Wendy is donating all proceeds from her song “Little Angel” to The Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT)

Wendy's “Little Angel” donation campaign

Thank you to all our musician friends who are donating their wonderful CD's to the “Little Angel” Donation Campaign. We will be auctioning them off in the future!
	Juliet Green Originally from Maui, Hawaii, Juliet Green has been a singer in the Bay Area since 1991. She moved to the mainland from the Valley Isle to study music at the University of the Pacific, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education. There, she studied classical voice with William Whitesides and choral conducting with Dr. William Dehning. Though most of her training was in the classical and musical theater tradition, she always had a foundation in jazz and knew she would eventually return to it.
	Shanna Carlson Shanna has been singing and playing in and around the Bay Area since she was twelve, starting with playing for her church and later moving on through weddings, private parties, big bands, small combos, concerts, jazz festivals, recordings, musicals and radio and TV appearances. “She has an appealing and clear voice, a strong sense of swing and at times sounds like a mix of Rosemary Clooney and Ernestine Anderson, straddling the boundary between jazz and middle-of-the-road cabaret music.”
	Ed Johnson Classical. Brazilian. R&B. Jazz. Afro-Cuban. Popular Rock and Roll. ED JOHNSON's mastery of so many different styles, coupled with a passion for harmony vocal and horn arrangements, all factor into a magical blend of vibrant, original contemporary jazz that is winning fans and airplay worldwide. Ed’s original music is evocative of Brazilian pop, but unlike anything you’ve heard before. As a vocalist, Ed Johnson is frequently compared to Ivan Lins, Milton Nascimento, Kenny Rankin, and Michael Franks. As a guitarist and bandleader, critics often cite the lushly exotic, accessible sounds of Airto and Flora Purim. Ed has seven recording projects to his credit, in addition to producer’s credits for other singer/songwriters.
	Georgi and the Rought Week With a blues influence and a rock flair, Georgi and the Rough Week have their own style and energy to be reckoned with. You'll find yourself in awe, tapping your feet or dancing & out of your seat! Georgi Sneckner-Longboya's vocals are sexy and guttural, like those of Janis Joplin and Tina Turner. Her stage presence is magnetic and she loves to take her wireless microphone out to mix things up with the audience. Lead guitar Roland Longboya brings unbelievable over the top licks, tone & nuance. A tone fanatic, Roland makes sure you feel every note. Along with the background vocals Mike Tringali on bass brings an infectious tone, thump and drive! Add to the mix, the perfect timing, rhythm, and sounds of the beat man, Dan Lewis on drums.
	Brian Bergeron Brian Bergeron is a twenty-four year-old acoustic singer-songwriter currently residing in the Bay Area. Born and raised in Massachusetts, Bergeron had spent the last 7 years establishing himself in the Northeast before uprooting himself and moving across the country. He comes to California armed with his debut full-length CD, We’ve Got To Find An Easier Way, which was released in the spring of 2009. His music is a blend of folk-rock and alt-country drawing on influences from many critical darlings and established commercial performers including: Tom Petty, Ryan Adams, Van Morrison, and The Rolling Stones.
	Kat Parra I have performed all styles of music: R&B, Motown, Blues, Top 40 and jazz. But it is Latin Jazz that calls to my soul more than anything. All these styles have brought me to the place where I now am, helping to shape my music in a much fuller way. Since I have a facility for languages, I am drawn to music from all over the world. (I sing in Spanish, Portuguese, Ladino and French.) But it is the music of the Spanish-speaking countries I most closely associate myself with. My focus is on Afro-Cuban, Afro-Peruvian, South American folklore, Sephardic music of the Spanish Jews and some Brazilian music, with a few standards thrown in for good measure. When all of these styles are combined, an amazing Jazz tapestry is created that is exciting and enthralling to listen to.
	Daria Listening to DARIA as she wraps her silky, sensuous voice around her latest tunes is like taking a drive on a summer day, cruising with the top down as the warm breeze blows through your hair, jazz flowing from radio. It's a journey that celebrates the vast richness and musical diversity of Latin and world cultures. With perfect intonation, fresh interpretation and pure musicality as her trademarks, DARIA carves a new path on her latest CD, "Feel the Rhythm" Her compelling vocals move easily between jazz, fusion, pop and world styles, seamlessly blending the sounds into a colorful, pulsating whole.
	Denny Berthiaume At the age of 5, Denny began his life long love of the piano and all things related to music. His father, a musician, teacher and composer saw to it that young Dennis was exposed to the early romantic sounds of Bach and Chopin. As well as the great American composers, Bernstein, Gershwin, Kern. An early memory while the family lived in Chicago is sitting on Arthur Fiedlers lap in the kitchen surrounded with the sounds and rhythms of the 40’s.
	Wayne Wallace “As the light on Post Street slowly started to dim, a quick glance at the San Jose Jazz Festival’s Latin Stage would have revealed a few of the same faces from John Calloway’s set earlier in the day. But the similarities between that band and Wayne Wallace’s Latin Jazz Quintet pretty much stop there. Bringing a heavy clave beat and a funky attitude, Wallace’s band made it clear from the first note that they were here to get down. NOW.”
	Kaye Bohler Sheer charm, personality and magnetism dominate this curvaceous curly-haired diva’s every performance. A True Performer! For over twenty five years Kaye has been captivating her audiences with a dynamic 3-octave-plus range of both sophisticated vocal nuances to powerhouse rawness. Kaye’s down-to-earth rapport with her fans, genuine charisma, sexy wit and energetic moves have delivered riveting performances locally, nationally as well as internationally from Japan to Alaska.
	Kristen Strom In addition to leading her own ensemble, the Kristen Strom Quintet, she is an integral part of some of the San Francisco Bay Area's leading bands. She has performed with many well-known artists, including Manhattan Transfer, Roberta Flack, Johnny Mathis, Jimmy Heath, Steve Turre, Kevin Mahogany, Michel LeGrand, the San Jose Symphony, the Temptations, Natalie Cole, The Four Tops, and the San Francisco Production Beach Blanket Babylon. In addition to her solo album, "Intention", she has recorded more than 25 CDs with various jazz and pop artists, including John Worley and Worlview, Ed Johnson and Novo Tempo, Wally Schnalle, Burning Bridges, Tim Volpicella and Gail Dobson and four albums with The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra. Her touring schedule has included performances across the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia with the Nuclear Whales and others.
	Leanne Weatherly “Leanne Weatherly is the next major voice to watch out for- she's got clarity, passion, and fun arrangements that anyone would enjoy, all wrapped up in a very bright future,” says Concord Music Group Artist Taylor Eigsti. As a result, Leanne has had the pleasure of singing with such jazz greats as Benny Green and has opened shows for legendary drummer, Louie Bellson. A member of the West Coast Songwriters Association, Leanne has made her mark in the songwriting world through appearances at concerts, open mics, on the web, and at songwriters conferences. In 2005, she won 4th place out of 700 in the American Idol web contest for best song Sunny Skies and in 2007, Leanne won a Commercial Jazz Composition grant from her local university music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon.
	Roberta Donnay Award Winning Donnay has toured for the past twenty years promoting her CDs. 2008 release "WHAT'S YOUR STORY", produced by legendary jazz producer Orrin Keepnews, features star jazz players Eric Reed, Dave Ellis, Gerald Cannon and Mark Taylor. Rainforest Records has released 6 of Donnay's CDs. "Back Before The Why", "Bohemian" and "soul reverse" earned Donnay TV and film credits including Nash Bridges, The Young & The Restless, Days Of Our Lives, One Life To Live, film Close Encounters & That's Life.. Her voice is featured on these shows & most recently heard on the CBS shows "The Unit" and "NUMB3RS" with a songs "Something Happened Last Night" and "No Easy Way To Say Goodbye" by composer Joel Evans.
	Jayme Kelly Curtis Jayme Kelly Curtis writes, records and performs an earthy blend of original "folkloric jazz" from her home base in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California. She has independently recorded and distributed three CDs of original songs that reflect a wide-range of musical interests. Equally at home in rock, blues, folk and jazz, Curtis's songs and powerful voice have won praise from listeners, press and radio stations, as well as worldwide airplay and placements in film and television. Curtis's musical life heated up with the release of her debut CD, In A Rushing Stream, in 1999. She released Sugar & Sand: A Trilogy in Three Moods in 2004. Her third CD, Mid Life Chrysalis, was released in July of 2008. As a regional artist, Curtis averages 50 or more shows a year in and around the San Francisco Bay Area.
	Bruce Burger “RebbeSoul crafts an energetic sound ...packs an eclectic armament ...from Jewish and Arabic music...RebbeSoul forges a danceable fusion defying easy categorization.” – Popmatters Burger has crafted an infectious mixture of sounds and ideas to make a post-Hassidic, pan-spiritualist electronic world-beat meditation suite. - Jerusalem Post" Multi-talented RebbeSoul seamlessly mixes international musical influences into his own unique sound. Rhythms from Eastern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East are evident as they weave and wind through rock, pop, and jazz tones." RebbeSoul's "Change The World With A Sound" hit #1 on the CMJ World Music Charts! It's been played on over 140 college radio stations!
	Jennifer Lee A provocative blend of innocence and sophistication — that’s Jennifer Lee. While presenting herself with great style and class, Jennifer maintains a warm and unpretentious demeanor, which enables her to connect deeply with her audience. "Connection is what it’s all about," says Jennifer. "Connection with my band and connection with the listener. That’s what creates the magic. The deeper the connection, the more magical the experience for everyone involved." And connect she does, with sincerity and a perpetual sense of wonder. Rooted in the straight-ahead jazz tradition, this San Francisco Bay Area-based vocalist/pianist/guitarist has developed a style all her own. With her warm, lovely voice, extraordinary musicality and hip sense of time, Jennifer brings each song uniquely to life.
	Angie Doctor A studio singer and live performer who began her career in Chicago doing commercials, voice-overs and recording projects, Angie Doctor has been a part of the Bay Area vocal music community since 1995. Angie is the soprano in Clockwork. In addition to Clockwork, her vocal work can be heard on a number of recordings including as a guest artist on Richard Bob Greene’s solo album “Low? Bottom? Me?”, and as a featured soloist with The Pacific Mozart Ensemble on the Grammy-nominated recording of Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass”, conducted by Kent Nagano. She has also been singer for music projects with Sufjan Stevens, Sweet Honey in the Rock, John Zorn, Meredith Monk, Angie is also a founding member of the Grammy-nominated PM Singers and has brought her extensive experience in solo and small-group harmony singing to workshops and festivals as a judge and clinician over the past fifteen years.
	Wally Schnalle Wally Schnalle has been playing drums well over 40 years. For the past 20 years he has been sharing his knowledge and experience with many students as a teacher but remains active as both a bandleader and as a sideman to many great Bay Area musicians. His musical engagements find him in many genres including Latin, funk, rock and blues, but the bulk of his performances are in jazz and fusion settings. His band leading experiences have resulted in the release of six CDs of original compositions. He has also been a sideman on numerous other recordings. He has been the recipient of a compositional commission from the Santa Clara University School of Music and Dance, which premiered in Santa Clara and San Francisco. Additionally for over 15 years he has been involved with DRUM! Magazine as both Music Editor and as a columnist. He also serves as a clinician for the San Jose Jazz Society and has done so for many years.
	Catherine Seidel Mezzo-soprano Catherine Seidel has performed in recent years in a broad range of musical styles, from modern classical music to jazz/art song and folk. As a regular performer with the San Francisco ensemble Adesso she has sung modern chamber music and works by living composers including John Harbison's "Mirabai Songs" and music by Bob Becker. Her most recent performances and recordings of the works of pianist/composer Denny Berthiaume include his song cycles from the poetry of ee cummings and Pablo Neruda. This collection of songs entitled "If You and I Awakening", will be released on cd by Open Path Music in December 07. She appears on several recordings of original music by the sextet Departure, as well as her own collection of songs on this label. Catherine Seidel studied voice with Carol Plantamura at UCSD, and continued vocal studies in San Francisco with Janet Parlova, Russell Norman, and Marian Marsh.