Evan Marien is a bassist, composer + producer who makes all kinds of music

Rafael Statin aka Leafar is one of those rarest of multi-instrumentalist who can combine great passion, intellectual discipline, and a spiritual fire that is evocative of great artistic creativity. He has so far established himself as a remarkable composer and musician not defined by any one particular genre or style. Appearing as Leafar, a pseudonym created by Rafael in order to further free his music and himself from trap establishments of being boxed in only as a saxophonist jazz musician. As Leafar he is unconstrained to completely utilize his experimental mind & soul. 

Rafael Statin has had the greatest privilege of sharing the performance space among some of greatest creative artist and musicians on the scene today including the 7x Grammy (4x Emmy) awarded bassist Robert Hurst III, jazz master Reggie Workman (bassist of John Coltrane & Art Blakey), drum legend Jeff “Tain” Watts, NEA Jazz master Jimmy Owens, Detroit Trumpet legend Marcus Belgrave, Grammy awarded producer/ musician Kamau Kenyatta, drummer/producer Greg Hutchinson, and Detroit experimental hip-hop producer Sterling Toles to name a few. 

Hailing from Detroit, Michigan, Rafael's connection to music was jazz, r&b & soul, fostered from a musical family at an early age. His parents gave an immeasurable amount of time and energy to make sure could have the opportunity to go to decent schools often back and forth from suburban education to artist opportunities in the urban Detroit area that would eventually prove fruitful despite the metro Detroit challenges throughout the 1990's and 2000's. Rafael attended and graduated from prestigious institutions such as Detroit School of Arts, Detroit Symphony Civic Jazz Orchestra, and The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. In the midst of education Rafael often played with notable influences such as Robert Hurst Group (2011-current), Marcus Belgrave (Toledo Art Museum 2010), Vincent Chandler Septet (2009-2010), Jeff Tain Watts Drum Club (Detroit Jazz Festival 2011) and often appearances as a leader on the Detroit music scene since 2009. 

Currently Rafael tours with Robert Hurst Group, he is one of many members of the Detroit super group Video7 as a saxophonist/producer, and a member of an upcoming influential music collective called PolyFold.

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Detroit bred Brandon Williams' life has always included music in some capacity, first as a listener, then as a musician, and ultimately as a producer. The aptly named Brandon "B." Williams - The Music Architect, is quickly making his name and stake as a front-runner in the music industry.

His career is astonishing, a direct protégé of Grammy and Billboard super producer Michael J. Powell, B. Williams is a powerhouse of musical knowledge and ability. His talents include production, arranging, engineering, and playing over 15 instruments, and in 2009 he was nominated for 9 Stellar Awards and a Grammy Award and in 2010, he was nominated for a NAACP Image Award.

On the music scene since he was 13 starting at Baker's Keyboard Lounge, B. is known as a prodigy and for being the go-to-guy for the Detroit music industry. He gets request to perform, engineer, MD, arrange and produce around the clock.

As a producer, B. has lent his hand to such artists as Yolanda Adams, Janet Jackson, Pharoahe Monch, Bobby Creekwater, Vickie Winans, Jadakiss, Lin Rountree, J Dilla, Gene Dunlap, and Motown own "Young Dynasty Entertainment. 30 year old B. Williams is a taste and hit-maker with an undeniable track record. As an artist B. has performed and toured with and alongside some of the industry's finest including Morris Day & The Time, Kim Burrell, George Duke, Jaguar Wright, Kelis, Jerald Daemyon, Gene Dunlap, Joe Sample, Norman Brown, Jonathan Butler and just to name a few. Along with national tours, B. has also graced the stages of all of Detroit's premier venues and clubs including The Fox Theatre, Chene Park, Freedom Hill, Detroit Opera House, Hart Plaza, The Music Hall, and Bakers Keyboard Lounge.

Because of his plethora of abilities B has acquired the respect of many friends in the music industry such as George Duke, Stevie Wonder, Denaun Porter, Pharoahe Monch, James "J. Dilla" Yancey, Michael J. Powell, George Clinton and a host of others.

If nothing else you can bet your paycheck that he is much more than your average musician and he will continue to move full steam ahead. . Bottomline...stay tuned because he has the blueprint for success. In his own words… I want people to know I'm a real producer and not just a beatmaker…a producer plays all the parts in the studio. If the guitar player isn't getting it, you must show him, the piano player not getting the correct feel, sit down to the piano and show him. You must know how to do it all. I also want people to know that i want to bring good music back to the world, feel good music is what I'm about.

OKeh short history: 

OKeh was founded by Otto K. E. Heinemann when he set up his own recording studio and gramophone record pressing plant in New York City in September 1918. Heinemann formed the name of the record label "OKeh", from his initials.  OKeh began by issuing popular songs, dance numbers, and vaudeville skits similar to the fare of other labels, but Heineman also wished to experiment with music for audiences neglected by the larger record companies. OKeh produced lines of recordings in German, Czech, Polish, Swedish, and Yiddish for the USA's immigrant communities. In 1920, Ralph Peer's recordings by African-American blues singer Mamie Smith were a surprise smash hit for Okeh. The company perceived the significant, little-tapped market for blues and jazz by African American artists. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Bix Beiderbecke are only a few names of jazz greats that have recorded for the label. By 1926 Columbia Records bought the label and kept it running into the 60's with jazz and R&B recordings. 

In 1994, Sony Music reactivated the OKeh label as a new-age Blues label. Okeh's first new signings included Keb' Mo, Popa Chubby, and Little Axe. By 2000, the Okeh label was again retired, but in 2013 it will see its re-launch as a jazz label once again.

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