FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cyber Jazz recording artists Gemini Soul f/ Ajamu Akinyele November 2006 Tour Dates
Gemini Soul f/ Ajamu Akinyele "Live"
Friday - November 3, 2006 @ 8 PM
Pachanga Restaurant & Bar
825 Sutter Street
Folsom, CA 95630
916-351-5888
Saturday, November 4, 2006 @ 8 PM
Nina's Dessert Cafe
6815 Lonetree Blvd.
Rocklin, CA 95765
916-781-6462
Friday - November 10, 2006 @ 6:30 PM
Saturday - November 25, 2006 @ 6:30 PM
Shelby's
2 Theatre Square
Orinda, CA 94563
925-254-9687
Saturday - November 11, 2006 @ 8 PM
Simple Pleasures Cafe
3434 Balboa Street
San Francisco, CA 94121
415-387-4022
Friday - November 17, 2006 @ 9 PM
View Lounge @ the Marriott
55 Fourth Street, 39th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-896-1600
Saturday - November 18, 2006 @ 12 PM
Santana Row
368 Santana Row (Across from the Left Bankk Restaurant)
San Jose, CA 95128
408-551-4611
Cyber Jazz recording artists
Ajamu Akinyele, pronounced
Ah-jah-moo + Ah-kin-yay-lay, and
Jon O’Bergh will be performing their eclectic blend of smooth jazz - funk fusion as
Gemini Soul the month of November 2006.
You’ve heard the buzz about his latest CD
“Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience,” predicted to be one of
“The Best Independent Jazz Album's of 2006,” from music critics around the world. You’ve seen the amazing album cover. You've seen him on the morning television show
Sacramento & Co., broadcasted on ABC. You’ve heard his music on
89.5 KPOO,
103.7 KKSF,
96.5 KNOZ and
91.1 KCSM. His music was featured on the hit television show
Girlfriends broadcasted on the CW Network in the bay area, but who is the man behind the music? Meet producer-bassist and one half of the dynamic duo
“Gemini Soul,” Andre Marcel Ajamu Akinyele, pronounced
Ah-jah-moo + Ah-kin-yay-lay.
Ajamu Akinyele has a new double CD out titled
“Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience” released earlier this year on his own recording label Pearl Jazz. As MARCEL, he released five CD’s ranging from Funk to World, but as Ajamu Akinyele, embarked on his first cyber jazz release titled
“Supernova” in 2005. Ajamu Akinyele is originally from the San Francisco bay area and resides in Noe Valley, a section of San Francisco, with his music collaborator, and the other half of
Gemini Soul Jon O’Bergh. They met in 2002 and have been writing and performing together ever since.
Jon O’Bergh plays keyboard and piano with a combination of sequenced music to add a “Live” feel to the overall performance, i.e.
Herbie Hancock,
Tori Amos, and
Sweetback (Sade's Band); while Ajamu Akinyele plays bass laying down pure funk, i.e.
Prince,
Stanley Clarke,
Marcus Miller, and
MeShell Ndegeocello creating a unique and identifiable sound called
“Cyber-Jazz,” which is a blend of smooth jazz-funk fusion.
"Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience" has been labeled
"Musically stunning & captivating" by his peers.
Jazz Improv Magazine calls
"Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience"...
Creative & Entrancing;
The Sacramento Cultural Hub Magazine calls it...
Outstanding;
JazzReview.com says...
This duo proves to be the perfect formula for a winning endeavor; while
San Diego City Beat says...
Ajamu gets down for the funk of it. With reviews and performances at such venues as
Borders Books & Music,
Santana Row,
The Bubble Lounge,
The Monterey Bay Summer Festival,
The Napa Summer Concert Series, and etc...
Gemini Soul f/ Ajamu Akinyele are well on their way.
Ajamu Akinyele’s style of music has been compared to the smooth sounds of
Sade, the laidback grooves of bassist
MeShell Ndegeocello, the funkiness of Pop Icon
Prince, and the fusion of
Miles Davis. Ajamu Akinyele states
“My overall goal is to introduce my music to all generations and to all ethnic backgrounds in support of jazz of all genres, trying to unite us as a people of one nation under a groove through cyber jazz.”
Hear what critics are saying:
www.ajamu.net/press.html
“Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience” the new double CD from
Ajamu Akinyele is available at:
CDBaby.com,
Amazon.com,
I-Tunes, and various other major online retailers.
Media Contact:
Pearl Jazz Recording Label;
pearljazz@excite.com
For more information access:
www.ajamu.net and
www.purevolume.com/ajamuakinyele
Gemini Soul Website:
www.obergh.net/gemini.html (Inlcudes "Live" Audio Tracks)
“Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience” CD Artwork by Brin Levinson
www.brinlevinson.com
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