DownBeat Critic’s Poll winner Marcus Strickland has steadily proven to be an essential part of the jazz continuum since he stepped on the scene in the early 2000s. He will present his Twi-Life group at The 2013 NYC Winter JazzFest; a highly anticipated annual event which showcases over seventy new and established groups in tandem with the Arts Presenters (APAP) conference. Twi-Life, an electric band with its inception rooted in the soul music Strickland grew up listening to, is a testament to his irrepressible versatility. “It seems, so far, that every Twi-Life band will be signiﬁcantly different than the next because it is my refuge for trying out my wildest ideas,” says Strickland, who is emerging as one of the most multi-faceted and proliﬁc writers and performers of his generation.

His genre-bending propensity has produced fascinating and unconventional collaborations and this time around is no different; the members of this eclectic ensemble have worked individually with artists like Kanye West, Bilal and Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. The group includes the wide-ranging talents of hip-hop lyricist, DJ and Berklee professor, Raydar Ellis; legendary trombonist, Frank Lacy; dexterous keyboardist Yuki Hironao; The Roots’ newest member, bassist Mark Kelley; dynamic drummer Charles Haynes; and special guest, singer-songwriter Jean Baylor, formally of the hit- making 90s R&B duo, Zhané.

Strickland’s development as a producer is the nexus of this project whose music comes mostly from taking his beats and applying acoustic instrumentation and improvisation. “Once you combine the many textures, layers and number crunching of [drum] programming with human spontaneity, the possibilities are inﬁnite and it becomes yet another instrument for human invention.”

Selmer (Paris) Saxophone Artist; Professional Jazz Recording Artist; Composer; Educator; Entrepreneur; and, Businessman.


Official SoundCloud account for Blue Note Records
www.bluenote.com

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.

STREET SOUNDS 30TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA!
The Coronet, London - Saturday 17th November 2012
Tickets Available from: www.streetsounds.co  

18+ Acts/DJs - 1 Exceptional Night! To celebrate Street Sounds 30th Anniversary, we are staging A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT on Saturday 17th November 2012! The amazing line-up includes legendary and iconic artists & DJs that reflect and represent the very best music of the Street Sounds years. The evening will also feature B-Boy battles/performances and Graffiti art. 

FATBACK BAND (full band live show)
SHANNON
KURTIS MANTRONIK (MANTRONIX)
LEROY BURGESS
DAVY DMX 
LEEE JOHN of IMAGINATION
PHIL FEARON & GALAXY
SECOND IMAGE - THE GROOVE ASSOCIATION
REDVENOM 
DJ CHAD JACKSON
DAVE VJ

Soul Syndicate DJs: PETER P, BONNIE DJ, DJ TRISH
PAUL CLARK 
DAVE ‘FUNKMASTER’ PALMER (Caister DJ)
FITZROY ‘DA BUZZBOY’ (Soul Survivors Magazine)
SCOTT JAMES (Stomp Radio)
JJ (LWR & Supreme 99.8 Radio FM)
BOB POVEY & JON COOMER
FROSTIE (The original Caister & Southport DJ) 
CHRIS PHILLIPS
K-DELIGHT

Hosted by ANDY SMITH, MORGAN KHAN 
(The Official Street Sounds Radio Team)

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3 Rooms:
Main Room: Artist & DJ sets by the headline acts
Hip Hop/Electro Room: Old Skool Hip Hop and Electro
Chill-Out Room: Jazz-Funk, Soul classics and Rare Grooves

‘30 Years In The Making’

Advance Tickets Now on Sale!
Available from the Street Sounds Website – www.streetsounds.co 
80’s casual Classics – (insert appropriate website)  
or from the following:
London:
BM (Black Market, London) - 25 D'Arblay Street, London, W1F 8EJ
PHONICA (London) - 51 Poland Street, London, W1F 7LZ
SISTER RAY (London) - 34-35 Berwick Street, London, W1F 8RP
HMV WESTFIELD STRATFORD - 204 -205 First Floor, The Gallery, Westfield Stratford City, London, E20 1ES

Essex:
CRAZY BEAT (Upminster, Essex) - 87 Corbets Tey Road, Upminster, Essex, RM14 2AH 
HMV CHELMSFORD - Unit 3/4, High Chelmer Shopping Centre, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1XL
HMV COLCHESTER - 16/17 Culver Walk, Colchester, Essex, C01 1XB

Hertfordshire:
HMV Stevanage - Unit 1, The Forum, Stevanage, SG1 1ES
Kent:
HMV ASHFORD - Unit 32, County Square, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1YD

Manchester:
EASTERN BLOC (Manchester) - 5 Stevenson Square, Manchester, M1 1DN
PICCADILLY RECORDS (Manchester) - 53 Oldham Street, Manchester, M1 1JR
VINYL EXCHANGE (Manchester) - 18 Oldham Street, Manchester, M1 1JN


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