A two-CD collection featuring award-winning trumpeter Julius Melendez, whose work on Santana's "Supernatural" album helped "Smooth" win a record-breaking 9 Grammy Awards!

Also featured are timbalero Orestes Vilato, heir to Tito Puente's throne, tenor sax virtuoso David Sanchez, the Sony/Columbia Latin Jazz phenomenon, Artie Webb on flute, Universal Latin artist Danny Rojo, and many others.

Cuban Composer Osvaldo Farrés who for 13 years hosted "Bar Melódico de Osvaldo Farres," one of the most popular television programs in Cuba, the Cuban equivalent of “The Ed Sullivan Show” in the United States. The program attracted to Havana international artists like Nat King Cole who recorded Farrés’ “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps” in 1958.

These Farrés songs from the 30’s and 40’s have been redone “in the latest styles”, which was Farrés’ wish for his own music. His songs are being interpreted in this tribute by Puerto Rican trumpeter Julius Melendez, father of Osvaldo's own great-grandson.

Julius, collaborating with Jonathan Alford and Dave Weeks, has updated the sound of Latin Jazz while staying connected to some deep New York, Puerto Rican, and Cuban roots.

Melendez is a veteran bandleader and award-winning trumpeter whose passionate trumpet and romantic flugelhorn have inspired fans in the 92 countries around the world where he has performed.

This tribute to Osvaldo Farres is his debut as a Latin Jazz Soloist.

San Francisco, 2005

Street Date September 13, 2005!

 

Like a post-millennial, counterculture rooted Eurythmics,
vocalist/poet Lux D'Coda and composer/producer DJ Kin joyfully
combine the deep beats and downtempo cool of the 90's London club scene
where DJKin once reigned with the post Further views from the modern Northern California counterculture.

These eclectic, ultracool sensibilities come alive on the 12 distinctive tracks of Flame and Fortune, beginning with the edgy rock-new wave-blues, B-52's influenced "Hallelujah U.S.A" and moving on through hypnotic techno-throbbing soul of "Digital Kidz" and the ambient funk of the percussive 
"Luv U Luva." The hip-hop and rap culture stamps its groove-heavy energy onto the
shuffling beats of "XXX Files" and the vibey ambience of "Now Time."

 

 

See Dana at the Jardiniere

Tues-Sat 7-?

(behind the Opera House in San Francisco)
Jeff Dupra spent two years living at the south fork of the Yuba River in Northern California and came down from the mountain with a backpack full of songs. A thoughtful and observant writer, this collection of songs takes you to the campsite for a trip through this 26 year old's life in the woods and on to quirky thoughts on romance and modernity.
WARNING: Jeff exercises his right to free speech with language that some may find objectionable. If you are sensitive to the occasional obscenity, this might not be the record 4U!
Mr. Cassell is a Bay Area native whose wide range of involvement in the fine arts, and performing arts, spans a lifetime. Included in his credits are: personal appearances on television, radio, and features in newsprint; A two-year Artist in Residence at Foothill College Los Altos, Ca.; composer and independent producer with national and international tours as leader, and featured pianist and vocalist of a jazz trio; hand-painted commercial signage; watercolor and charcoal commissions of businesses and family portraiture. His emergence as sculpture was signaled by a recent show sponsored by the Mill Valley Arts Commission. Currently active in the community as an assistant teacher at a Marin County middle school, Mr. Cassell likes to spend his free time at the library, the cafes of North Beach, and surfing at Ocean Beach in San Francisco.