Great news for yP fans in LA! Some of you know that the prof has spent the past 2 years playing with 7-time Grammy Award winners Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. But,unfortunately, all of the LA performances with the husband and wife duo have been for private events. Well, FINALLY, we are happy to announce a few performances with McCoo and Davis, in the Los Angeles area, that are open to the public! In October, they’ll be performing at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood. The dates are the 9th through the 11th. David will return from his two month project in Japan in late September and then immediately begin rehearsals for the Catalina gig. yP and Marilyn and Billy would love to see you there. We hope you can make it! The band also features music director Darrell Alston on keys and backing vox, bassist Kevin O’neal, and Major Black on guitar and backing vox, and,of course, the young prof David Cowan on drums.
Cowan @ Catalina Jazz Club w/Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
Lennox Fleary Single On SALE NOW!! 99CENT DOWNLOAD!!
Finally available for sale, Lennox Fleary’s single “Smoke & Alcohol” was released September 1, 2009.
This is the first single of a several song collection titled “Sounds Like Humans” The Young Prof has taken on co-producing duties as well as playing some percussion on the song. The song also features artist / co-producer Lennox Fleary—Acoustic guitar, vocals; Jimmy Powers—Harmonica; Dan Pearson—Upright bass and was recorded and mixed by David Williams who also gave us some electric guitar on the track! Check out a snipet here!
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One Tribe Nation releases video!
Big news,right now is that my band,One Tribe Nation, is now finished with our long awaited album and it’s due out in March! Here’s a video for our song,“It’s Time”
This video tribute to Occupy Los Angeles and the greater Occupy movement world-wide was directed by acclaimed video director, Leonardo Bondani who has worked with with Moby, Perry Farrell, David Bowie, U2 and many more.
WHEW!
Well, the Manila trip went really well! Fans loved the show and I had a little bit of time to check out the city. Not a lot, but a little. I’ll be posting some pics soon! Look out for those in the coming week as well as some clips from recent ZUR activity! ALSO news about the upcoming ONE TRIBE NATION record! FINALLY being mixed!
My first trip to Manila!
This will be my first visit to Southeast Asia in a very long time! I’ll be playing with the dynamic seven time Grammy Award-winning duo, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr! This will be a really fun how, so I highly recommend you check it out if you’re in that the Philippines at that time. If you’ve got friends and/or family there , please let them know. It’s a fun, and high quality musical performance! They’ll be glad they came. To my best knowledge, this is our only show in the Philippines. There was talk of another show but that show was not confirmed.
Spreadin’ peace in San Diego TONIGHT!
Oddly enough there exist some very effective weapons for spreading Peace. Music is one such “weapon”. My friend Kenwood Dennard would say that music is a type of “non-violent fist”.
So, I’m about about to do my part tonight and tomorrow and spread some peace down here in San Diego w/ my brother Lennox. Check the calendar for details. Come be peace with us.
Live at Stormy Monday (Yokohama, Japan)
This recording is available for FREE to newsletter subscribers. A magical set of improvisational music performed by David Cowan along with friends Motoaki Makino- guitar (Sugar Blue) and Hiroshi Eguchi – bass (Mavis Staples).
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FREE DOWNLOAD! Music from a Live performance in Yokohama, Japan!
Finally I’ve got some new music for you all to check out! In Summer 2009 I went to Japan for 2 months and did a lot of playing. Some friends and I had been trying to get together to work on some music for quite a while and I finally managed to get myself over there. We (the band AND the fans) enjoyed a lot of super-charged magical musical moments during that trip. We’d like to share some of those with you. I call this project the Phunk Organik Society. My friends Moto and Hiroshi spent the better part of 20 years playing on the Chicago RnB scene playing with Sugar Blue and Mavis Staples among others. These guys are the best of the best and I’m privileged to be able to play with them.
The download is free for anyone who signs up to receive the monthly(ish) newsletter. You’ll get updates about shows, clinics, and other new music once it’s available. You’ll also be the first to know when we have a show in YOUR area! Pretty cool,huh? IF, for some reason, you don’t receive the link for the free download in your inbox, email me back and I’ll see to it that you get it. Thanks so much for your support! Enjoy the music!
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Remodeling The Studio…for your um…entertainment???
Did some painting and cleaning up in my studio! Decided to have some fun with iMovie and some of my music.
The track you’ll hear is a song by me and some friends. We call ourselves ESO. Some of you may have hear this song before but I know there are many who have not. The song will be available to the public soon. The song was written by the band- Andrew Braxton-vox & production, Katz Goto on bass, Tak Tanaka on Guitar, yours truly on drums and production featuring a solo by monster shredder German Schauss the “Lightspeeder”.
Check it out and laugh..and enjoy the music! Also don’t forget to sign up for the news letter. That way you’ll get all the news as soon as it happens.
