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12/18/16
Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble Hi-Res Photo (1.1MB, 5.8"x3.5"):
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To celebrate the upcoming release of her new CD, Indo Latin Jazz Live in Concert, Mariah Parker will be performing three concerts in Northern California in January and February of 2017. According to Latin Beat Magazine, Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble "blends the rhythmic syncopations of Latin jazz music with the entrancing, asymmetrical meters of East Indian rhythms resulting in first-class world music. Intriguing melodies that draw musical inspirations from the tempos of Brazil, Cuba, India, and Spain make for an uplifting serene yet passionate musical journey into an ideal world."
Sunday, January 22, 2017, 7:00 PM
Freight and Salvage
2020 Addison Street
Berkeley, California
Tickets: $24 in advance, $28 at the door
For more info, call (510) 644-2020 or visit www.thefreight.org
Featuring Mariah Parker (composition, piano, santur), Paul McCandless (woodwinds), Matthew Montfort (guitar), Kash Killion (bass, cello), and percussionists Ian Dogole, Brian Rice, and Michaelle Goerlitz.
Sunday, January 29, 2017, 7:00 PM
Don Quixote's International Music Hall
6275 Highway 9
Felton, California
Tickets: $20
For tickets and more info, visit www.donquixotesmusic.info or call (831) 603-2294.
Featuring Mariah Parker (composition, piano, santur), Paul McCandless (woodwinds), Matthew Montfort (guitar), Kash Killion (bass, cello), and Ian Dogole (percussion).
Saturday, February 4, 2017, 8:00 PM
Occidental Center for the Arts
3850 Doris Murphy Ct. (Bohemian Hwy. at Graton Rd.)
Occidental, California
Tickets: $20
For more info, visit http://www.occidentalcenterforthearts.org or call (707) 874-9392.
Featuring Mariah Parker (composition, piano, santur), Paul McCandless (woodwinds), Matthew Montfort (guitar), Kash Killion (bass, cello), and Ian Dogole (percussion).
Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Quintet Hi-Res Photo (745KB, 5"x3"):
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Indo Latin Jazz Live in Concert Cover Hi-Res Photo (1.1MB):
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In 2009, Mariah Parker launched her Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble with a sold-out debut concert at Yoshi's in Oakland, California. Mariah’s new release for AncientFuture.com records, “Indo Latin Jazz Live in Concert,” captures the magic of that first performance, as well as subsequent Northern California concerts at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, the Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley and a studio session at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael. These multi-track live recordings were painstakingly mixed and mastered over a seven-year period by veteran Ancient Future producer Matthew Montfort. Indo Latin Jazz Live in Concert is a follow-up recording to Sangria, Mariah's debut CD, which received airplay on over 468 New World, Jazz, and Latin radio programs, and earned over 365 reviews and media placements, including two songs that ascended to the Smooth Jazz Now Top 100 Songs of 2009 Chart.
"Parker, who holds a degree in music from UC Santa Cruz, wrote the eight instrumental compositions on this exquisite collection of pieces that fuse Latin rhythms with influences from South America and India with a dash of straight-up American jazz. It’s an intoxicating blend of East and West performed by musicians of astounding virtuosity. Like all the best jazz bands, this group is as disciplined as it is innovative, stopping on a dime when the composition calls for it and soaring into gorgeous landscapes of free association the next moment that are as pleasing as they are adventurous. This is sophisticated stuff, an album of global fusion performed by a group with character, charisma and the confidence that comes across when world-class musicians at the top of their games come together and create magic in the here and now of a live performance." — Marin Independent Journal
Full review of Indo Latin Jazz Live in Concert available at http://www.marinij.com/article/NO/20160428/FEATURES/160429811
Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble performs 'Affinity Minus One' at Yoshi's in Oakland:
https://youtu.be/WARbr891OGQ
Mariah Parker (composition, piano, santur)
Mariah Parker. Hi-res photo for print by Ross Pelton (5 x 7 jpg, 2.3 MB):
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Mariah Parker has been playing music from the time she could reach the keys on the grand piano in her family home. While completing her degree in music at UC Santa Cruz, she worked with ethnomusicologist Fred Lieberman and drummer Mickey Hart on the “Planet Drum” project and became fascinated with the possibilities of bridging musical concepts from different traditions. She has performed her original compositions in festivals in the US and Europe. A gifted composer and band leader, she released her first solo recording of her compositions, “Sangria,” in February of 2009. This release received extensive airplay and critical acclaim worldwide.
“Dazzling…. Parker’s subtle and sensuous sounds reflect exotic flavors of India, the Middle East and Latin America.” — Palo Alto Daily News
Mariah Parker with santur (a Persian manual ancestor to the mechanical piano).
Hi-res photo for print by Ross Pelton (5 x 4 jpg, 1.6 MB):
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Matthew Montfort (Scalloped Fretboard Guitar)
Recently recognized as one of the world's 100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists, Montfort is a pioneer of the scalloped fretboard guitar and the leader of the seminal world fusion music ensemble Ancient Future. He has performed concerts world wide, including at the Festival Internacional de la Guitarra on the golden coast of Spain near Barcelona and the Mumbai Festival at the Gateway of India in Bombay.
Paul McCandless (Reed Virtuoso)
During a distinguished career spanning three decades, Grammy-winning woodwind virtuoso Paul McCandless has brought a soaring lyricism to his playing and composing that has been integral to the ensemble sound of two seminal world music bands, the original Paul Winter Consort and the relentlessly innovative quartet, Oregon. A gifted multi-instrumentalist, McCandless has specialized in an unusually broad palette of single and double reed instruments that reflect his grounding in both classical and jazz disciplines.
Ian Dogole (Global Percussion)
Ian Dogole is an accomplished bandleader, composer, and multi-percussionist who has recorded and performed with artists such as Hamza el Din, Tito La Rosa, Ancient Future, and Alex de Grassi on a wide variety of percussion instruments, including udu, cajon, hang, African talking drum, kalimbas, cymbals and dumbek.
Kash Killion (Bass, Cello)
Kash Killion plays cello, bass and assorted African and Middle Eastern stringed instruments, and has worked with Donald Byrd, George Cables, Billy Higgins, Cecil Taylor, John Zorn, Sun Ra, Butch Morris, George Lewis, Reggie Workman, and the Sun Ra Arkestra.
Brian Rice (Latin Percussion)
Brian Rice is a highly acclaimed musician specializing in Latin, Afro-Cuban, and Brazilian percussion who performs with acts such as Mike Marshall with Choro Famoso and the Antionio Calogero Quartet featuring Paul McCandless and Mike Manring.
Michaelle Goerlitz (Latin Percussion)
A talented percussionist with a focus on Brazilian, Afro Cuban, Venezuelan and Peruvian rhythms, Michaelle has played, recorded and toured with Mark Levine, Wayne Wallace, Houston Pearson, Denise Perrier, Joan Jeanrenaud, the Pickpocket Ensemble, Samba Rio, Novo Tempo, Bossa 5-0, and many others.
On Sunday, January 22, at 7 pm, Mariah Parker and her Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble will perform at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, California. This CD Release concert features Mariah Parker on piano and santur, Paul McCandless on woodwinds, Matthew Montfort on guitar, Kash Killion on bass and cello, and percussionists Ian Dogole, Brian Rice and Michaelle Goerlitz. The Freight and Salvage is located at 2020 Addison Street in Berkeley, California. For tickets and info, visit www.freightandsalvage.org or call (510) 644-2020. Tickets are $24 in advance, and $28 at the door.
On Sunday, January 29, at 7 pm, Mariah Parker and her Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble will perform at Don Quixote's International Music Hall in Felton, California. This CD release concert features Mariah Parker on piano and santur, Paul McCandless on woodwinds, Matthew Montfort on guitar, Kash Killion on bass and cello, and Ian Dogole on percussion. Don Quixote's International Music Hall is located at 6275 Highway 9 in Felton, California. For tickets and info, visit www.donquixotesmusic.info or call (831) 603-2294. Tickets are $20.
On Saturday, February 4, at 8 pm, Mariah Parker and her Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble will perform at the Occidental Center for the Arts in Occidental, California. This CD release concert features Mariah Parker on piano and santur, Paul McCandless on woodwinds, Matthew Montfort on guitar, Kash Killion on bass and cello, and Ian Dogole on percussion. The Occidental Center for the Arts is located at 3850 Doris Murphy Court in Occidental, California. For tickets and info, visit www.occidentalcenterforthearts.org or call (707) 874-9392. Tickets are $20.