Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Jazz Cafe offer for Cro-Magnon / Omar's masterclass


TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE TICKET OFFER.

This offer is available by phone 0870 060 3777 and quoting code ' caveman' or to personal callers to the Jazz Café, Astoria Box Offices or MF Reception Harlesden and quoting the same code.

CRO-MAGNON
+ Earl Zinger
+ DJ Benji B (1XTRA)
+DJ Mitsu The Beats
Live at the Jazz Cafe
Wednesday 11th July
doors 10.30pm
£17.50 advance

Japanese Soul Dance outfit championed by Gilles Peterson
In 1996, Shigekazu Otake(Drums), Tsuyoshi Kosuga(Guitar&Bass), and Takumi Kaneko (keys) met in Boston. After returning to Japan in 1999, they formed a hip hop band, Loop Junktion & released one EP and two albums.
In 2004, they stop performing under the name of Loop Junktion and formed Cro-Magnon. They are also members of the critically acclaimed production team Jazzy Sport Productions. They have been touring all over Japan, establishing a solid reputation for their unique performance. They have supported Sa-Ra Creative Partners in Tokyo and Osaka.
Based on soul music, they are best described as successfully fusing house, dub, jazz, funk, reggae.

Cro-magnon is the dance music live band for the up-coming generation.
Shigekazu Otake - Drums
Tsuyoshi Kosuga - Guitar&Bass
Takumi Kaneko - keys


SING R&B WITH OMAR
Part of Sing London – the world’s first all-city sing-along!
For the first time ever the master singer, Omar, leads a masterclass at the Jazz Café. Sing R&B and make a fabulous group sound with Omar and Shereece Storrod of Black Voices on Sunday 1st July, from 12 – 2pm. The session is free and all abilities are welcome

Singer, songwriter & musician Omar has been enchanting us with his eclectic mix of soul, jazz, blues, funk & reggae since his first top 40 hit There's Nothing Like This in 1990. Omar has since released six albums, working with some of the world’s best musicians, and has
been cited as an influence by the likes of
D'Angelo, Maxwell, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu & India Arie.
"When I grow up I wanna be Omar", Stevie Wonder.

Sing R&B with Omar is part of Sing London - a festival to unite the city in song. From 29th June – 8th July there will be over 100 events to get people singing - all kinds of people singing all kinds of music in all kinds of places: cafes, museums, piazzas, shops, libraries and even London buses!

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