Justin Ouellet: UPTOWN ALLSTARS 2.0

Friday, May 24

7pm

$15 Advance | $20 At the Door

Justin Ouellet: Uptown Allstars 2.0, featuring music by Patrick Anseth and Aaron Germain, with special guests Marlan Aldana and Kev Choice.

A musical celebration featuring friends and colleagues on jazz standards, arrangements, and originals. Last year’s show was such a success that we decided to revisit the concept this year. Hence the 2.0

This year expands the style and sounds of the show from the standard jazz literature to mostly originals by Patrick Anseth & Aaron Germain. Both musicians featured on this event often accompany others, but here they’re the focus, on the platform sharing their creativity and musicianship with the community.

ARTIST INFO

Dynamically, Patrick Anseth’s ability to travel the guitar neck lyrically as well as his capacity to find colors and sounds through a chord progression are awe inspiring. His artistry is emotional, expressive, and melodious. Anseth can be heard performing with his trio, dPaJo, which had their debut at Davies Symphony Hall during the SF Symphonies holiday concerts this year, as well as Cava Menzies, June & Man, and Geechi Taylor. Musicians will be performing pieces from his upcoming debut solo album, ranging the styles of latin, jazz, fusion, and more. The record is projected to come out in fall of 2019.

http://www.patrickanseth.com/

Aaron Germain is a virtuoso bassist, composer, and arranger. Aaron’s abilities and talents are something that the world needs to experience. He is often compared to the legendary Jaco Pastorius, but perhaps he is actually like none other. He has recorded on nearly 40 albums, and has performed throughout the United States. He has also toured and performed in Canada, Japan, Indonesia, England, and Egypt. Germain has recorded two solo albums and is currently finishing up a third. This performance will feature a set of songs from his first and second albums.

Aaron Germain
http://www.aarongermain.com/no_flash.php
Justin Ouellet
(Once upon a Dream) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chVEbNguVVM
(Yoshis; Pretty Little One) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxKYNeJTgG8

Justin Ouellet has garnered a reputation as a violinist, violist, conductor, and as a crossover artist in the classical and non-classical worlds. He has worked with an array of conductors, including the award winning Gerard Schwarz, John McLaughlin Williams, and Arnie Roth, as well as performed alongside musicians around the world like the Alexander String Quartet, Wayne Lin, Kimberly Fisher, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and Emil Miland. As an orchestral and chamber musician, Justin has performed throughout the United States in halls such as Carnegie Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall, San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall, and internationally in Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, and Switzerland. As a non-classical musician, Justin has been a featured artist alongside some of the San Francisco’s preeminent performers, such as the CAPO ensemble, d’PaJo, Kev Choice, Josh Jones, Cava Menzies, NUVO Jazz Quartet, Rob Reich, and at venues such as Grace Cathedral, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Yoshi’s, and Davies Symphony Hall. Justin can be heard on recent recordings by Cava Menzies, Roscoe Mitchell, and Undercover Presents, and on a co-produced EP for Anna Oiseau.

http://www.annaoiseau.com/
https://www.instagram.com/_ouelletjust.in/

Drummer and Percussionist Marlan Aldana has shared the stage with renowned artists such as legendary Rumbero John Santos, former Pedrito Martinez pianist Edgar Pantoja, Flamenco guitarists Antonio Rey, Jason McGuire “El Rubio”, Jeff Chambers, Mara Rey, Jose Mendez, Jesus Montoya, and many others. Marlon is an in-demand percussionist for several Flamenco dance companies such as Caminos Flamencos — led by Emmy Award winning Yaelisa — The San Francisco Flamenco Dance Company, La Tania Flamenco, Theater Flamenco, and Agua Clara Flamenco. In 2018 and 2019, Aldana accompanied the Oakland Symphony, led by Conductor Omid Zoufonoun, first performing a series of pieces composed and arranged by Flamenco pianist Alex Conde, and later as part of the Avalon Flamenco Suite composed by renowned Flamenco guitarist Jose Luis de la Paz.

(Alex Conde performance )https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E2lNAq9kBk
(Terceto Kali) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EGfkb6JpP8
Kev Choice

Kev Choice is an Oakland native, activist, producer, composer, Emcee and musician. One of Kev’s earliest achievements was his recognition back in 2007 by the famed Lauryn Hill, who asked him to be her music director for her then upcoming international tour. Kev has worked with Dame Drummer, Too $hort, Dwele, Martin Luther, Zion I, and has opened for Mos Def, Lauryn Hill, and Robert Glasper. Kev was commissioned by the Oakland Symphony in 2017 to compose his Soul Restoration Suite, which was performed to a sold out audience at the Paramount Theater in Oakland in March 2018. He recently performed the suite this last month with The Awesöme Orchestra Collective to another sold out show in Oakland. Choice has released three solo albums, “Oakland Riviera,” “Love & Revolution,” and “88 Steps to Eternity.”

https://kevchoice.wordpress.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tiv9_GovdHY

21+ / wheelchair accessible
$15 Advance | $20 At the Door