love music my dream job is to be a hit making songwriter. I appreciate the undergrounders cause you guys give your all to your music and I feel it.

 "I always wanted to be a jazz composer and pianist, it was definitely in my blood after growing up listening to it."  I worked with several R&B groups in the Detroit area after moving from Steubenville, Ohio, but I still wanted to play jazz." 

Pamela bumped into Wendell Harrison in a recording studio while taping some of her compositions. Wendell (who later became her husband) became interested in her music and started featuring her compositions on his recordings as well as featuring her in his ensembles. Pamela was blessed with the opportunity to be performing and composing for artists such as Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Leon Thomas and Eddie Harris (to name a few). 

In 1989, Pamela started forming her own ensemble with saxophonist James Carter, trumpeter Dwight Adams, bassist Jaribu Shahid, drummer Ali Muhammad and percussionist Andrew Daniels. Then Pamela received two Creative Artist Grant awards from the Arts Foundation of Michigan to write compositions demonstrating the link between Afro Cuban and jazz music. In addition, she was still performing with her ensemble and freelancing with other groups. One of her most favorite freelance project in 1994 was co-writing the title track on violinist Regina Carter’s CD I WANNA TALK TO YOU. Regina, Pamela and cellist Akua Dixon Turre took some of the finest music to airwaves at WDET FM public radio on the Kim Heron Show. 

In 1994, Wendell Harrison introduced Pamela to world renowned percussionist Jerry Gonzalez and produced her first compact disc SONGO FESTIVIDAD. You can also find her most recent works; KINDRED SPIRITS, NEGRE CON LECHE, and PAMELA’S CLUB are available at www.rebirthjazz.org and several other digital download sites including CDbaby.com, iTunes and many others.   

In addition to the performances and recorded releases, Pamela also serves as Music Minister at her church, the historical Shrine of the Black Madonna Pan African Orthodox Christian Church in Detroit. 

Reviews
"Wise, an assured bop pianist with a Tyneresque (as in McCoy Tyner) touch, composes strong melodies and braces them with the simmering rhythms of the Afro-Cuban tradition." 
Dan Ouellette-Downbeat Magazine 

"Far from Havana, the Latin jazz movement has taken root in such unlikely places as Detroit, where pianist/composer Pamela Wise displays a thorough understanding of the idiom on SONGO FESTIVIDAD. With special guest Jerry Gonzalez on congas and Wendell Harrison, Detroit’s resident jazz guru on clarinet, Wise has fashioned a hybrid that capitalizes on authentically performed Afro-Cuban and Brazilian rhythms while allowing Harrison and other soloists to flex their avant-garde oriented improvisational style. The inclusion of Gonzalez was a good choice: his trumpet work on the Wise composition HASTA MANANA is one of the albums’ high points, and makes the album worth seeking out."
Mark Holston - JAZZIZ Magazine 

"Pamela Wise’s SONGO FESTIVIDAD is a perfect example of the current trends in Latin jazz. She has written some innovative songs that draw from the influence of Tito Rodriguez and Machito, while the playing of all concerned has the energy of the Fania All Stars."
Leonard J. Bukowski-Cadance Magazine
contact:
Rebirth Inc.- www.rebirthjazz.org
81 Chandler Street
Detroit, MI  48202
313 875-0289
www.pamelawisemusic.com
WenHaJazz@aol.com -e mail


Iraqi American songwriter & vocalist from Detroit, currently in Istanbul.  Former dancer for Mariah Carey, Charlie Wilson, T.I., Big Sean, Grammy Awards and more...  Available for sessions, Afro & Professive collaborations, ghost writing welcome.   Songwriting inquiries to 23rd Precinct/ Notting Hill Music. Currently working on alternative album.

Multi-instrumentalist/producer Jeff Ponders II has captivated audiences across the world with his provocative, soulful approach to music. A native of Detroit, Michigan, his performances and recording resume includes heavyweights across many genres, including jazz giants James Carter, Robert Glasper, and Mike Phillips, R&B artists Keyshia Cole, Eric Roberson, and John Legend, and many more.  Jeff toured the country as a member of the Marvin Gaye Orchestra for the hit stage play "My Brother Marvin,” and has blazed the stage as a feature soloist in many of the great venues across North America. He is a founding member of the electrifying R&B band HotSauceMusic, and works throughout the Midwest as a jazz artist and teaching clinician. Jeff is currently recording new music for HotSauceMusic and his debut solo project.

Jeff can also be found on screen and on air, appearing in the 2012 film Sparkle, staring Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston and as a principal actor in campaigns from McDonalds and numerous voice-over campaigns.

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