton, OR 97005 / 10:00pm
Tequila Ole Night Club
3905 SW 117th Ave.
http://www.tequilaole.com/

Yogis Music 7-20-06 Yogi w/ African Knights and much more

2006-07-20T22:09:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

The music newsletter is getting big because a lot of gigs are becoming listed on here. And there are some groups I didn't list that I will have to make sure are up next time. I'm a little bit busier myself these days, so I have had to cut back to twice a month with the newsletter instead of once a week. Which means I have to list gigs two to three weeks out. Because some of these musicians work several times a week, the resulting newsletter can get quite long. I hope the quicklinks at the top help.

Next propject will be to make a permanent list of links to the websites and myspace sites of all the bands I list so that you can visit them with ease at any time. The list will show up in the right hand column.

First, as usual is the gig I will be on this weekend. I will be playing keyboards with the African Knights, a band that always gets good feedback from our audiences. Roots Reggae al la Africa. If you haven't seen us yet, you should. It's another one of the unique projects I am involved in.

Danny Massure is a new name on the newsletter. Danny specializes in old-school DJ grooves and his shows mix it up with live old-school players. Danny is the kind of DJ that converts people who thought they don't like DJ's. He's a DJ that "gets it" about live music and live musicians. Yes, there are DJs who "get it". You won't see old schoolers like Mike Deasy and Thomas Marriott playing live with DJs very much. But with Danny they find it a joy. Go see why. I'll be there too, so come have a drink with me.

Anyway, here's this week's hot links followed by the full scoop:

Danny Massure's Ticklejunk All Stars w/Mike Deasy and special guest Thomas Marriott
Thomas Marriott Jazz Bands
Jovino Santos Neto - Brazilian pianist/composer extraordinaire
Eduardo Mendonca and Show Brazil
Marc Smason - hardest working trombonist in Seattle
Paula Maya Band - eclectic original rock
Bill Chism/ Bad Albert's in Ballard - good food, good jams

Yogi with the African Knights (African Roots Reggae)

07/22/2006 09:00
Dantes in the U-District
5300 Roosevelt Way, Seattle , WA

Free- 21 & Over -No Cover

AMUSICATOR featuring the BLACK DIAMOND/SISTER SPEAK PROJECT with Special guests
Ahmed with the AFRICAN KNIGHTS and Daggakarab!
Funky Dancehall Roots African Reggae as AMUSICATOR kicks off Dante's live reggae summer series no cover and Carribean Drink Specials
A can't miss to get the summa jumpin off ina Irie vibrations!!!

www.africanknights.com

Danny Massure's Ticklejunk AllStars w/ Mike Deasy

This Sunday at Chapel, The Ticklejunk All Stars will be joined by
legendary trumpeter Thomas Marriott.

Thomas has played with Tito Puente, Maynard Ferguson, Rosemary Clooney,
The Chico O'Farrell Orchestra, Ritchie Cole, Joe Locke & Kenny Kirkland
and many others.

Original House and break beats by Danny Massure with live keys, guitar,
vocals, saxophone, trumpet and percussion.

Chapel - 9pm to 12 am - Melrose & Pine, Capitol Hill

Danny Massure on myspace.com

Thomas Marriott's gigs:

July 22 2006 with Tumbao
Bite of Seattle

July 28, 2006 with Pete Cristlieb & Bill Ramsey
Port Townsend Jazz Festival

July 29, 2006 with Pete Cristlieb & Bill Ramsey
Port Townsend Jazz Festival

August 14th with Matt Jorgensen
Triple Door Musiquarium Lounge, 7-10pm

August 17th Thomas Marriott Quartet
Interbay Golf Course, sponsored by KPLU
5:30-8:30 pm

Jovino Santos Neto

Sat July 29th
PM Tukwila outdoor event - All Nations Soccer Cup
JSN with Grupo Alecrim 8.00 to 10.00pm

Mon July 31st
JSN Quartet,
Bank of America Plaza 800,
5th Ave, Downtown Seattle Noon

Saturday, July 22 - 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Eduardo Mendonca/Show Brazil

Show Brazil! in West Seattle
Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal, Guitar and Percussion), David Pascal (Bass and Percussion), Denny Stern (Percussion and Back Vocal), and Dora Oliveira

and Bianca Mendonça (Dance).
17th Ave SW and Roxbury Street (North Stage)
Seattle, WA 98106

Wednesday, July 26th - 8 p.m.

OS MUTANTES – Live in Concert
Brazilian Psychedelic rock legends reunited for the first time in 33 years
Special guest: Sir Richard Bishop
The Moore Theater – 1932 2nd Ave – Seattle, WA 98107

Tuesday, July 29th
'Brazil Live at the Library!' with Eduardo Mendonça.
Celebrate Summer Reading at the Delridge Branch at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 11 with an exciting program for children.
Seattle Public Library – Central Library
1000 Fourth Ave. Seattle, WA 98104

Also, please check out:
Kids in Brazilian Beat: http://www.showbrazil.com/brazilianbeat/index.htm
Trip to Brazil: http://www.showbrazil.com/trip.htm (limited spaces)

Marc Smason trombone & voice

Friday July 21 8:30 pm
A Better World with Marc Smason Joanne Klein
*Jubilante Restaurant
305 Burnett S. – Renton 425 226-1544

Sunday July 23 7 - 10 pm
The Chicago 7 with Joanne Klein & Marc Smason
*New Orleans Creole Restaurant
114 1st S. 206 622-2563

Saturday July 29 7:30 –8:30 pm
Better World with Joanne Klein & Marc Smason
The Piazza in Renton*
3rd St. & Burnett S. – Renton

Alternate Wednesdays August 2, 16, 30… 8:30 pm
A Better World Marc Smason Joanne Klein
Jon Eisen - keys Mike Barnett – bass Dave Bush - drums
Beacon Pub
3057 Beacon S. 206 726-0238

Saturday August 5 8 pm
Paulinha Marc Smason Buck Chandler - Music of Brazil & the
Caribbean!
The Spar
114 4th S. – Olympia 360 357-6444

Thursday August 10 7 – 9 pm
Marc Smason & the Beacon Hill Orchestra
*Nana’s Soup House
3418 N.E. 55th 206 523-9053

Friday August 11 10 pm
Marc Smason Bruce Barnard Burt Boice
Jai Thai
235 Broadway E. 206 323-5781

www.marcsmason.com

PAULA MAYA
NEXT SAT JUL 22ND
@ The DUBLINER, Irish pub. They offer a large selection of Beers, pint
or picture (I know that's not how you spell this one, but, what the
heck.... you know what I mean: a whole lot of beer, cheap :)
9:30pm - 1:30am
We'll play FIRST until 11pm, then the Morningbirds will close the
evening.
Only $5!
3517 Fremont Ave N

Seattle, WA 98103

Paula Maya Band Website

Bill Chism/Bad Alberts

The Bad Alberts gig is on a reduced summer schedule and will only be
once in July and once in August, from 5:00 - 8:30. Along with me on
guitar, the following singers and musicians are featured but others are
welcome to sit in anytime.

7/23 Denine Monet (Vocals/Flute) - Tom Brighton (Percussion)
Mark Bushbeck (Bass)

Bad Alberts also has a fantastic Happy Hour from 3:00 - 6:00.

Bad Alberts
5100 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle, Wa
(206) 782-9623

Bill Chism
Benefits, Compensation and Performance Mgmt
206.544-1120 206.715-3371 (cell)
Mon - Thu, 5:30 - 3:00 Fri, 5:00 - 9:00

Yogismusic 7-3-06: Yoginis, Baba Kaju, Jovino, Eduardo Mendonca/Show Brazil, Marc Smason, Paula Maya, Red Hotz

2006-07-03T17:47:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone, I'm trying to keep up and get this thing out at least twice a month!

Hot Links to the featured artists

Baba Kaju
Jovino Santos Neto
Eduardo Mendonca/Show Brazil
Marc Smason
Paula Maya Band
Red Hot Blues Sisters

Yogi and Friends (a sextet drawn from members of the Yoginis)

Yogi and the Yoginis

Another lineup of multi-talented musicians. We have Samia Panni with us, the versatile multi-language songstress and local expert on many types of world music (especially Brazilian). Listen to her at KBCS 91.3 fm on Saturdays 2-4pm. Also Johnny Conga, Latin percussion heavyweight, will be with us. Listen to his show on KBCS Saturdays at 6pm. Those of you who have come before know what to expect from us: well thought out selection of my originals and some choice Brazilian jazz covers, lots of high-level communication between the musicians during our improvisations, and a lineup of musicians who are all heavy hitters in their own right. Bring friends; we are trying to get the word out that we are starting to gig after many months of working on our CD and promotional materials.

Remember its kid friendly - some of my young students are coming. Especially bring your kids if they are music students, so they have a chance to be around a nice jazz gig with good people and get into the vibe. This way they learn many things about the music besides just studying notes.

Sat Jun 17 2006 8:00pm

Coffee To A Tea Seattle, WA
4541 California Ave SW
Seattle WA 98116 (206) 937-1495
Just a few storefronts north of West Seattle's famous Easy Street Records at the Alaska St/California Ave Junction.
All ages, kid friendly - NO COVER (donations accepted for the band)

Yoginis Lineup:
Yogi on Keys, Compositions
Mike Deasy, Jr on Saxes/Arrangements
Ed Mays - Drumset
Johnny Conga - Latin percussion
Burt Boice - Contrabass
Samia Panni - vocals (English/Portuguese)

Yogi appearing with:

Baba Kaju

I have started playing with Baba Kaju (Alex Kajumulo of Tanzania, Africa). We are going to do some local gigs before we start touring later this winter. This band features the hot Afro/Hip-hop/Dancehall songs of Baba Kaju, some of which have already sold a million in his home country of Tanzania. He has also collaborated with such musicians as Beenie Man and other stars.

Friday July 7th 10pm
Club De Afric
4812 Rainier Ave S (x st is Edmunds, just north of the Starbucks on the corner).
Seattle WA 98118

Club De Afric is a North African/Ethiopian club. A nice place, good wood-finish dance floor, great Ethiopian food, full bar. Bring a date that wants to dance!

Jovino Santos Neto

As always, top-notch, world-class Brazilian Jazz from my friend and teacher.

Saturday, July 8 at 9 PM
St. Clouds Bistro
1131 34th. Ave.
in Seattle's Madrona neighborhood
JSN Trio with Evan Flory-Barnes on bass and Chris Stromquist on drums. Always a pleasure to perform with these 2 great young musicians...for directions and reservations, please visit www.stclouds.com

Friday 7-14-06 8:00pm

The Triple Door,
3rd Ave + Union Street, Seattle
Jovino Santos Neto - Solo will be opening for Andre Feriante
www.andreferiante.com
www.jovisan.net

Eduardo Mendonca/Show Brazil

Sunday, July 9th - 2 – 2:50 p.m.
Hispanic Seafair (Fisher Pavilion Stage)
Eduardo Mendonça & Show Brazil!
Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal, Guitar and Percussion), Denny Stern (Percussion and Back-Vocal), Caxambu (Percussion and Back-Vocal), Dora Oliveira and Bianca Mendonça (Dance).
Where?: Seattle Center. Seattle, WA

Monday, July 10th – 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Macy’s Taste of Festal
BahiaRio – a performance with Eduardo Mendonça and Paula Maya. Also featuring: Marcio Pacheco (Percussion and Vocal), and David Pascal (Bass).
Where?: Macy’s store at Downtown Seattle - Seattle, WA.

Tuesday, July 11th – 2-3 p.m.
'Brazil Live at the Library!' with Eduardo Mendonça.
Celebrate Summer Reading at the Delridge Branch at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 11 with an exciting program for children.
Where?: Seattle Public Library – Delridge branch
5423 Delridge Way S.W. - Seattle, WA 98106

Thursday, July 13th - 7 – 8:30 p.m.
“Music on the Lake”
Main stage at North Cove Lake Park
Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal, Guitar and Percussion); David Pascal (Bass and Percussion), Denny Stern (Drums, Percussion and Back-Vocal), Caxambu (Percussion and Back-Vocal), Dora Oliveira, Bianca Mendonça and Lisette Austin (Dance).
Where?: North Cove Lake Park - Lake Stevens, WA

Saturday, July 15th – 9:30 – 10:45
Eduardo Mendonça in Concert (Vocal/Guitar). Drums and Percussion: Denny Stern
Where?: Maple Leaf Lutheran Church
10005 32nd Ave. NE. – Seattle, WA 98125

Sunday, July 16th – 5:45 – 6:45 p.m.
Festival Brasileiro – BrasilFest Canada.
Eduardo Mendonça in Concert (Vocal/Guitar). Drums and Percussion: Denny Stern
Where?: Roundhouse Community Center – Outdoor Plaza
@ Pacific Boulevard with Davie Street (Downtown Vancouver)
Vancouver BC – Canada.

Marc Smason – trombone & voice

Wednesdays June 28, July 5 & 19 8:30 pm
Better World with Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
Jon Eisen Peter Sams Dave Bush
Beacon Pub
3057 Beacon S. 206 726-0238

Thursday July 9 3 – 6 pm
Marc Smason Bruce Barnard Ken Strong
*C & P Coffee Co.
5612 California S.W. 206 933-3125

Thursday July 13 7 – 9 pm
Marc Smason & the Beacon Hill Orchestra
*Nana’s Soup House
3418 N.E. 55th 206 523-9053

Friday July 14 10 pm
Marc Smason Bruce Barnard Burt Boice
Jai Thai
235 Broadway E. 206 323-5781

Paula Maya Band

JULY 11TH @ NECTAR LOUNGE, we are back for a killer summer show! Our
talented friend AMY READ will open, then we'll play for as long as you
are there!

FREE! 8PM the party starts. They do have a happy hour until 7pm. But if
you miss that, their prices are very reasonable, and they have a great
menu, with many choices. Including Drinks.
http://www.nectarlounge.com

The Red Hotz (aka the Red Hot Blues Sisters)

The Bidding Begins!
The Red Hot Blues Sisters are auctioning themselves off for
a live New Years Eve performance on EBAY!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;amp;item=4892556019&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

Who wouldn’t want to have their own private New Year’s Eve party with a live band that was nominated Best Blues Band 2006 by the Washington State Blues Society?

The 10-Day EBAY Auction Begins on June 27th at 11:45PM and ends July 7th @ 11:45PM.

10% of the final sale price will support Rock School (Non-Profit that educates young people aged 12 - 21 in the field of music while promoting their leadership and teamwork skills).

Also see the Red Hotz in July:

Jul 4, 2006 2:00 PM Fort Lewis 4th of July daytime event Fort Lewis, WA

Jul 4, 2006 7:00 PM Celebration Park - 4th of July Celebration Federal Way, WA

Jul 11, 2006 8:00 PM The Barrel Jam Hosted by Doug McGrew - special Red Hotz jam appearance Burien, WA

Jul 23, 2006 12:00 PM Bite of Seattle - KZOK 102.5 FM Mural Stage - Noon Seattle Center, WA

Yoginis, Show Brazil, Marc Smason, Paula Maya, Red Hotz

2006-06-18T13:37:00.000-07:00

Hello People,

Sorry about the two week delay in getting the newsletter out! I was working on some MySpace websites in my spare time between gigs and band practices and my day job. Nice seeing friends at Samia's show last Thursday. We have lots of good gigs coming our way this week too. My band is playing, and here's the hot links to the other artists in this weeks newsletter:

Eduardo Mendonca - Brazil's gift to Seattle
Marc Smason - Trombone Superman
Paula Maya - Hot Indie Rock
Red Hot Blues Sisters - World Class Blues from Seattle

Yogi McCaw with Jazz/R&B Singer Elnah Jordan
(First Set only, second set with Beth Wulff on Piano)
Jun 16 2006 9:30PM
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Seattle, WA
1113 6th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
Cost: Free
Regatta Grille Lounge at Crowne Plaza Hotel doing rootsy jazz/blues with singer Elnah Jordan. Jazz with lots of soul.

Yoginis on MySpace.com

Yogi and Friends (a quintet drawn from members of the Yoginis)

Sat Jun 17 2006 8:00P

Coffee To A Tea Seattle, WA
4541 California Ave SW
Seattle WA 98116 (206) 937-1495
Just a few storefronts north of West Seattle's famous Easy Street Records at the Alaska St/California Ave Junction.
All ages, kid friendly - NO COVER (donations accepted for the band)

This time's Lineup:
Yogi on Keys, Compositions
Mike Deasy, Jr on Saxes/Arrangements
Ed Mays - Drumset
Tim Romain - Electric Basses
Hilary Harris - vocals (English/Portuguese)

Eduardo Mendonça & Show Brazil!
Web site: Show Brazil

Friday, June 16th
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Edmonds Arts Festival
Main Stage.
Frances Anderson Center
(the 700 block between Main St. and Dayton St.)
Edmonds, WA .

Eduardo Mendonça & Show Brazil! Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal, Percussion and Guitar), David Pascal (Bass/Percussion), Bian Kent (Flutes and Sax), Mark OI (Guitar/Percussion), Josh Wilson (Keyboard/Percussion), Steve Caxambu (Percussion and Back-Vocal), Denny Stern (Drums and Back-Vocal), Dora Oliveira and Bianca Mendonça (Dance).

Saturday, June 17th
Strawberry and Arts Festival
Burien Community Center
425 SW 144th Street
Burien, WA

Eduardo Mendonça & Show Brazil! Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça & Show Brazil! Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal, Percussion and Guitar), Oleg Ruvinov (Bass/Percussion), Bian Kent (Flutes and Sax), Mark OI (Guitar/Percussion), Josh Wilson (Keyboard/Percussion), Steve Caxambu (Percussion and Back-Vocal), Denny Stern (Drums and Back-Vocal), Dora Oliveira and Bianca Mendonça (Dance).

Marc Smason – trombone & voice

Website Marc Smason

Wednesdays June 14, 21, 28 8:30 pm
Better World with Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
John Eisen Peter Sams Dave Bush
Beacon Pub
3057 Beacon S. 206 726-0238

Sunday June 18 Marc’s Birthday Party! 9 pm
A Better World Marc Smason Joanne Klein
Jon Eisen Peter Sams Dave Bush
Also - Yellow Hat Band !
Tommy’s Nightclub
4552 University Way N.E. 206 634-3144

Tuesday June 20 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Smason’s Open Jazz Workshop
*On the House
1205 E. Pike 206 324-3974

Friday June 23 7:30 pm
Smason & the Katatonics Sarah Funk Beth Fleenor Lesli Dalaba
Joanne Klein Eli Rosenblatt Jon Eisen Ken Strong Greg
Campbell
*Crossroads Bellevue
N.E. 8th & 156th N.E. – Bellevue 425 644-1111

Paula Maya
Paula Maya band on MySpace.com

Jun 17 2006 12:00P
Fremont Fair Solstice Parade Seattle
On Fremont Street in Seattle

Jun 30 2006 8:00P
Salmon Bay Eagles Club
5216 20th Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98107

Jul 11 2006 8:00P
Nectar Lounge
412 N 36th St. Seattle, WA 98103

Red Hotz
Aka The Red Hot Blues Sisters

Jun 24, 2006 3:00 PM LAKEWOOD SUMMER FEST- FORT STEILACOOM PARK Lakewood - Fort Steilacoom Park, WA

Jun 23, 2006 9:00 PM Wild Buffalo Bellingham, WA

Yogi and Friends Quartet plus much more

2006-05-24T22:23:00.000-07:00

This is a big newsletter, folks. Also I will be sending you my Folklife picks tomorrow.

I am playing Saturday afternoon and Monday with African Balafon Maestro Naby Camara, and I'm fronting a quartet of my own music plus a few choice covers on
Saturday Night. Hotlink to my gigs

Here's the hotlinks to go directly to the other performers featured in this week's newsletter.

Samia Panni - Brazilian/Multi-Language vocals and percussion

Eduardo Mendonca/Show Brazil

Hidmo African Music series

Marc Smason - Trombonist/improviser and his groups

Thomas Marriott - Rising Jazz Trumpet Star and group

Jovino Santos Neto - Brazilian/Jazz pianist extraordinaire and groups

Beth and Jim Wulff - Versatile R&B/Jazz husband and wife team

YOGI's GIGs

Yogi and Friends Quartet

OK, I have lots of friends, so they can't all be fit into a coffee house gig, so I stripped it down to the jazz/brazilian/fusion quartet. Plenty of
original material, though. Everyone in this group is a kick-ass improviser, so the evening will feature lots of stunning improvs on my songs, and a few
carefully chosen covers.

Yogi - keys, compositions
Mike Deasy, Jr - saxes, horn arragements
Burt Boice - upright bass
Ed Mays - drums

Coffee To a Tea
Saturday May 27, 8pm
4541 California Ave SW
Seattle WA 98116 (206) 937-1495
Just a few storefronts north of West Seattle's famous Easy Street Records at the Alaska St/California Ave Junction.
All ages, kid friendly - NO COVER (donations accepted for the band)

Yogi with Naby Camara and Lagni Sussu

Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle Center
Center House Stage Sat 27th at 2pm
and
Fountain Lawn Stage Mon 29th 3:40pm

Naby Camara is from Guinea, West Africa and holds two (that's right TWO) Canadian Juno Awards in the field of world music. We will be playing the authentic
music of his village in Guinea. I will have the only non-african instrument (piano), but I will be playing it in the African balafon-style (NOT like a
western piano). There's no other groups in Seattle doing this. If you haven't seen this, and you aren't from West Africa, then you haven't seen a similar
group. Because there aren't any. At least not in the USA. Get a hit of the real thing. You have two chances to see us for FREE at Folklife.

JOVINO SANTOS NETO

It's always inspiring to hear Jovino. When he's not in NYC, or Brazil... or Europe... or??

Thursday June 1

Seattle's City Hall 12.00 pm 600 Fourth Avenue (between Cherry and James St.).
JSN Quartet with Mark Ivester, Chuck Deardorf and Hans Teuber
For more information contact the Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs at (206) 684-7171 www.arts.culture@seattle.gov

Friday June 2

Crossroads, 6.00 pm NE 8th & 156th Ave. NE in Bellevue | 425-644-1111
JSN Quartet with Mark Ivester, Burt Boice and Ben Thomas
www.crossroadsbellevue

SAMIA PANNI

At Northwest Folklife Festival, Rainier Room, Seattle Center, Samia will be the MC & one of the performers at the following series:

Brazil Up-Close 6-9pm
Rainier Room - Friday, May 26, 2006
6:00 -6:35 PM
Grupo Amoroso
Contemporary & Classic Brazilian Bossa Nova
6:50 -7:25 PM
Capoeira Grupo Quilombo Queimado
The Grace & Power Of Brazil
7:35 -8:10 PM
Samba Na Veia
Brazilian Dance

8:20 -9:00 PM
Fofinho and Samia
Brazilian Afro-Sambas

Abráce now sings in 12 languages that include: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Swahili, Xhosa, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese,
Lucumí (archaic Yoruba), Ladino, and nonsense syllables, from the 15th Century to the present + original compositions; acapella or acompanied by percussion

instruments, playing a whole variety of rhythms.

Abráce features:

Samia Panni (vocals & percussion)
Joyce Yarrow (vocals and pitch pipe)
Rosemary Bell (vocals & percussion)
Denny Stern (percussion)
Where: Caffé Bella

A warm & inviting place to sip a cup coffee, tea, wine or beer.
2621 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA
(a block south of Denny in downtown Seattle)
When: Thursday, June 8th, 2006
8:30pm - 10:30pm

MARC SMASON

Folklife Festival
Sunday May 28 12:20 – 12:50 pm
Marc Smason & the Katatonics
*Snoqualmie Room – Seattle Center

Sunday May 28 3:40 – 4:10 pm
La Banda Gozona
*Mural Ampatheater – Seattle Center

Monday May 29 3:30 – 4:50 pm
Klezmer Workshop with Smason & friends!
*Seattle Children’s Theater – Seattle Center Room 3

Sunday May 28 7 - 10 pm
The Chicago 7 with Joanne Klein & Marc Smason
*New Orleans Creole Restaurant
114 1st S. 206 622-2563

Saturday June 3 10 pm
A Better World Marc Smason Joanne Klein
Craig Hoyer Greg Campbell
Tommy’s Nightclub
4552 University Way N.E. 206 634-3144

Tuesday June 6 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Marc Smason Paul Fedorowicz – Jewish Music!
*Roxy’s Diner
462 N. 36th 206 632-3963

www.marcsmason.com (206) 760-1764

BETH AND JIM WULFF

Thursday May 25....Beth and Wulff backing Debbie Lelinsky at Jubilante Restaurant 8:00

Friday May 26...Jim Wulf and Paula Maya at The Crown Plaza, 6th and Seneca, 9:30,

Friday and Saturday... Beth with Vance Newton and Freedom at Jimmy Jacks, 99 and Muckilteo Freeway

HIDMO Sunday African Music Series

African Music Night every Sunday (8-10 pm) at HIDMO East African Restaurant in Seattle

LOCATION:
HIDMO East African Restaurant
2000 S. Jackson St
Seattle, WA
(206) 329-1534

Free Admission (donations welcome)
Nonsmoking venue
Live African music and east African cuisine

We are adding a special show this Sunday night because a fabulous musician/vocalist from Uganda on tour in the USA has agreed to perform at HIDMO in Seattle,

WA. This is one not to miss.

PRESENTING at HIDMO, Sunday, May 28, 8-10 pm.

Damascus Kafumbe
Ugandan harps and lyres, folk and fusion

From http://www.kafumbe.com/about.htm
"Damascus Kafumbe, a native Ugandan whose passion for the music, dance, and folkways of sub-Saharan East Africa was ingrained from birth, is carving a niche

for himself in the complementary areas of ethnomusicology and world music performance.

June 4 = Sol Afrique
Music and dance of West Africa featuring Guillaume Mpacko from Cameroon on vocals and guitar. If you haven't yet heard Sol Afrique, be prepared for some of

the sweetest stuff you'll hear at HIDMO.

June 11 = Soyaya
Music of West Africa, featuring Mohammed Shaibu (Ghana) on vocals, guitar, and talking drum, some of your other favorite performers. This group always brings

some high-energy sounds and surprises to HIDMO.

EDUARDO MENDONCA/SHOW BRAZIL

Brazilian Show: Sunday 7 – 10 p.m.

Mural Amphitheater – Seattle Center, WA – USA.

Sponsor: 97.3 KBSG.

7:00 p.m. – Samba Olywa (Body-Moving Brazilian Rhythms)
7:40 p.m. - VamoLa – (Brazilian Drum & Dance Ensemble)
8:25 p.m. – Batucada (Drums and Songs of Brazil)
9:15 p.m. – Show Brazil! (Brazilian Music and Dance).

Sunday, May 28th – 9:15 p.m.
Folklife Festival – Seattle Center
Mural Amphitheater (Sponsored by: 97.3 KBSG)

Show Brazil! Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça, (Vocal, percussion), David Pascal (Bass), Brian Kent (Sax and Flute), Josh Wilson (Keyboard), Mark OI (Guitar),

Denny Stern (Drums), Caxambu (Percussion), Dora Oliveira (Dance), Bianca Mendonça (Dance), Vanessa Miranda (Dance).

Monday, May 29th – 11 am.

Folklife Festival

Pacifica Children’s Choir – Brazilian music with Eduardo Mendonça.
Mural Amphitheater
Sponsored by: 97.3 KBSG

Monday, May 29th – 1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Brazilian Rhythms.
workshop with Eduardo Mendonça
Folklife Festival
Rhythm Tent
Seattle Center – Seattle, WA

Monday, May 29th – 3:00 – 3:50 p.m.

Folklife Festival
Brazilian Rhythms for Kids
workshop with Eduardo Mendonça
Folklife Discovery Zone
Seattle Center – Seattle, WA

THOMAS MARRIOTT
These are Thomas's Seattle gigs only. His NYC gigs are listed at www.thomasmarriott.net

May 27, 2006 with Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra
Edmonds, Washington

May 28, 2006 with Tumbao
Juan De Fuca Festival, Port Angeles

May 29, 2006 Thomas Marriott Quartet
Triple Door, (Union, between 2nd & 3rd) 7:00 pm-10:00pm

Yogi with Hilary Harris, and with Naby Camara; Elimar Ugueto; Jovino; and Marc Smason

2006-05-09T21:05:00.000-07:00

Hilary Harris, Jazz Singer, (with Yogi on keyboards)

Live Jazz/Bossa Nova/R & B with Hilary on vocals, Beth Wulff and Yogi
on keys, Tim Romain (bass) Jim Wulff (vocals / drums).

Crowne Plaza Regatta Lounge on May 19
1113 Sixth Ave (cross Street is Spring St)
Seattle, WA 98101
Come on out - we'd love to see you!

Naby Camara and his group Lagni Sussu (with Yogi on piano).

African Music Night on Sunday nights (8-10 pm) at HIDMO East African Restaurant in Seattle

May 14 = Lagni Sussu
Featuring balafon master Naby Camara with music of Guinea. Listen for that exciting combination of traditional west African music with contemporary sounds from Naby and his compatriots (including Yogi on piano and several great Seattle African Musicians).
http://nabycamara.com/

LOCATION:
HIDMO East African Restaurant
2000 S. Jackson St
Seattle, WA
(206) 329-1534

Free Admission (donations welcome)
Nonsmoking venue
Live African music and east African cuisine

Elimar Ugueto, Venezuelan Vocalist, and "E276"

There's a new girl in town, people, and she's HOT STUFF.

My friend percussionist Johnny Conga plays with her group, and they mix up the merengue, reggaeton, salsa, all types of latin.
She's already a star in her native Venezuela. I have no idea what brings her to our fair city, but hey, I'm glad she's here.
And she'll be the tender age of 24 (don't be fooled, she's tougher than she looks, guys!)
Here's the info from her email this week:

Let's celebrate my Birthday this Saturday 13th
with our PRE CD RELEASE SHOW! New Album "Quien es Quien"
Also,the TOP 40 Latin sounds:Reggaeton,dance,merengue:LIVE!
@ Mojito Cafe (181 Western Ave. Seattle)
starting from 10pm. Please dont be late !!
GET READY, BE EARLY AND ENJOY THE SHOW !
Para mas informacion, visit: WWW.E276.COM
Special guests:
Johnny Conga (percussion)
Jorge Garcia (Acoustic Guitar)
Justin Roeser (Keyboards)

MY BEST PRESENT IS YOUR PRESENCE !

Jovino Santos Neto with Claudia Villela (voice) and Ricardo Peixoto (guitar)

This just in from Jovino Santos Neto, Brazilian Pianist/composer extraordinaire:

Hello, folks,
I am happy to announce that I will be performing with the amazing Brazilian
duo of Claudia Villela (voice) and Ricardo Peixoto (guitar) at Jazz Alley in
Seattle this coming week. The details are below...

*Tuesday and Wednesday, May 16 & 17 at 7:30 PM at Jazz Alley, corner of 6th.
Avenue and Lenora in downtown Seattle. All ages, cover is $20.50. For
reservations and more information, please visit www.jazzalley.com or call
(206)441-9729

Claudia and Ricardo are hosting a Brazilian Guitar and Vocal Clinic on
Monday, May 15th at the Mercer Island Community Center from 6:30 - 9:00 PM.

For more information about the guitar clinic please email
michaelbiller@comcast.net. For more information about the vocal clinic
please email samiapan@comcast.net

Marc Smason – trombone & voice, bandleader

Guest appearance of world-renown string bassist, Buddy Catlett!

Wednedsay May 10 7 pm

Better World with Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
special guest, Buddy Catlett!

*Jubilante Restaurant
305 Burnett S. – Renton 425 226-1544

Tuesday May 16 7:30 – 9:30 pm

Smason’s Open Jazz Workshop
Ken Strong Akim Finch

*On the House
1205 E. Pike 206 324-3974

Alternate Wednesdays May 17, 31.. 8:30 pm

Better World with Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
Beacon Pub

3057 Beacon S. 206 726-0238

Paula Maya, Marc ("Gigs") Smason

2006-05-04T21:05:00.000-07:00

Hello folks!

The Blues Sisters knocked 'em Dead at the Triple Door. The place was packed. Talk about a good thang!

This newsletter is much shorter - Paula Maya and Marc Smason, whom I am going to start calling "Gigs" Smason. You'll see why - I swear he's gigging 5 - 7 nights out of every week.

OK.....

Paula Maya

May 14 2006 8:00P
Nectar Lounge
412 N. 36th St Fremont
phone:
206-632 2020
Seattle, WA

Marc "Gigs" Smason

Wednesdays May 3, 17, 31 8:30 pm
Better World with Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
Beacon Pub
3057 Beacon S. 206 726-0238

Thursday May 4 6 - 8 pm
Marc Smason Joe Riedi
*C & P Coffee Co.
5612 California S.W. 206 933-3125

Friday May 5 7 pm
Paulinha Marc Smason Dave Snodgrass
Music of Brazil & Caribbean
*Bookworm Exchange
4860 Rainier S. 206 722-6633

Saturday May 6 8 pm
Paulinha Marc Smason Dave Snodgrass
Music of Brazil & Caribbean
The Spar Jazz Lounge
114 4th Ave S. - Olympia 360 357-6444

Sunday May 7 9 pm
Better World Open Jam Session!
Joanne Klein Bruce Barnard Burt Boice Dave Bush
Tommy’s Nightclub
4552 University Way N.E. 206 634-3144

Guest appearance of world-renown string bassist, Buddy Catlett!
Buddy has performed with the greatest names in music, including
Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and Quincy Jones!
He joins our band, Better World,
at the finest restaurant in south King County, Jubilante!
Wednedsay May 10 7 pm
Better World
Joanne Klein special guest, Buddy Catlett
*Jubilante Restaurant
305 Burnett S. – Renton 425 226-1544

That's all for now!

Yogis Music Newsletter 4-26-06 Yogi with Red Hotz and lots of other gigs too.

2006-04-26T18:41:00.000-07:00

Hello Music Lovers!

There's Lots of gigs going on over the next couple of weeks. So this is a long newsletter. Here's some quick links so you can go right to the ones you're interested in (Of course, I recommend reading the whole thing to learn about bands you may not have known about before):

Yogi appearing with The Red Hot Blues Sisters at the 17th Annual washington Blues Society Awards Show

Yogi appearing with Selassie I-Soldier and The Special Forces (Reggae)

HIDMO Restaurant Sunday African Music Series

Paula Maya Band (Original Rock)

Marc Smason (Jazz featuring dynamite guest performers)

Michael Clune and Sleep Till Noon (Original jazzy soulful latin/rock)

Bill Chism and Friends (jazz/blues on Sunday Afternoons in Ballard)

Samia Panni promotes: Brazilian Music clinic/workshop and show by Claudia Vilella & Ricardo Peixoto

Yogi appearing with The Red Hot Blues Sisters at the 17th Annual washington Blues Society Awards Show

For those of you who haven't heard yet, the Red Hot Blues Sisters have been burning up the Blues Scene around Seattle. They have been nominated for best Blues Band 2006, singer Suze Sims has been nominated for Best Singer, Guitarist Teri Wilson has been nominated for Best Guitarist, and Scotty Harris has been nominated for Best Sax Player. And they allow me to stand on stage with them - how about that?

The RED HOT BLUES SISTERS at
THE 17th ANNUAL WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY AWARDS

The Triple Door
216 Union Street
Seattle WA 98101
206-838-4833
Across Union St from Benaroya Hall
Sunday 04/30/2006
Mainstage
7:00 PM
$20 advance, $25 day of show, $15 WBS members

The Washington Blues Society (WBS) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote, preserve and advance the culture of tradition of blues music as an art form. And each year, they give out awards for the highest quality in Northwest blues.

The awards are given out for 24 categories, and the organization's website lists all of the winners in all catagories.

Performing tonight will be Becki Sue and Her Big Rockin' Daddies (http://www.bigrockindaddies.com/), Blues Alliance (http://www.bluesalliance.net/), and the Red Hot Blues Sisters (http://www.redhotbluessisters.com/) All three of these bands have won multiple awards from the society.

Come out and check what the Northwest has to offer, bringing you the Best in Blues!

For more information, visit: http://www.wablues.org/

Yogi appearing with Selassie I-Soldier and The Special Forces (Reggae)

We're doing it again! Also featuring songs with Tanzania's Baba Kaju.
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN EARLY GIG, STARTING AT 5PM

Saturday April 29th
We start at 5pm
The Solstice Café
4116 University Way NE
Seattle WA 98105

Websites:
http://www.angelfire.com/music5/sisoldier/ for Selassie I-Soldier
http://www.kajumulo.com/Pages/music.htm for Baba Kaju

HIDMO Restaurant Sunday African Music Series

HELLO SEATTLE! DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE WORLD CLASS AFRICAN MUSICIANS RIGHT HERE IN TOWN? PEOPLE THAT HAVE WON MULTIPLE JUNO AWARDS, BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM AWARDS, AND HAVE BEEN NATIONAL STARS IN AFRICA?

I didn't think so. That's why I put it in all caps. The simple fact is, we have some the great African musicians living here. And there's very few venues where they play regularly. Seattle's current hot spot for African Music is Hidmo Eritrean Restaurant. AND IT'S FREE COVER!! Every Sunday Night at 8pm!

Yogi sez: Get down there and shake your money-maker! The Hidmo series is produced by Rob Pastorak, leader of Maya Soleil Band and local African Music enthusiast.

This scene usually flies totally under the radar, except for folks who are connected to the local African diaspora. You heard it here!

African Music Night on Sunday nights (8-10 pm) at HIDMO East African Restaurant in Seattle (Detailed schedule below)

LOCATION:
HIDMO East African Restaurant
2000 S. Jackson St
Seattle, WA
(206) 329-1534

Free Admission (donations welcome)
Nonsmoking venue
Live African music and east African cuisine

SCHEDULE

May 7 = Soyaya
Music of West Africa, featuring Mohammed Shaibu (Ghana) on vocals, guitar, and talking drum, Edward Souarez (Guinea) on vocals, calabash, and other percussion, Caxambu (USA) on percussion, and others . This group always brings some high-energy sounds and surprises to HIDMO.

May 14 = Lagni Sussu
Featuring balafon master Naby Camara with music of Guinea. Listen for that exciting combination of traditional west African music with contemporary sounds from Naby and his compatriots.
http://nabycamara.com/

May 21 = Souleymane N'Diaye and Friends
Featuring Souleymane N'Diaye, Director of Taranga.
http://www.nwfolklife.org/P_ED/african.html#taranga

May 28 = No show in honor of NW Folklife Festival

Come join the fun in a "house-party" atmosphere where the performers let their hair down and try out new things.
*****************************************************

Rob Pastorok
Maya Soleil
Woodinville, WA
mayasoleil@mindspring.com
www.mayasoleil.com

Marc Smason (Jazz featuring dynamite guest performers)

Meet Marc Smason, jazz trombonist par excellence and one of the most frequently gigging musicians in Seattle. Here's the next couple weeks of his usually-packed-out schedule:

Thursday April 27 7 – 9 pm
Marc Smason & the Beacon Hill Orchestra
*Nana’s Soup House
3418 N.E. 55th 206 523-9053

Friday April 28 8 – 10 pm
Chicago 7 with Joanne Klein & Marc Smason
*Mr. Spot’s Chai House
5463 N.W. Leary 206 297-CHAI

Wednesdays May 3, 17, 31 8:30 pm
Better World with Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
Beacon Pub
3057 Beacon S. 206 726-0238

Thursday May 4 6 - 8 pm
Marc Smason Joe Riedi
*C & P Coffee Co.
5612 California S.W. 206 933-3125

Friday May 5 7 pm
Paulinha Marc Smason Dave Snodgrass
Music of Brazil & Caribbean
*Bookworm Exchange
4860 Rainier S. 206 722-6633

Saturday May 6 9 pm
Paulinha Marc Smason Dave Snodgrass
Music of Brazil & Caribbean
The Spar Jazz Lounge
114 4th Ave S. - Olympia 360 357-6444

Sunday May 7 9 pm
Better World Open Jam Session!
Joanne Klein Bruce Barnard Burt Boice Dave Bush
Tommy’s Nightclub
4552 University Way N.E. 206 634-3144

Paula Maya Band (Original Rock)

Come on Seattle! SXSW LOVED Paula! She wasn't even a featured act, and her band blew them away from a side-club gig! Don't wait for her to become famous in the rest of the world first. Seattle's best kept secret. If you like original rock and a band full of REALLY EXCELLENT MUSICIANS, then see this band. I've plugged them so many times on this blog I don't know what else to say. Just go see Paula's Band, dammit! That's an order!

PAULA MAYA
THIS SAT APR 29th!
@ Clifford's Grill, in Portland
There will be 3 bands. We go on 2nd :)
9pm - 1am
Only $3!
8105 SE Stark St (81st and Stark)
Portland, OR 97215-2345
503-261-9535

NEWSOUL ENTERPRIZES PRESENTS:
PAULA MAYA
SUN MAY 14th *
@ Nectar Lounge, in Fremont
Dino Haak, an amazing Chapman Stick player, who has worked with some
heavy
bands, including King Crimson, will open the show with his band.
Singer/bassist Laurie Miller might play as well. I'll know more about
it
soon.
Music starts at 8pm We play at about 9pm
Only $5!
412 N.36th St
Seattle, WA 98103-8631
206-632-2020

Michael Clune and Sleep Till Noon (Original jazzy soulful latin/rock)

Solid original songwriting and keyboards from Michael Clune. The Coffe To A Tea where he runs the music every weekend is a great little gem located just a few doors north of West Seattle's famous Easy Street Record Store at the West Seattle Junction of SW Alaska St and California Ave SW

clunebrothersmusic.com presents:

The Sleep Till Noon Band

Performing, Saturday April 29, 2006 Saturday evening 8-10 PM
Where: Coffee to a Tea w/ Sugar
4541 California Ave SW
Seattle WA 98116 (206) 937-1495

Sleep till noon- A jazzy soulful latin/rock flavor with a passionatevocal.
Michael Clune Vocalist, keyboard, guitar
Gordon Assadi (G-man), electric Violin, guitar
Ricardo Guity world class conga player/percussionist

Coffee to a Tea
Great selection of Beer, Wines, Coffee, Teas, Baked Goods from scratch,
Sandwiches and other Hobbit Goodies. Great service and a comfortable
place to unwind and feel good. We look forward to seeing you! (ps. kid
friendly, all ages)

Bill Chism and Friends (jazz/blues on Sunday Afternoons in Ballard)

I just met Bill a few weeks ago. He's a very talented guitarist, and this Ballard Sunday gig is just heart warming. It's Ballard - it's the Neighborhood, it's the musicians, it's the atmosphere - and the food is very good, even though the menu is rather limited in choices. Who cares? Order some food - you'll like it! Drink specials 3 -6pm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN EARLY GIG STARTING AT 5PM.

The Bad Alberts gig is every Sunday, unless otherwise noted, from 5:00 -8:30. Along with Bill on guitar, the following singers and musicians are featured but others are welcome to sit in anytime. Bad Alberts also has a fantastic Happy Hour from 3:00 - 6:00.

5/7 Deborah Lacey (Vocals) - Tom Brighton (Percussion)
5/14 No Music - Mother's Day
5/21 Denine Monet (Vocals) - Jim Wulff (Drums/Vocals)
5/28 No Music - Memorial Day Weekend

Bill Chism
Benefits, Compensation and Performance Mgmt
206.544-1120 206.715-3371 (cell)
Mon - Thu, 5:30 - 3:00 Fri, 5:00 - 9:00

Samia Panni promotes: Brazilian Music clinic/workshop and show by Claudia Vilella & Ricardo Peixoto

Here's a special event from local Brazilian music enthisiast, singer, and KBCS DJ Samia Panni:

Hello Friends,

The Brazilian guitar/vocal duo, Claudia Villela and Ricardo Peixoto, will be performing with Jovino Santos-Neto at the Jazz Alley on May 16th and 17th. All three of these tremendous musicians are well known faculty members of the California Brazil Camp and applauded performers of the Brazilian jazz genre.

Along with local guitarist, Michael Biller, I am helping to organize a couple of workshops, one would be a Brazilian guitar clinic with Ricardo Peixoto and the other, a Brazilian vocal workshop with Claudia Villela. The workshops are scheduled for May 14th. Time and place TBD very soon, pending flight reservations. These workshops are for all levels. You do not need to know how to speak Portuguese or have prior experience playing Brazilian music.

This truly is a rare opportunity to have workshops of this kind and caliber in this area.

Each workshop would last one hour and a half, and the last half hour we would bring both the guitar and vocal classes together for some "applied learning." Each workshop would cost $20 and will be taking place in a centralized location, easily accessible to anyone living in the Seattle/Bellevue area.

Brazilian Guitar & Vocal Clinic

Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th Street
Mercer Island, WA 98040

Monday, May 15th, 2006
$20.00 for each class
6:30pm – 9:00pm
(Register 6pm-6:30pm)

For information & register in advance contact via email:

For guitar clinic: michaelbiller@comcast.net

For vocal clinic: samiapan@comcast.net

Yogis Music 4-22-06 Yogi with Selassie I-Soldier and Baba Kaju

2006-04-21T18:02:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone!

Just a quick note on a couple of shows I am in. Soon will be coming a more full newsletter with the gigs of my friends bands too.

I have the pleasure of appearing in the reggae/world fusion band of Selassie I-Soldier on two consecutive Saturdays. Appearing with Soldier is Tanzania’s own Alex Kajumulo, or Baba Kaju as we call him, performing some of his songs too. These guys have had hit songs in Jamaica and Tanzania, and we are building a unique world fusion sound. So come see us.

Websites:
http://www.angelfire.com/music5/sisoldier/ for Selassie I-Soldier
http://www.kajumulo.com/Pages/music.htm for Baba Kaju

Selassie I-Soldier with Big Bad Daddy Kaju
Saturday April 22nd 9pm
Nine Pound Hammer
6009 Airport Way S
Seattle WA 98108

And on

Saturday April 29th
The Solstice Café
4116 University Way NE
Seattle WA 98105

Next up: look for upcoming gigs with the Red Hot Blues Sisters, Marc Smason and more. Another newsletter coming soon.

A note to musician friends: email your gigs if you’d like to see them included in the newsletter! yogismusic@gmail.com

Newsletter changes

2006-04-15T12:03:00.000-07:00

Hello Readers of my music newsletter,

I am trying to set up my music news so that it operates from gmail. So when you reply yo the music emails they will come to my gmail address: yogismusic@gmail.com

I check all my emails everyday, but you can send personal emails to me at the email address you already have for me. Bot no worries, I will get them at any correct email address you have for me. I have already put you in my gmail contacts, so there's no need to reply to this for that purpose.

I will be getting the next music newsletter out in a few days because there are several intersting gigs coming up next weekend. The newsletters will always come with the header Yogi's Music News followed by the date. You should not be getting everybody's elses email address, because I use the BCC field to send them out.

If you are getting everyone else's email addresses in a whopping huge email header PLEASE let me know so I can work with gmail to fix it.

Thanks, and visit my sites listed below:

Yogi-- Yogi's Sites:Music newsletter is www.yogismusic.blogspot.com
The Yoginis band is www.theyoginis.com
Personal site is www.yogimccaw.com

Mercedes Nicole, Hilary Harris, Thomas Marriott

2006-04-08T06:43:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

A few things over the next few days for you

Hilary Harris Jazz Singer and friends at
Jubilante Restaurant
305 Burnett Ave SRenton, WA 98055
Restaurant tel (425) 226-1544 or (425) 225-6966
8pm – 11pm
Beth Wulfe on piano, Tim Romain on bass, Andre Thomas on Drums
And some friends (possibly yours truly among them) dropping in for a song or three.

Mercedes Nicole Jazz Singer

Tribute to Nina Simone
Sunday, April 9th, 6 & 8 pm
Columbia City Theater4916 Rainier Ave. S.
for more info: (206) 723-0088$15
advance tickets available through:
www.brownpapertickets.com
or at Columbia Parcel & Post, 3703 S. Edmunds St.
$18 at the door.

I had the pleasure of performing with Nicole last weekend - she's got a lot of soul.

Thomas Marriott Jazz Trumpeter

April 9 2006 with
The Suffering @#$%-heads!
At the Sunset Lounge in Ballard, Ballard Ave, 9:30 pm
Feat. Mike Peterson (drums) Ron Weinstein (B-3) Greg Sinibaldi (tenor) Craig Flory (Clarinet) Jay Roulston (trumpet) & Thomas Marriott (trumpet)

April 14 2006 with Marc Seales Band
Live at Tula's 2214 2nd Ave Seattle 8:30pm (note there is a cover at Tula’s)

Paula Maya, Hilary Harris, Tom Marriott,and Jovino in NYC

2006-03-29T18:56:00.000-08:00

Hello Music Lovers,

We have gigs from Paula Maya, Hilary Harris, Tom Marriott and I am going to salute Jovino, who is having his new CD release in New York City!

Paula Maya

We are proud of the Paula Maya Band, who made a very good impression at SXSW. Read all about it at onlinerock.com

PAULA MAYA'S NEXT SHOW IN SEATTLE:
EARLY SHOW, FREE. Please come on down and help us work our way towards
theweekend in this cool venue in Fremont :)
NEXT TUESDAY APRIL 4th
@ Nectar Lounge, in Fremont.
412 N.36th St.
No cover charge!
We play at 8:30 pm
THE CRUCIALITES, eclectic reaggae band, plays after us.

Become our friends at MySpace.com

Pre order Paula Maya's new CD now by going to
http://www.paulamaya.com
Only pre-orders will be part of a special limited edition, numbered,
with a
special message for the core fans! We appreciate your support

Hilary Harris, Jazz Singer

March 31st (this Friday) Crowne Plaza Hotel (Regatta Grille)
Address: 1113 6th Ave in downtown Seattle. 206-464-1980
9:30 pm - midnight
With jazz and Latin pianist Nelda Swiggett and Tim Romain on bass.
It's a nice, casual hotel bar that makes you feel like you're on a
cruise ship :-)

Thomas Marriott, Jazz Trumpeter

March 31, 2006 with Tumbao (Latin Jazz)
Mojito Cafe, 10:30 (Western Ave & John St.)

April 2, 2006 with The Suffering @#$%-heads!
At the Sunset Lounge in Ballard, Ballard Ave, 9:30 pm
Feat. Mike Peterson (drums) Ron Weinstein (B-3) Greg Sinibaldi (tenor) Craig Flory (Clarinet) Jay Roulston (trumpet) & Thomas Marriott (trumpet)

April 6, 2006 with Randy Halbersdadt
Live at Seattle City Hall, 12:00pm

Thomas's Website

Jovino Santos Neto in NYC for realease of Roda Carioca CD!

4-5-06
SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, NY
7:30 PM
JSN as a special guest of Ray Vega and the Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra. Visit www.purchase.edu for details

04.06.06
Makor, 35 West 67th Street, New York City
9:30 PM
CD release concert for Jovino's new CD, Roda Carioca. With Sergio Brandão (bass) and Paul van Wageningen (drums)

Jovino's Website

Buck Owens, Y'all!! Plus Layla Angulo, Marina E, Marc Smason

2006-03-25T11:17:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,

First a couple of gigs so my friends don't get pushed to the bottom, then a namaste for the legendary Buck Owens.

Layla Angulo Latin Jazz Band

Layla Angulo is patiently plugging away and succeeding at a task that yours truly is finding to be an uphill battle in Seattle - she's putting together a world class world jazz band starting out locally here in Seattle. Please support her and her husband (who is great Peruvian percussionist). They are trying to to a good thing, and if you haven't seen them - they KICK ASS.. I'll personally refund your $15 bucks if they are not the tight professional, innovative band I have seen myself many times. Layla writes blistering latin horn arrangements - Highly recommended.

Layla Angulo
THE TRIPLE DOOR
2nd and Union
On Thursday, March 30th
at 7:30pm $15

Marina E.

And my friend Marina E, who is rising through the ranks of karaoke singers. I normally don't plug karaoke here, but apparently this gig features singers who have been winning karaoke contests around the Northwest. In other words, singers that actually know what they are doing. Marina has sung with my band on occasion and she has a very large range, can sing in any key, and in a wide variety of styles.

Marina E. appearing in the
"Northwest Premier Singers
Showcase"

Sunday, March 26
Dinner at 6pm
Show 7-9:30pm
at Spice Restaurant- 2301 5th Ave. Seattle
Located at 5th & Bell (under the monorail) across from Teatro Zinzanni.

Marc Smason and the Chicago Seven This just in!

My friend trombonist Marc Smason (whom I swear is always gigging!) is making a live jazz recording with a group called the Chicago Seven.
History lesson: read up on the real Chicago Seven a group of protesters (including the Black Panthers leader Bobby Seale and rebel extraordinaire Abbie Hoffman, author of the famous underground revolutionary handbook called "Steal This Book") who were arrested at the 1968 Democratic Political convention. This is a big thing in Baby-Boomer history, y'all.

Anyway, here's the gig, featuring a lineup of seasoned jazz pros. Sure to be a high-quality performance.

Marc Smason with
The Chicago Seven

Wednesday March 29 8:30 pm
Highway 99 Blues Club
1414 Alaska Way 206 382-2171
www.marcsmason.com
www.highwayninetynine.com

live recording!

diva, joanne klein
marc smason - diva/tromb.
jay thomas – trumpet
oleg ruvinov – tuba
brian kent - reeds
bruce barnard – guitar
greg campbell – drums

Buck Owens 1930-2006

I was moved to see the obituary article in the Seattle Times today on Buck Owens. He died yesterday of natural causes at age 76. He had been battling cancer, but the immediate cause of his passing had not been determined when the article went to press. Read up on it here:

'Hee Haw' Co-Host Buck Owens, 76, Dies

Buck Owens became an American icon back in the 60s, and in addition to being a music star and TV star, apparently was a successful business man in his hometown of Bakersfield California.

I normally don't plug country music in this blog, but Buck Owens was an exceptional person, known around the world, who impacted many people's lives. My grandmother, for one, would never miss the Buckaroos when they were on television. And there were millions like her who loved this man and his music.

Some highlights from the article that show what kind of person Buck was:

His career was one of the most phenomenal in country music, with a string of more than 20 No. 1 records, most released from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s.

''I think the reason he was so well known and respected by a younger
generation of country musicians was because he was an innovator and rebel,'' said Jim Shaw, who played keyboards in Owens' band, the Buckaroos. ''He did it out of the Nashville establishment. He had a raw edge.''

And he was the answer to this music trivia question: What country star had a hit record that was later done by the Beatles? ("Act Naturally, recorded with Ringo Starr in 1965).

Looking for some tips on his success?

He had moved to Bakersfield in 1951, hoping to find work in the thriving juke joints of what in the years before suburban sprawl was a truck-stop town on Highway 99, between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area.

''We played rhumbas and tangos and sambas, and we played Bob Wills music, lots of Bob Wills music,'' he said, referring to the bandleader who was the king of Western swing.

''And lots of rock 'n' roll,'' he added.

Hmmm...Highway 99 and lots of rock'n'roll... sound familiar, anyone??

Until next time!

Yogi

Jovino in G-town, Red Hotz at Highway 99 Club

2006-03-15T09:58:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,

Back to the music scene:

My friend and music mentor Jovino Santos Neto and his trio are playing a new club in the Georgetown neighborhood.

Jovino Santos Neto Trio with Burt Boice (bass) and Jeff Busch (drums).
Saturday, March 18 at 8 PM at 6K4 Lounge@ the Christoff Gallery
6004 12th Ave South #17(In Georgetown) http://www.christoffgallery.com/ . 206.767.0280 21 and over, $5 cover

And the Red Hot Blues Sisters, who have adopted the shortened name Red Hotz (sounds like those candies we used eat when I was a kid, or were those called fireballs?) are playing the nice Highway 99 club in Seattle.

March 17th @ Highway 99/Seattle - with Lissa Ramaglia, Scotty Harris, Ricky Johnson, Teri Anne Wilson and Suze Sims . Highway 99 Club is located at 1414 Alaskan Way on Seattle's waterfront across the street from the Aquarium. The club is under the viaduct between Union and Pike streets just south of the Pike Street Hill Climb.

And they have this bit of good news: The Red Hot Blues Sisters has been nominated by the Washington State Blues Society for Best Band of 2006, Teri Anne Wilson as Best Electric Blues Guitar 2006, and Scotty Harris as Best Blues Horn 2006. So go vote for them, alright already!

Back from Asia - part 2 - Philippines

2006-03-02T16:03:00.000-08:00

Finally back from my trip –part 2 – the Philippines

I returned Wednesday from the Philippines. The time zones and flight work out such that I left Manila at 8am, traveled for 14 hours (including a transfer in Tokyo), and arrived at 7:30 am in Seattle. That’s right – a half hour earlier the same day that I left! And during those 14 travel hours, I experienced a complete cycle of day and night. So I traveled a whole day and arrived earlier than I left! Go figure, Einstein! Needless to say, my body-clock is completely turned around. I had been waking up around 6am everyday in the Philippines, but last night I slept 13 hours straight through (which I NEVER normally do) and woke up at noon.

Wow - the Philippines. There is so much there, and I did so many things, that I can only post up the smallest taste of my experience there. But I will try.

Here’s my friend Letty and her niece Gina at the place where I stayed in San Quintin, province Pangasinan, on the island of Luzon. To the right below are my dentist and her kids, including her new baby just over one year old. She gave me new teeth. The Philippines are a great place to have dental work done. It is at least 10 times less expensive for most treatments there. That means that even after you add in the plane ticket, you still can save hundreds of dollars on dental work by having it done there.

Here we are at a friend’s birthday party. I am trying to play their piano, which it turns out they haven’t tuned or serviced in about 40 years. I explained this to them, but they wanted me to play it anyway. Below right is my friend Gina’s son getting a haircut. The barber came to the house, plugged his shears into an outlet, and grabbed a chair on the patio, and voila! – haircut time! I got one too.

Here’s a typical Filipino outdoor kitchen, the kind they use all the time. Most Filipinos prefer to cook outdoors because they want to cook over a real fire. You may think this looks primitive, but when you taste the fish they cook this way, it all makes sense. In fact, one of the things we all miss the most when we leave the Philippines is the fish. It is so plentiful, so cheap, so fresh and so good that when you come back to the States and suddenly don’t have it, there’s a big gap in your life that used to be filled by fresh fish every day.

Below right I am chilling with some of the guys after the work day. They are all working on remodeling my friend’s house. We are enjoying some fresh snails and a couple of bottles of Filipino brandy, called Matador (cost is 60 pisos, equal to about 30 cents US). They drink it in shots with ice and water. I also enjoyed a beer called Red Horse that is sold in one-liter bottles there for 22 pisos – (about 10 cents US). Needless to say, you can get several people fairly well inebriated for one US dollar. This is what the guys do while the wives are cooking dinner.

That wraps it up for my trip. The next posts will be back to the music. And with the India experience, I have some very interesting music indeed to work with.

Cheers,

Yogi

Back from Asia - part1 - South and North India

2006-03-02T14:46:00.000-08:00

Finally back from Asia –Part 1 – South and North India

This post covers my trip to the beaches in Kerala, South India, and to the Punjab in North India. This was directly before I went to the Philippines.

From Kerala in South India: Kerala is, as noted in the previous post, a tropical area of South India on the west side. This means it faces the Arabian Sea. The latitude of Kerala is roughly equal to that of Florida in the USA, so the climate is similar to Florida. However, the flora and fauna are somewhat different. Although there are lots of coconut palms, there is not the saw palmetto you find all over south Florida. Kerala has also an extensive backwater system (or you might call it “inland waterways”) but Kerala does not have the kinds of mangrove trees that Flordia has. But there are dolphins as in Florida, and Kerala has crocodiles, not alligators, and a lot less of them than Florida’s alligators.

Kerala also has terrain completely unlike Florida: it has mountains. Really beautiful, rugged, by God mountains. In the mountains, there are numerous tea plantations, and many small villages.

Below is a home and boat in Kerala. The family that lives in the home most likely uses the boat to make money from tourists. And below right is a picture from a lake in the Periyar Wildlife Preserve near Thekkady, a town in the mountains of Kerala.

We did a lot of water and beach time in Kerala. Below is a sunset picture from a hotel I stayed in on the backwaters. And then is a picture of the fishermen on the ocean. You can see how the boat is different from the ones used for tourists shown above.

One place we stayed at was Sagara Beach Resort, which is a kind of touristy beach, drawing people from Europe and the occasional American as well. There are two sides to the beach, separated by a rock outcrop, and one side tends to be frequented by local people (which is where my driver and I went swimming) and the other by a mix of locals and tourists. When I say touristy, I do not mean like Europe and America. There is no Sheraton or Holiday Inn here. There are a lot of Tibetan shops, small Mom and Pop general stores and handicraft stores, and the two sure signs of tourist business: internet cafes and money changers. There are also many places to receive Ayurvedic massage and other treatments. The ancient system of medicine called Ayurveda has become popular, and Kerala has become a popular place for people seeking Ayurvedic treatments. The beach is small by world class beach standards. Nevertheless, people from Europe, especially vacationing students and young people who like to travel in Asia, flock to this place. In other words, this beach attracts travelers who don't do the ritzy tourist circuit, but want to travel more cheaply and get a more authentic exposure to local culture.

Here is a shot of Sagara Beach. This is the “local” side, in the late afternoon. A fishing boat has just come in and people are gathering around to see the catch. There’s still a couple of people swimming too. And there’s a lady carrying in part of the daily catch. I shot her picture later that day on the tourist side beach.

And I guess no beach is complete without the local coke head (haha - see pic below left). And then here’s a local-side fun in the sun pic. I don’t know if you can see it in the reduction, but if you can, you’ll see that the Indian people all swim fully clothed. The ladies wear their saris right into the ocean, and the men remove only their shoes before entering the water. Most Indians do not know how to swim, so they just wander in and play in the water. Clothes will be washed later. It is a sign of the modesty of the culture. Usually, unmarried men will swim in a group with other men, and single women mostly only come with a school group, and a whole class of schoolgirls will go into the ocean with their whole school uniforms on. The only time you see a mixed group of men and women is in a family group. The Indians do not have a beach singles scene where a young man will spend time walking the beach with his date. Only the Europeans do that.

I also was treated to a type of South Indian Classical dance called Karthakali. Part of the show is the costumes, and the performers actually don their costumes and apply their makeup with the audience watching. Then the dance, which consists of highly stylized movements of body, eyes, and finger poses (called mudras) takes place. The body movement and mudras actually contain an alphabet (the performers explained this to us before the dance), and each dance tells a story from Indian mythology, usually a story from the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, or the Ramayana, which are all sacred scriptures in India. It was a pretty amazing thing to see. The performers must practice with their guru several hours a day for at least six years before they are allowed to do a public performance. They are accompanied by live musicians and singers who sing the songs of the mythological text that go with the dance.

Now, I also went to the Punjab in the North of India, and to a place called the Golden temple, which is the most sacred temple of the Sikh religion of North India. Here is a pic of me with the Golden Temple. The Temple is entirely surrounded by water, and there’s a walkway for the pilgrims to enter the ”Harmandir” which is the interior of the temple. You can see the reflection on the water in the afternoon time shot. Here also is a night time picture which tries, but alas, cannot capture the beauty of the temple at night.

The sacred scripture of the Sikh religion called Guru Granth Sahib (or Guru in the Book) is composed entirely of songs. Therefore, a scripture reading is always (I mean ALWAYS) a music event. Musicians are held in high esteem in Sikh society because they are the carriers of the sacred songs. At the Golden Temple, the sacred book is carried to the temple across the water at 5am every day, and returned to its resting place at 11pm every night. In between, there is continuous singing of the songs, accompanied by tabla, dholak drums, and harmonium. That’s right – 20 hours a day, seven days a week of continuous, non-stop music.

Here I am with my friend Gopal Singh, who is a Sikh priest/musician and currently lives in Seattle. And here is Gopal Singh’s son, Manoman Singh, who is a professor of Music at Patiala University in the Punjab. Music and celebration are central aspects of the Punjabi culture, and the Punjabi popular music, called Bhangra, has spread throughout India, and, because of the Bollywood movie industry (which uses a lot of Bhangra in their movie songs), also around the world.

Next I will post up some pictures from the Philippines.

Cheers,

Yogi

Chillin' is South India and the Philippines

2006-02-17T23:42:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone,

As the engineers were finishing up their work in the studio, the guys arranged a vacation for me in South india, in the state of Kerala. Kerala has beautiful beaches, coconut trees, mountains, tea plantations, and is a blend of Catholic and Hindu religions with about 15% Muslims also. Everyone respects everyone's religions and they get along fine, as they have for hundreds of years. You may be surprised to find out that Christianity has been in India since AD 52, when St Thomas Aquinas brought the gospel to Kerala after Jesus's crucifixion. That's before the Catholic Church, before Constantine, before Christianity existed in Italy or anywhere in Europe, and 1500 years before it came to America. Outside the Middle East, India has the oldest tradition of Chritianity. Bet you didn't know that.

Kerala also has government regulated coconut wine, which is the same drink called palmwine in West Africa. Coconut wine is super fresh (made DAILY), very smooth and about 8% alcoholic content. I think its the best alcoholic beverage I have ever had. Wow, I could get used that stuff in a hurry.

I buddied up with my hired driver in Kerala, and he showed me around for a week, including tea plantations in the mountains, the beaches, the local restaurants, and a special trip to meet his family in their village one day for lunch. Very nice.

Then after swooping back through Delhi for a final night, I came to the Philippines for just some pure vacation time. I have been relaxing and enjoying the local people of a small town called San Quintin in the province of Pangasinan. We have been swimming in the South China Sea, to a beautiful hot springs nearby and I went to a beauty pageant/dance where I helped a local 14-years old Filipina high-school student win a first level beauty pageant contest by putting up some sponsor money for the community. And we played a gambling game where you toss ping pong balls into a funnel which dumps them onto a numbered board and you call out the numbers. I broke even on that.

So now I'm here until I leave for the States on march 1st See you then.

Rocking in the Third World!

2006-01-27T07:39:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone,

Yes, this is India. Sometimes the hot water works, and sometimes it doesn’t. There’s rolling power brownouts and cattle in the streets (watch your step, please!)

I had time for one short tourist trip of three days. I saw the Taj Mahal, the temple at the birthplace of Krishna (sorry, no cameras were allowed in the temple), and made a short foray into Rajasthan. Here’s the Taj, and my driver and I enjoying a Rajasthani meal, and a young boy dancing.

We mostly have been focusing on the music, of course. We are recording at a studio located in the offices of a media company in Delhi. We are fortunate to be able to use their facility and the engineers that Vishal has arranged for us to work with are very good. Here are a few pix of the music crew.

Top left, L to R: Vishal (Tablas, Composing, Arranging), Pritham (Sarod), Yogi (Blah blah blah), Rafiz (Excellent tabla, actually there teaching one of Vishal's students, not working with us), Jaffir (Sarangi, singing), and Ujwaal (Singing, composing, arranging - Vishal's younger brother, only 19 years old). Second picture: Ujwaal laying in some vocals, Third Picture: Me, Pritham, and Ujwaal during a power brownout in the studio (we are all holding up our cell phones because we are using the displays as flashlights while the power is out - hey, this is the third world, after all!).

The music we are working on now will come in a future CD (late 2006, early 2007) and we will be doing some shows of this material at that time, at least in India, and also in the west if suitable arrangements can be made.

We have done some shopping, but we decided to pass on the McAloo Tikki for 40 Rupees (about 90 cents) - yes, your favorite burger chain is here, too!

Hopefully, the Gods are smiling on us and blessing our music, and each and everyone of you, too!

That’s all for now – namahskar!

Yogi

New Years in New Delhi

2006-01-03T08:40:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone,

A few days have passed and we are settling into our daily routines here. I usually get up and have a coffee across the street, then do emails or practice in the morning. Then we take a lunch break, after which I may nap and then have my afternoon coffee. In the afternoons we go anywhere we need, such as to a store, and in the evening I meet with my host Vishal and his brother to work out the arrangements and instrumentations of the musical pieces we will be recording after a few more days.

All in all it's peaceful, and allows for good focus on the music.

I did buy a camera at a Sony store nearby, so here are a few pictures.

This is the view from the roof over my room looking southeast, which is in the direction back towards the airport. We are in southeastern New Delhi, in an area called Munirka. Just below and in front of the office building is the cafe where I have my coffee. You can see a Pepsi symbol there to help locate it, and the whole outdoor terrace to the left of the Pepsi sign is part of the restaurant, called Udupi's. Excellent food and service there.

Here I am with Vishal Nagar and his mother Urmila Nagar. They are my hosts along with Vishal's father. Urmilaji is a famous master of the art of Karthak, a style of dance. She has been commended with the President's Award for a lifetime of Outstanding Achievement in the Arts by the President of India. Vishal is a tabla virtuoso, and travels back and forth between India and the USA, touring and teaching in both countries. Vishal invited me to India after I invited him to record a song on the Yoginis Songbird CD.

This is Chaz, a young tabla student from Portland, Oregon, who is doing a two-month long tabla intensive. Think of it as a solo meditation camp with playing of the tablas as the meditation. He practices tablas 6-8 hours a day, and meets with Vishal once a day for a lesson. He stays in a room next to mine here on the top floor of the flat. We take breaks together sometimes at the cafe, and may meet at other times, to go shopping with Vishal or for the evening meal with the family. He's a very bright and motivated musician, and alumnus of the University of Oregon. His arrival in India was a bit of a shock for him, as there was some confusion with his cab driver from the airport and he got lost in the neighborhood late at night after arriving. But Munirka is a good upper middle class neighborhood and some neighbors helped him figure out where he was. Still, being lost in India on your first night after 28 hours of traveling must have been an ordeal, because of the sheer uncertainty if nothing else.

And here is a group photo from the News Years Day dinner at the house. The back row is Chaz, Vishal, Urmilaji, Vishal's brother Ujwal, and Vishal's father Mr. V D Nagar, whom I simply call Uncleji. All the ladies in the picture are students of Urmila's, and the young lady in front of me is a very good singer as well. That is her child at lower right, named Tiha (the name derives from "Tihai", the name for a tabla figure of three repeated phrases). Tiha already speaks some tabla language, and it is not unusual for musicians in India to be trained from a very young age. Sometimes it is planned that one will be a musician even before birth.

Here we are enjoying the singing with Vishal accompanying on tabla. Everyone present except Vishal's father is a musician. Vishal's father, because of the musicianship in the family, is a very discerning listener. The dancers are also themselves musicians and know the ragas, the songs, and the rhythm cycles of the tabla too. I feel fortunate to be in the company of such good musicians. Chaz played for us, and Vishal and I improvised for a while. I just picked a raga scale and made up some improvisations on the harmonium, but they were still appreciative. Perhaps later we will play some of the compositions we are working on for them, and I can hook up my keyboard and play some jazz for them before I leave.

So now I have to get back to the music. Cheers until next time. Feel free to email me at terryhmc@yahoo.com.

Yogi

Yogi's Christmas / New Years Music Newsletter

2005-12-20T10:46:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone,

Here's the last music email before Christmas - So MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL!!!

First I want to thank everyone who came to the Yoginis gig last Friday - it was really wonderful to see the Coffee House packed with all you lovely people!

This week, we have Show Brazil Christmas, The Red Hot Blues Sisters (who also can do some really great and unusual Christmas songs), and Kevin McCarthy's Jazz Group, who has been anchoring a scene in the north end for several months now.

Click these "quick links" to go directly to the listing for each artist this week:

Eduardo Mendonca/Show Brazil
Red Hot Blues Sisters
Kevin McCarthy Jazz Band

Eduardo Mendonca/Show Brazil

Friday, December 23, 1 pm
Where?: Seattle Center – Center House Stage.
A Brazilian Christmas – A holiday celebration in a Brazilian way.
Featuring: Eduardo, Bianca and Marcos Mendonça

Saturday, December 31st - From 9 p.m. to 1 am.
FESTA DE ANO NOVO - (New Year's Party in a Brazilian Way)
Capoeira, Live Music, Feijoada, etc....
Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça, Mestre Curisco, and Dora Oliveira.
Live music provided by: Eduardo Mendonça, David Pascal, Chris Monroe and Bianca Mendonça.
Where?: CAPOEIRA STUDIO(Old Rainier Brewery)
3001 Airport Way South - just off of I-5
"O Prédio do Tesão" (The building with a Big T on top that you see from I-5 next to West Seattle exit)
Seattle, WA.
Tickets: $15 at the door.
Information: (425) 254-1616 - Ana Mendonça
(206) 763-4009 - Dora Oliveira
Website: http://www.showbrazil.com/music.htm

Red Hot Blues Sisters

Dec 21, 2005 9:00 PM Club Hollywood 16718 Aurora, WA Shoreline, WA
Dec 22, 2005 9:00 PM Club Hollywood 16718 Aurora, WA Shoreline, WA
Dec 28, 2005 9:00 PM Club Hollywood 16718 Aurora, WA Shoreline, WA
Dec 29, 2005 9:00 PM Club Hollywood 16718 Aurora, WA Shoreline, WA

A New Year.........2006!
Jan 3, 2006 8:00 PM
Tulalip Casino - Big stage, dance floor, sound and lights!
www.tulalipcasino.com
take I-5 exit #202
Tulalip, WA

Jan 11, 2006 9:00 PM
New! Wednesday Invitational Blues Jam
Club Hollywood - free parking -
sushi happy hour at 10pm

Kevin McCarthy Jazz Band

12/20/2005, Tuesday, 8:00pm to 11:00pm at
GT's Sports Bar North in Lynnwood:
The Kevin McCarthy Quartet featuring Al Lindbom on guitar, Paul Gillespie on tenor sax, Larry Bergman on drums, plus yours truly on bass.
We hope our musician friends will bring their axes and sit in – we even have a mic for the vocalists. GT’s has a full bar plus your favorites beers and wine. 21 and over, no cover. This is a recurring event, every Tuesday – let’s get another jazz scene happening!

12/22/2005, Thursday, 7:30pm to 10:30pm at The Richmond Beach Bar & Grill in Richmond Beach: The Monday Jam Session.
Hosting this week: Doug Reid (Sax), Andy Roben (Keyboards), Kevin McCarthy (Bass), and John Spencer (drums).
This increasingly popular North End session is lots of fun - so come on out! The restaurant is all ages, the bar area is 21 and over. No cover.

GT's Sports Bar North
17711 Highway 99
Lynnwood, WA 98037
425-787-2549

Richmond Beach Restaurant & Bar
632 NW Richmond Beach Road
Shoreline, WA 98177
206-546-0119

Kevin McCarthy
kevin@palladium.com
206-364-9990

YOGI and theYOGINIS this Friday night!

2005-12-14T11:33:00.000-08:00

My band the YOGINIS are playing Friday Night

This is the cover of our new Songbird CD EP coming out before the New Year.

Last chance to see my band before I go to India to record more original music.

You will see a preview of things to come in the spring.

Vocalists Samia Panni and Hilary Harris will bring us sweet harmonies, and Latin percussion powerhouse Johnny Conga will be working together with veteran drummer Ed Mays and solid bassist Tim Romain. Mike Deasy will be manning the horns. I'll be on keys, as usual.

This is a FREE SHOW at an intimate venue – ALL AGES, SMOKE FREE, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and also snacks.

In short – a NICE gig. Plus you get to see us playing our originals as well as our repertoire of cool Brazilian Jazz, a little Latin Jazz and possibly a preview of some the Indian/Jazz material we'll be working in Delhi in January and February.

The time: 8pm -10pm Friday, December 16th

The VENUE:

Coffee to a Tea w/Sugar
4541 California Ave SW
Seattle WA 98116 (206) 937-1495

Great selection of Beer, Wines, Coffee, Teas, Bake Goods from scratch, Sandwiches and other Hobbit Goodies. SMOKELESS environment, ALL AGES (KID FRIENDLY),

The music at Coffee To A Tea is managed by Michael Clune, a talented keyboards player and songwriter in his own right, who often performs his music there too.

You PERFORMERS who like cool coffee house gigs with hip knowledgeable people who LISTEN to the music need to know about this place, and talk to Michael about working there. They have music every weekend.

Yogi's trip to India

That's right, in January and February I will be in New Delhi, recording new Yoginis material with tabla virtuoso Vishal Nagar, who also plays on our CD. I will also have a chance to get to the Punjab and visit Pune. Then I'll go to the Philippines for a couple of weeks to chill with some friends. I'll have my camera and be posting on this weblog while I'm gone, like I did last year on my Philippines trip.

Cheers,

Yogi

Yogi appearing with Selassie I-Soldier and Red Hot Blues Sisters, Michael Clune, Culture Yard News

2005-12-02T15:59:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone!

I am trying this time to embed images into the newsletter. They look nice, but they make the webposts and emails longer. Let me know if you think it adds or detracts from the music newsletter.

Now on to the gigs:

I want to plug a special gig I am playing keyboards on:

Yogi appearing on keyboards with:

Selassie I-Soldier and the Special Forces
and Baba Kaju (Alex Kajumulo of Tanzania, Africa)
Saturday 10pm - 1am
Dahlak Eritrean Restaurant
2007 S State St
(just off Rainier Ave S a couple blocks south of I-90)
Seattle, WA 98144 (206) 860-0400

And I am appearing with the
Red Hot Blues Sisters
Dec 04, 2005
7:50 PM - 8:40 PM
Friends of the Holiday Fundraiser
The Swiss Pub
1904 S. Jefferson Ave.
Tacoma, WA. 98402
253-572-2821

This fundraiser goes from 1pm - 11pm, and there are nine other great bands.
You can hang out all day. For the complete lineup and info about the Friends of the Holiday go to:

Friends of the Holidays Updates Page

Also check The Red Hot Blues Sisters Website

And Singer/Songwriter Michael Clune:

Michael Clune & the sleep till noon band
Performing at The Corner Inn
6459 California Ave SW, Seattle, 98136 (206) 935-4818
December 2nd & 3rd Friday & Saturday evening

Northwest singer/song writer, multi-instrumentalist, band leader.
Michael Clune has been performing in the Northwest for the last 2 decades

Sleep Till Noon:
James Howard-world class guitarist, Vocalist
Mellisa Owen-Vocalist, percussion
Rob Moitoza-Bass, Vocals
Gordon Assadi (G man)Electric Violin, Guitar

Culture Yard would like to invite you to TWO new Reggae Weeklies:
Thursday nights (9pm-1am) at the Jai Thai Restaurant and Lounge on 325 Broadway E. (Capitol Hill), and
Saturday nights (10pm-2am) at the newly-re-opening Oasis on Jackson Café and Lounge at 2519 S. Jackson Street (Central District).
No Cover, ages 21 and up reggae DJ business.

For Culture yard's weekly music schedule call 206-CULTURE.

Here are the 2 upcoming Live Reggae Shows Culture Yard would like you to know about in Seattle:

The Heavyweight Dub Champions and Dr. Israel (NYC) at Lo-Fi, Thursday Dec 1st www.spacegnomerecords.com

Shaka Black, Tom O’brien and the Dub Station Band (Boston-based Tour) at Nectar, Dec. 7th www.reggae4i.com

That's it for now.

Special YOGINIS preview gig this Friday Night

2005-11-23T21:09:00.000-08:00

Hello Folks!

The Yoginis are playing Friday night. Now is the time to see my band before I take off to Asia this winter!

This is a FREE SHOW at an intimate venue – ALL AGES, SMOKE FREE, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and also snacks.

In short – a NICE gig. Plus you get to see us playing our originals as well as our repertoire of cool Brazilian Jazz.

The Yoginis line-up:
Yogi McCaw – keyboards
Mike Deasy – saxes
Johnny Conga – latin percussion
Burt Boice – acoustic bass
Ed Mays – Drums
Hilary Harris – Vocals

The time: 8pm -10pm Friday, November 25th

The VENUE:

Coffee to a Tea w/Sugar
4541 California Ave SW
Seattle Wa 98116 (206) 937-1495

Great selection of Beer, Wines, Coffee, Teas, Bake Goods from scratch,Sandwiches and other Hobbit Goodies. SMOKELESS environment, ALL AGES (KID FRIENDLY),

The music at Coffee To A Tea is managed by Michael Clune, a talented keyboards player and songwriter in his own right, who often performs his music there too.

You PERFORMERS who like cool coffee house gigs with hip knowledgeable people who LISTEN to the music need to know about this place, and talk to Michael about working there. They have music every weekend.

Cheers,

Yogi

Thanksgiving /Early December Gigs

2005-11-23T21:03:00.000-08:00

Yogi appearing on keyboards with
Selassie I-Soldier and the Special Forces
and Baba Kaju (Alex Kajumulo of Tanzania, Africa)
Saturday 10pm - 1am
Dahlak Eritrean Restaurant
2007 S State St
(just off Rainier Ave S a couple blocks south of I-90)
Seattle, WA 98144 (206) 860-0400

Eduardo Mendonca/Show Brazil
Saturday, November 26th – 2 p.m.
Multicultural Celebrations from Around the World
Where?: Bellevue Square Mall at Center CourtBellevue, WA
Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal/Percussion) and Dora Oliveira and Bianca Mendonça (Dance).

Sunday, November 27th – 5:15 p.m. 6th Annual Winter WorldFest
Where?: Seattle Center – Center House Stage.Show Brazil!
Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal, Guitar and Percussion), David Pascal (Bass/Percussion), Brian Kent (Sax and Flute), Denny Stern (Drums/Percussion), Dora Oliveira and Bianca Mendonça (Dance).

Jovino Santos Neto
Saturday, November 26 (yes, the Saturday after Thanksgiving...) at
8 PM at Bake's Place in Issaquah.
JSN Quarteto with Chuck Deardorf (bass), Mark Ivester (drums) and Ben Thomas (vibes).
Come hear our group in an intimate setting with great food and wine, one of the best places for live music in the area. For reservations and details, please visit http://www.bakesplace.org

Yoginis, Jovino, Red Hotz, Senor Fiesta, and KBCS shows

2005-11-16T13:59:00.000-08:00

Hello Music Lovers,

Good News from my group, the Yoginis

We have a gig for you;

Yoginis World Fusion Jazz
Friday November 25th 8-10 pm
Coffee to a Tea w/Sugar
4541 California Ave SW
Seattle Wa 98116
(206) 937-1495

Great selection of Beer, Wines, Coffee, Teas, Bake Goods from scratch,
Sandwiches and other Hobbit Goodies.
SMOKELESS environment, ALL AGES (KID FRIENDLY),
We lookforward to seeing you!

Also the Yoginis EP CD will be released very soon,
and Yogi has an exciting trip to India in January where he will be recording more Yoginis world fusion music with many accomplished Indian maestros, featuring tablas virtuoso Vishal Nagar of Delhi, India, who plays on our CD!

More on that as the time approaches.

Also this week:

Jovino Santos Neto

Friday, November 18 at 8 PM at the Paradox Theater
1401 NW Leary Way in Ballard
JSN Quarteto with Chuck Deardorf (bass), Mark Ivester (drums) and Ben Thomas (vibes).
Part of the Ballard Jazz Festival.
For more details, please visit: http://www.ballardjazzfestival.com/jazzwalk.html

Saturday, November 26 (yes, the Saturday after Thanksgiving...) at
8 PM at Bake's Place in Issaquah. JSN Quarteto (same personnel as above).
Come hear our group in an intimate setting with great food and wine, one of the best places for live music in the area.
For reservations and details, please visit http://www.bakesplace.org

Senor Fiesta w/ Johnny Conga

Senor Fiesta debuts its lush Latin Jazz
Friday, November 18th FREE
The Highliner, 1735 W. Thurman St., Magnolia
In Fisherman's Terminal next to Chinooks Restaurant
(Near the south end of the Ballard Bridge)
9:30 pm - Midnight
21 and over, Food Menu, Dancing
For more info call 206-283-2233

Red Hot Blues Sisters

Nov 16 9:00 PM Club Hollywood Shoreline, WA
Nov 17 9:00 PM Club Hollywood Shoreline, WA
I think you must realize by now...This is a really nice place close to home, no cover, good food and a dance floor!

Nov 19 9:00 PM Rockfish Grill Anacortes, WA
Go way up North to the shores of Anacortes and you will find us rockin’ at the Rockfish. Known for their good food and awesome blues line-up.

Soon we will have our new CD available at the shows...starting at the Rockrgrl music conference!
Producers Bonnie Hayes and Tom Pfaeffle recently joined forces with Peace Code Records on our latest EP, “Hot Off the Press” which includes ‘Ocean Beach and See You’ composed by Suze & Teri. Bonnie Hayes is best known for her hit songs "Have A Heart" and "Love Letter," restoring Bonnie Raitt to superstardom with the multi-platinum, multi-Grammy-winning CD Nick of Time. Tom Pfaeffle is best known for audio production with Heart and Queensrych. Together, they influenced an impressive sound on the new Red Hot Blues Sisters EP!

And I would like to plug my friends radio shows on KBCS (91.3FM):

Raizes with Samia Panni and Paula Maya
Saturdays 2-4 pm All types of Brazilian music
"Roots" in Portuguese, explores the music and culture of Brazil and its neighbors, with interviews and calendar. Hosts: Paula Maya and Samia Panni.

A Lado Latino with Johnny Conga
Saturdays 6-8pm Everything Latin/Afro Cuban/Puerto Rican

Al Lado Latino (On the Latin Side) represents an eclectic and diverse mix of Latin-Jazz, Latin Soul, Latin Rock, Latin Blues, Mambo-Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz and Afro-Caribbean Rhythms. It’s a lively fusion of Latin music showcasing the diversity of the Latin music community of yesterday and today. Hailing from the Bronx via L.A. and Miami, Johnny Conga brings many talents to KBCS as an experienced DJ and a musician of 40 years.

Yogi's Music Newsletter 11-11-2005

2005-11-11T17:48:00.000-08:00

Hello Music Lovers!

It looks like I am only getting the newsletter out about twice a month now, so that means more gigs will be on them to cover two or three weeks with each newsletter.

Use these quick links to go directly to the artist, or just scroll through to see everyone’s shows this time.

Highlights: Paula Maya is headlining one night at the Rockgrrl conference.
I also want to point out that trumpeter extraordinaire Thomas Marriott is appearing with the new band of Tor Dietrichson called Mambo Cadillac. I caught them at the Triple Door Musicquarium last Sunday, and they’re very, very good.
Plus the usual suspects. As always, unless I think it’s high quality, I won’t post it. I stand by the quality of the music I promote on this page.

Paula Maya
Red Hot Blues Sisters
Eduardo Mendonca/Show Brazil
Jovino Santos Neto
Thomas Marriott

Paula Maya

Sunday, Nov 13th
PAULA MAYA, featuring
Ben Smith on drums - he is back! Dave Pascal on bass, and Pat Hewitt
onguitar.
Plus some great guests.
@ The "Fabulous" Rainbow Tavern
722 NE 45th (by I5) 206-634-1761
8pm - midnight
Only $3!!!

Saturday Nov 12th at 8:30pm.
The Rockgrrl music conference
The Madison Renaissance Hotel, Seattle

Red Hot Blues Sisters

Nov 12 9:00 – 1:30am Rockrgrl Music Conference Showcase
The good news is….we are showcasing…!!! (the venue and time – Wild Rose 12:30am) so really we are performing on Nov 13th first thing in the am…ha…crazy musicians!
The evening’s schedule for the venue includes Shelly Doty X-tet, Oakland, CA, Lisa Dewey, SF, CA, Dormitory Effect, NY, Alice Dean, Seattle. for more info …http://www.rockrgrl.com/

Nov 16 9:00 PM Club Hollywood Shoreline, WA
Nov 17 9:00 PM Club Hollywood Shoreline, WA
I think you must realize by now...This is a really nice place close to home, no cover, good food and a dance floor!

Nov 19 9:00 PM Rockfish Grill Anacortes, WA
Go way up North to the shores of Anacortes and you will find us rockin’ at the Rockfish. Known for their good food and awesome blues line-up.

Eduardo Mendonca and Show Brazil

Friday, November 18th
Show Brazil!
Brazilian Carnaval in Portland
Where?: Portland Community College – 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal, Guitar and Percussion), Brian Kent (Sax and Flute), Burt Boice (Bass), Denny Stern (Percussion), Teo Elisio (Drums), Mestre Curisco (Capoeira), Dora Oliveira and Bianca Mendonça (Dance and back vocals).

Saturday, November 19th, 7:30pm
"Full Moon Concert Series – Heal the Earth with Music
Eduardo Mendonca and Show Brazil!
Brazilian Traditional & Contemporary Music & Dance"
Special guest: City Cantabile Choir.
This concert benefits charities helping coffee pickers and their families, and local Brazilian non-profit organizations.
Presented by Universalist Church in the Dome
14724 Avenue NE, Shoreline, WA
Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal, Guitar and Percussion), Brian Kent (Sax and Flute), Burt Boice (Bass), Denny Stern (Drums), Dora Oliveira and Bianca Mendonça (Dance and back vocals).

Jovino Santos Neto

Saturday & Sunday, November 12 & 13 Hilltop School Auditorium, Ilwaco, WA 7 PM The Waters Speak concert with Keith Bear and Gary Stroutsos$12 adults; $7 children (under 12)
Tickets can be purchased from TICKET WINDOW
By phone: 206-325-6500
By fax: 425-450-3839
Or online: www.ticketwindowonline.com

Friday, November 18
Paradox Theater in Ballard, Seattle 7:30 PM
JSN Trio with Chuck Deardorf (bass) and Mark Ivester (drums).
Part of the Ballard Jazz Festival

Tickets: $15. (Please call 425-254-1616)

Thomas Marriott

November 10 with Randy Halberstadt
Seattle Art Museum, Art of Jazz concert series.

November 12 with Mambo Cadillac
Beso Del Sol, (45th & Stone Way) 10:00pm
Featuring: Tor Dietrichson, (conga), Ricardo Guity (drums), Dean Schmidt (bass), Julio Jauragui (piano), Carlos Cascante (vocal), Doug Beavers (trombone).

November 18 with Tumbao
Ballard Jazz Festival (@ the Lock & Keel)

A taste of India, Jamaica, and local jazz history

2005-10-22T11:29:00.000-07:00

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

Yogi's Music Newsletter Oct 6, 2005

2005-10-06T00:36:00.000-07:00

Hey Friends and Fans,

I'm gigging again this Weekend with some music friends, and:
There's a special performance by tabla master Vishal Nagar, visiting from Delhi, India featuring singer Shujaat Khan, who sings in the Persian "Gazal" style. This is amazing virtuoso and spiritual music, and it's rare to have these two performing together in our area.
Also there's performances by Jovino Santos Neto, Paula Maya, and the Blues Sisters too

YOGI and FRIENDS

THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OCT. 7TH & 8TH FROM 8-10 pm
At a way cool new venue called Coffee To A Tea
They have a musician named Michael Clune running the music, a nice stage and PA,
and it's ALL AGES! Yes!! We love places like this!

Friday 8-10 pm - YOGI & FRIENDS, PERFORMING HIP, COOL, BRAZILIAN JAZZ.
I'll have Vocalist Hilary Harris, Sax Man Mike Deasy, Bassist Rob Moitoza, and Percussionist Ricardo Guity with me.
Also a special guest appearance by Taiwanese Singer Shanel Hsu from NYC!

Also at Coffee to a Tea this weekend:
Saturday 8-10 pm - Kristy O'Kelly, She's Funky, Alternative, Bluesy,
Jazzy and so entertaining.

Coffee to a Tea w/Sugar
4541 California Ave SW
Seattle Wa 98116
(206) 937-1495

Great selection of Beer, Wines, Coffee, Teas, Bake Goods from scratch,
Sandwiches and other Hobbit Goodies. SMOKELESS environment, friendly
service and a comfortable place to unwind and feel good. We look
forward to seeing you!
We're kid friendly too!

JOVINO SANTOS NETO
JSN Trio is top-notch, hands down. Plus a RARE solo piano recital by Jovino. Exquisite!

Saturday, Oct. 8, 9 PM at
St. Clouds
1131 34th. Ave. in Madrona,
Seattle, 206-726-1522 -
JSN Trio with Burt Boice (bass) and Jeff Busch (drums).
No cover charge, all ages.
More info at www.stclouds.com

Saturday, Oct. 15, 7 PM at
88 Keys Performance Studio in Langley, Whidbey Island
5024 Saratoga Road, Langley, WA 98260, 360.221.0362
Jovino solo piano recital.
For complete information and reservations,
please visit www.maureengirard.com

SHUJAAT KHAN AND VISHAL NAGAR on Vashon Island Friday, Oct, 7!

Shujaat Khan is returning to Vashon Island for an encore performance with Vishal Nagar. Their performance of two years ago electrified Vashon when they played at David Smith's Javanese hall. This year the show is to be held on
Friday, October 7th at 8:00 at the Vashon High School Theater.

Tickets may be reserved by phoning Bill Moyer (206) 463-4784 or sending a check to:
Bill Moyer
P.O. Box 278
Vashon, WA 98070

RED HOT BLUES SISTERS
Damn these grrls RAWK!
Oct 6, 2005 9:00 PM Club Hollywood Shoreline, WA
Oct 12, 2005 9:00 PM Club Hollywood Shoreline, WA
Oct 13, 2005 9:00 PM Club Hollywood Shoreline, WA
Oct 16, 2005 9:00 PM J & M CAFE 201 1st Ave - after game party Seahawks.Houston Seattle, WA

PAULA MAYA
If you haven't heard Paula's group, you haven't heard anything like it, because nobody else has her sound. It's original, it's rockin', it's very cool.

SAT OCT 8th - EARLY SHOW / NO COVER!
PAULA MAYA
@ TOST, in Fremont.
HAPPY HOUR: 6:30 - 8pm

FOR MORE INFO:
http://www.paulamaya.com
http://www.cdbaby.com/paulamaya
http://www.sonicbids.com/paulamaya

Reggae, Rhythm & Blues, and Rock for ya this week

2005-09-30T14:58:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,
This week I am appearing with a reggae band, and Culture Yard has organized a reggae massive.On the R&B and Rock side, The Red Hot Blues Sisters and Paula Maya are keeping the burners going.Here's the rundown:

Yogi on keyboards appearing with:
Selassie I-Soldier and the Special Forces
Sat, Oct 1st 9pm $10 cover
Dahlak Eritrean Restaurant
2007 S. State St.Seattle WA
Sister Suzy of the Red Hot Blues Sisters will also be joining us for a few R&B numbers
Also on the bill -
Big bad Daddy Kaju

Red Hot Blues Sisters
Sep 30, 2005 9:00 PM Water St. Brewery Port Townsend, WA
Oct 5, 2005 9:00 PM Club Hollywood Shoreline, WA
Oct 6, 2005 9:00 PM Club Hollywood Shoreline, WA
Oct 12, 2005 9:00 PM Club Hollywood Shoreline, WA
Oct 13, 2005 9:00 PM Club Hollywood Shoreline, WA
Club Hollywood
16716 Aurora Ave N
Shoreline, WA 98133 (206) 546-4444
or contact
BigSisMedia teri@BigSisMedia.com 206-940-2589

Paula Maya Band
SAT OCT 1st:THE WOLF CONNECTION: featuring singer/ percussionist Jim Wolf, with thePaula Maya band. We'll be playing mostly his material, with a few of ouroriginals.
@ SALMON BAY EAGLES, in Ballard.7 - 11pm

SAT OCT 8th - EARLY SHOW / NO COVER!
PAULA MAYA@ TOST, in Fremont.
HAPPY HOUR: 6:30 - 8pm
FOR MORE INFO: http://www.paulamaya.com
http://www.cdbaby.com/paulamaya
http://www.sonicbids.com/paulamaya

Legendary Reggae Man Winston Jarrett and others
Presented by Culture Yard
Come enjoy the conscious reggae music of
Winston Jarrett (Jamaica), and
Seattle's own Wet City Rockers,
and a special appearance from Belize's ranking reggae ambassador, Ras Indio.
It's a 21+ night of roots reggae vibes at
Studio 7, located at
110 S. Horton Street,
8 blocks south of the Seattle Stadiums on 1st Ave S.,
1 block north of the West Seattle Bridge / Spokane Street intersection.
Please tell your neighbors and bring your family.
Doors open at 9:30, admission is $12 at the door,
DJ entertainment provided by Selecta Raiford with the Culture Yard Sound.

Culture Yard International, founded in Seattle, Washington in 2004, is a Rastafarian Arts Co-operative producing Reggae and World community functions. Part promoter, producer, talent-scout, artist-rep, and manager, Culture Yard is seeking to manage Seattle's first Global Arts N' Culture Center.
Hotline: 206-CULTURE
Online: www.cultureyard.com

Reggae, Rock, Brazilian, and Jazz for you

2005-09-21T01:53:00.000-07:00

Hey Music lovers!

We have a pretty full schedule of gigs for you over the next week or so:

I am playing keyboards with
SELASSIE I-SOLDIER AND THE SPECIAL FORCES
Saturday OCT 1st 9pm
Dahlak Eritrean Restaurant2007 S State StSeattle, WA 98144$10 cover charge

PAULA MAYA
NEXT SEATTLE SHOWS:
Paula also has some shows in Austin, TX and LA. Check her website for those.
SAT OCT 1st:THE WOLF CONNECTION: featuring singer/ percussionist Jim Wolf, with thePaula Maya band. We'll be playing mostly his material, with a few of ouroriginals.@ SALMON BAY EAGLES, in Ballard.7 - 11pm
SAT OCT 8th - EARLY SHOW / NO COVER!PAULA MAYA@ TOST, in Fremont.HAPPY HOUR: 6:30 - 8pm
FOR MORE INFO:http://www.paulamaya.com http://www.cdbaby.com/paulamaya http://www.sonicbids.com/paulamaya

RED HOT BLUES SISTERS
(just go see this freakin' band - that's all I have to say!)
Sep 25, 2005 9:00 PM New Orleans Seattle / Pioneer Square, WASep 30, 2005 9:00 PM Water St. Brewery Port Townsend, WA
BigSisMediateri@BigSisMedia.com206-940-2589P. O. Box 75132Seattle, Washington 98175

Eduardo Mendonca - Show Brazil
You want the real Brazilian Samba music? It's here. Tell him Yogi sent ya. You will not see any better Brazilian music in the Pacific Northwest than this. And yes, that's my teacher Jovino playing keyboards. Number one pick this week, hands down. Go and find out why.
Thursday, September 29th - 10:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.Brazilian music featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Guitar, Vocal, Percussion) Jovino Santos Neto (Piano, Flute), Jeff Busch (Drums), Denny Stern (Percussion), Jon Cuenca (Trombone), and Evan Flory Barnes (Bass) Where?: Bejo Del Sol Restaurantcorner of 45th St. and Stone Way – (Wallingford) Seattle, WA
There is a $7 cover charge

Friday, September 30th – 8:30 – 11:30 p.m.
Eduardo Mendonça (Bossa-Nova and MPB)
Where?: Jubilante Restaurant305 Burnett Ave S. - Renton, WA 98055Featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Vocal/Guitar) and Denny Stern (Percussion)
PS: To e-mail me directly, please use: eduardo@showbrazil.com
- Eduardo Mendonça has been nominated for the Best Brazilian Male Singer in the U.S. in the 2005 Brazilian International Press Awards.- Eduardo also is winner of Aspasia Phoutrides Pulakis Memorial Award 2005 for his significant contributions to the Brazilian Community and the community at-large of the Northwest.
Eduardo MendonçaPhone: (425) 254-1616-Show Brazil Productions, DirectorWeb site: http://www.showbrazil.com

KEVIN MCCARTHY JAZZ GROUP
9/19/2005, Monday, 7:30pm to 10:30pmRichmond Beach Restaurant & Bar(formerly Dale's Delicatessen)632 NW Richmond Beach RoadShoreline, WA 98177206-546-0119
9/20/2005, Tuesday, 8:00pm to 11:00pmGT's Sports Bar North17711 Highway 99Lynnwood, WA 98037425-787-2549
Kevin McCarthykevin@palladium.com206-364-9990

Cheers,
Yogi

Yogi lives! Now for the good news...

2005-09-09T21:00:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone,

I fell off the ends of the earth for awhile there. Sorry about that. Apologies if I missed posting any of your shows (I missed posting some of my own, in fact).

But what's worse is...I'm ba-a-ack!

OK, without shedding any additional tears, on to this week's gigs. We have shows this week by Jovino Santos Neto, Eduardo Mendonca and Show Brazil, The Pony Boy Records Jazz Picnic with a great lineup, and some shows with singer/songwriter Kellee Bradley.

First this:

My friend Ahmed Tarawally Jr from Sierra Leone West Africa, has taken over Mama Jo's Java, a coffee stand on Lake City Way. On Sunday Ahmed and a few friends will have an informal jam in the parking lot next to the coffee stand. If you're in Northeast Seattle and want to stop in and say hi, we'll be there 11am - 3pm chilling and jamming.

***please note this is only if the weather is good***
Ahmed and friends Mama Jo's Java
11310 Lake City Way NE (next to the carwash!)
Sunday Sept 11th, 11am - 3pm
Free. 206-440-5844
Ask Ahmed about specials on coffee drinks during the jam.

Jovino Santos Neto:

Saturday, September 10 from 9 to 11:30 PM at St. Clouds, 1131 34th. Ave. in Madrona, ph: (206) 726-1522 . Jovino Santos Neto Trio with Burt Boice (bass) and Ben Thomas (drums). No cover, all ages.For more info: Jovino Santos Netojovino@jovisan.netWeb site: www.jovisan.net

Eduardo Mendonca and Show Brazil:
To e-mail Eduardo directly, please use: eduardo@showbrazil.com

Sunday, September 11th – 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Brazilian Independence Day Celebration
Eduardo Mendonça (Bossa-Nova and MPB)Where?: Samba Brazilian Steakhouse1122 Alberni ST – Vancouver, BC – Canada

Thursday, September 15th - 10:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.Brazilian Music featuring: Eduardo Mendonça (Guitar, Vocal, Percussion) Jovino Santos Neto (Piano, Flute), Jeff Busch (Drums), Denny Stern (Percussion), Jon Cuenca (Trombone), and Evan Flory Barnes (Bass)

Where?: Bejo Del Sol Restaurant - corner of 45th St. and Stone Way – (Wallingford) Seattle, WA There is a $7 cover charge

Greg Williamson, jazz drummer, is playing at the Pony Boy Records Jazz PicnicPonyBoy is a label that features Seattle's most well known local jazz artists. The picnic line-up reads like a who's-who of Seattle Jazz.

Pony Boy Records JAZZ PICNIC
11th of September, 2005, Sunday afternoon
12:00 noon - 5:00pmFREE!

Sand Point Magnuson ParkGarden Amphitheatre7400 Sandpoint Way NE, Seattle, Washington(north entrance to the park at 74th)
maps, directions, line-up, photos and more info:http://www.ponyboyrecords.com/files/festival/jazz_picnic.html

Kellee Bradley, singer-songwriter (OK this is a departure from the usual jazz/world listings, but I've seen this lady and she sings like a bird and puts on a good show. Plus she's a friend of Paula Maya...)

Sept. 11th, 11:30am Bite of Crossroads, Crossroads Mall, Bellevue, Crossroadsbellevue.com

Sept. 11th, 9pm, Paragon Grill, Queen Anne, with Sue Quigley and Alicia Dara

Sept. 13th, Bellevue Live at Lunch, 11:30-1 Skyline Tower 10900 NE 4th St, Bellevue

Sept. 16th, Tost in Fremont, CD Release Party 9:30...Kellee and Voodoo Lounge, starts at 10pm $6 Cover

In the words of the immortal entertainer Porky Pig:
Thpty-Thpty-Thpty-That's all, Folks!

Yogi

Yogi and Friends, Blues Sisters, Thomas Marriott

2005-08-04T13:30:00.000-07:00

Hello Music Friends!

I have a short-notice gig at a new coffee house called Coffee To A Tea in the West Seattle Junction neighborhood. Come and enjoy, we'll be doing a chill gig of bossa nova, and light jazzy samba. Coffee to a tea has music every Friday and Saturday, so it's a nice place to check out some local talent and enjoy a cool, relaxed coffee house atmosphere.

Yogi and friends
Friday August 5th (tomorrow night!)
8 - 10pm

Coffee to a Tea
4541 California Ave SW
Between Alaska and Oregon Sts.
8 - 10pm

Yogi - Keyboards
Hilary Harris - Vocals
Tim Romain - Bass
Ricardo Guity - Congas

And also tomorrow night, if you wish a slightly rowdier blues bar vibe:

Red Hot Blues Sisters
Fri Aug 5th 10pm
Doc Maynard's - Pioneer Square
www.redhotbluessisters.com.
206-920-4747

And rising jazz trumpet star
Thomas Marriott at Tula's:

The Thomas Marriott Quartet
Saturday Night Aug 6th
Tula's Restaurant and Nightclub
2214 Second Ave (between Bell and Blanchard Sts)

Thomas Marriott - Trumpet
Rick Mandyck - Guitar,
Jose Martinez- Drums
Phil Sparks - Bass.

Tula's offers a full bar and dinner menu, stiff drinks and friendly service so make your reservation today by calling 443-4221. Hope to see you there!

For more information, please visit www.thomasmarriott.net

Enjoy the Soundz!

Yogi

African Knights, Blues Sisters Jam, Jovino, Show Brazil

2005-07-25T18:01:00.000-07:00

Hello lovers of all kinds of good music!

African Knights

The African Knights will be at Hidmo this Sunday Night

This is one of my main groups, we play African style reggae originals and covers, Bob Marley songs, and mix it up with some soukous. We had a blast at Langston Hughes last weekend! This will be the farewell gig for Michel Tyabji, our drummer, before he moves to Los Angeles where fame and fortune surely await! Don't forget we knew you before you became famous, Michel!

Sunday, July 31st 8pm
HIDMO Eritrean Restaurant
Sunday African Music Series
2000 S. Jackson St(206) 329-1534

Red Hot Blues Sisters

The Red Hot Blues Sisters are hosting an invitational jam session at the Scarlet Tree on Thursday night. Music starts 9:30-ish. These jam sessions are f**kngruuuvin, people! Don't miss out this time! I'll be there and they might be kind enough to let me play a little bit again this time. They don't have anyone to hit any wrong notes except me - and somebody has do it :)

Red Hot Blues Sisters Invitational Jam
The Scarlet Tree
6521 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, 98115 - (206) 523-4939

Jovino Santos Neto

Jovino Santos Neto, the local one-man hurricane of Brazilian music, has a choice gig at Bake's place. Bake's place is one of the nicer clubs in the whole metro area, and Jovino's Quinteto is one of the choice Brazilian jazz groups in the northwest.

Saturday, July 30 at 8 PM at Bake's Place (4135 Providence Point Dr. SE, Issaquah, WA 98029 phone: 425-391-3335). JSN Quarteto with Ben Thomas (vibraphone), Tim Carey (bass) and Mark Ivester (drums). A great venue for intimate, live music with great food and ambiance. Reservations recommended. More details at www.bakesplace.org

Jovino Santos Neto
jovino@jovisan.net
Web site: www.jovisan.net

Eduardo Mendonca and Show Brazil!

Eduardo Mendonca and Show Brazil! are all over the place, after a very successful outdoor show in Mercer Island (my neighborhood!) last week.

Wednesday, July 27th - 12 noon - 1 pm
Eduardo Mendonça – Vocal/Guitar (Bossa-Nova and MPB)
Music on the Mall - Glenn Terrell Mall (Sponsored by Washington State University)
Pullman, WA

Thursday, July 28th – 8:30 pm.
Eduardo Mendonça – Vocal & Guitar (Bossa-Nova and MPB)
Where?: LUNA JAZZ.
30 E. Broadway – Eugene, Oregon

Friday, July 29th - 7 to 9 p.m.
Eduardo Mendonça – Vocal & Guitar (Bossa-Nova and MPB)
Brazil Butikim Restaurant
12306 SE Powell Blvd. (Across 122nd Av)
Portland, OR 97236-3432

Saturday, July 30th
5:50 - 6:30 p.m.
Tacoma Ethnic Fest
(Downtown Tacoma) - Tacoma, WA

More information? www.showbrazil.com
To e-mail Eduardo direct, please: eduardo@showbrazil.com
Bookings: ana@showbrazil.com

The African Knights Live!

2005-07-15T16:12:00.000-07:00

Hello Music Lovers!

Now's your chance to see The African Knights. We have a couple of shows this month. The first one is part of Community Event called The Celebration of Life at the langston Highes Cultural center in the Central District.

The second one is as a part of the Sunday Night African Music Series at Hidmo Restaurant on Jackson St. Hidmo is the place that has the most African music in town nowadays. So come and chill with the African musicians and enjoy the East African chow and beers.

We'll be featuring singer Shervonne, and guitarist Guilliame Mpacko of Cameroon, as well as the African Knights core members Ahmed on singing, bass, and compositions, Yours truly on keyboards, Michel Tyabji from Tanzania, and Susan Nelson on bass. We'll be mixing up the African Reggae with a few traditional soukous numbers.

Your choice of how you would like your African Knights served up: with a Community Fair or in THE place for the African Music scene in Seattle.

Here's the info.

African Knights

Sunday, July 17th, 7pm
Langston Hughes Cultural Center
104 17th Ave S (at Yesler Way)
Celebration of Life Event

Sunday, July 31st 8pm
HIDMO Eritrean Restaurant
Sunday African Music Series
2000 S. Jackson St(206) 329-1534

Hakuna Matata!

Yogi

Blues Sisters, Paula Maya, and Jovino

2005-07-09T19:10:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

I will be sitting in at the Red Hot Blues Sisters Invitational Jam sessions on the 14th and 28th of July (both are Thursday nights). Please come, these jam sessions are a blast because the Sisters know so many great musicians. The first one this spring was an absolute gas. So if you want great people, good jams, great vibes...

Here's the scoop on it, plus a great outdoor gig by Jovino's group in Seward Park and some more good soundz from Paula and Co.:

Red Hot Blues Sisters

Saturday July 9th-9pm Rockfish Grill - Anacortes
Sunday July 10th-4pm Seattle Peace Concert - Volunteer Park
Thursdays, July 14th & 28th - 9pm Scarlet Tree (Roosevelt) Invitational Jam

To all our musician friends...just let us know you want to sit in at the jam and we will put you on the guest list!!

More about the band and gigs at

http://www.redhotbluessisters.com

BigSisMedia Artists
teri@BigSisMedia.com
206-920-4SIS
P. O. Box 75132
Seattle, Washington 98175

Paula Maya

WHEN: THURSDAY JULY 14th
WHERE: The Central Tav. in Pioneer Square
WHO: PAULA MAYA, featuring Paula Maya, Pat Hewitt, Dave Pascal and Mike
Cotta.
with guests GARY REYNOLDS AND THE BRIDES OF OBSCURITY
9:30pm - 1:30am

Contact: Niemeyer Productions
Burle Niemeyer
burle@oz.net
(206)782-6958
http://www.paulamaya.com

Jovino Santos Neto

Sunday, July 10 from 3:30 to 5 PM at Seward Park Amphiteater, in Seward Park, Seattle - Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto with Hans Teuber (flute, saxes) Chuck Deardorf (bass), Mark Ivester (drums) and Jeff Busch (percussion). Free Concert in the Park Series. For details, please go to http://www.seedseattle.org/arts/concert_series/index.htm

Monday, July 11 at noon and at 7:30 PM in Blaine, WA . JSN Trio with Chuck Deardorf (bass) and Mark Ivester (drums) as part of the Blaine Jazz Festival. For information, please go to http://www.pacificartsassoc.org/studentinfo.html

Cheers,
Yogi

Jovino, Eduardo, Thomas Marriott, and Greg Williamson

2005-07-03T16:20:00.000-07:00

Hi Music Lovers!

Thomas Marriott, the Seattle trumpeter whose making a name for himself nationally and, incidentally will also be on my new CD when it comes out has a gig with his brother and their Quintet:

The Marriott Brothers Quintet

will be performing on Sunday, July 10th at the New Orleans Creole Restaurant in historic Pioneer Square from 7:30-10:30pm.
This performance will reunite Thomas & David for the first time in Seattle in over a year.
Joining the brothers will be Matt Jorgensen on drums, Geoff Harper on bass and Ryan Burns on piano.
Don't miss this special evening of music in the casual atmosphere of the New Orleans Restaurant, featuring a full bar and dinner menu.
For more information visit
www.thomasmarriott.net.

Thomas is a Garfield High School Jazz Band Alumnus, who moved to New York City, where he cut his teeth performing with many well known jazz artists including THREE world tours with Maynard Ferguson's Big Band.
Let me tell you, he's got a Phat Trumpet Sound. Highly recommended.

And, the tireless Jovino is working together with the equally tireless Eduardo Mendonca to bring you some great Brazilian gigs:

Tuesday, July 5 and July 19 - Jovino Santos Neto (piano, flute, accordion) with Eduardo Mendonça (voice, guitar, percussion), Burt Boice (bass) and Chris Stromquist (drums, July 5) and Jeff Busch (drums, July 19) at the Wonder Bar in Wallingford, 1723 N. 45th St., Seattle, WA 98105. We play from 8 to 11 PM.

And Jovino has a couple of other good things happening this month too:

Sunday, July 10 from 3:30 to 5 PM - The Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto will perform as part of the 2005 Cultural Celebration Series at the Seward Park Amphitheatre in South Seattle. Free, all ages. For more info, go to http://www.seedseattle.org/arts/concert_series/index.htm
Monday, July 11 at noon and also at 7:30 PM - Jovino Santos Neto Trio at the Blaine Jazz Festival, Blaine, WA. Please visit http://www.pacificartsassoc.org/studentinfo.html for more details.
Saturday, July 16 at 7 PM at the Bloedel Reserve in Bainbridge Island - The Waters Speak with Jovino Santos Neto (piano), Gary Stroutsos (flutes) and Mandan storyteller and singer Keith Bear. For more information, please visit: http://www.bloedelreserve.org/text800/concerts/concerts2/index.html

Eduardo is not be beaten - here's his next gigs too:

Saturday, July 9th - 8:30 - 10:30 am
Eduardo Mendonça (Bossa-Nova and MPB)
Where?: Maple Leaf Lutheran Church
10005 32nd Ave NE - Seattle, WA 98125

Saturday, July 9th - 7-8:30 p.m.
Show Brazil! (Brazilian Music and Dance)
Where?: 2nd Annual Education Conference
ISLANWOOD - 4450 Blakely Avenue NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-2257

Finally, Veteran Jazz Drummer Greg Williamson will add high-quality jazz to your July 4th:

GREG WILLIAMSON TRIO
WA-MU FAMILY FOURTH AT LAKE UNION (*#% fireworks *%#?!)
Monday, July 4th, 7pm
VIP Area @ Gasworks Park, Seattle
http://familyfourth.org
w/John Hansen, piano - Larry Holloway, bass - Greg Williamson, drums
+ guests!

Saturday at the Fremont Fair

2005-06-17T20:27:00.000-07:00

Yo' folks!

Here's the musicians I know, or have heard before and liked, that are going to be at the Fremont Fair - all of them on Saturday, it turns out.

Saturday:

11:30-12:15 Little Big Man Reggae - Redhook stage - Always a solid choice - good reggae by Seattle guys who have bothered to study the art and play it in a way deserving a good listen.
12:45-1:30 Paula Maya Latin Pop - Redhook Stage - Why can't the critics decide where this band goes? Sure, Paula is Brazilian, but this is a ROCK band, people - and a damn good one.
2:00-2:45 Kellee Bradley Folk/Pop - Waterfront Stage - Solid Singer, good lyrics. Lotta heart and soul.
7:15-8:00 Wet City Rockers Reggae - Redhook Stage - local boyz make good reggae - both originals and covers. I have even played with this band a few times. Nice end to the festival's first day.

Cheers,

Yogi

Yoginis at Wonder Bar; and Jovino at Benaroya with SRJO

2005-06-08T16:45:00.000-07:00

That's right - my Band the Yoginis Live this Sunday, June 12th!

Sun June 12th at 9pm - midnight
The Wonder Bar
1723 N. 45th St. (Corner of N45 th St and Wallingford Ave N, directly across from the QFC)
Seattle, WA 98105
Phone: 206-633-4500
FREE - No Cover Charge!!

We're at the Wonder Bar - One of the Wonders is the Nice BABY GRAND PIANO that they have.
Plus, it's a very nicely designed chill room - luxurious furniture, nice woodwork, soft lighting, and, if the weather's warm, they open up the walls of doors and you can chill outside (with your drink!) and listen to the music. Expect a lot of bossas and jazzy sambas on this gig, plus we'll mix in the originals too.

At the Wonder Bar The Yoginis will be:
Yogi - Piano and keyboards, compositions
Hilary Harris - vocals (Portuguese, English)
Mike Deasy - Saxophones
Tim Romain - Bass
Ed Mays - Drums
Ricardo Guity - Percussion

AND - Jovino Santos Neto, my friend and teacher, premiering new compositions with the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra at Benaroya! Read on below.

Cheers,

Yogi

Jovino - New Original Compositions with SRJO

2005-06-06T13:40:00.000-07:00

Hi Music Lovers!

This just in - I'll be at the Saturday show. It's a "don't miss".

Jovino Santos Neto with the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra

SRJO to Premiere New Work by Jovino Santos Neto at Latin Jazz! Concert, June
11 and 12

Check Jovino's Website for full write-ups about the event.

Dates, times and ticket prices:

- Saturday, June 11, 2005, 7:30pm
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall

- Sunday, June 12, 2005, 3:00pm
Kirkland Performance Center

Tickets: $16-$32

Available at:
- SRJO offices (206-523-6159) www.srjo.org
- Kirkland Performance Center (425-893-9900)
- Benaroya Hall (walk up sales only)
- TicketMaster outlets (206-292-ARTS)

Correction

2005-05-26T09:43:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone,

I mis-spelled David Macauslan's name below. He is appearing with West Coastal Folk, led by Victory Music board member Alex perlman who decribes the group as "Neo-Folk/Blues/Country/Grass."

See ya at Folklife

Yogi