Exciting new music from:
Composer/Producer/Multi-Disciplined Performer
Live from The AmoSphere!
Save gas and stay in town Labor Day weekend for the party not to be
missed. Join us at The Boondocks Lounge Saturday, August 30th, from 9:00
to 1:00 when two-time Grammy nominee, world music award winner, former
side man with Queen Ida, O.J. Ekemode and the Nigerian Allstars, R.
Carlos Nakai, Cyril Neville of the Neville Brothers Band, Harvey Brooks
and the 17th Street Band, and all-around team player, AmoChip Dabney
brings it to The Boondocks Lounge again for an all out dance party. The
AmoSphere features local musical giants: Arthur Migliazza, piano; Danny
Krieger, guitar and vocals; Les Baxter, bass; Steve Garb, drums; Ralph
Waldt, fiddle; and Amo, saxes, bass, keyboard, guitar and vocals. A mere
$5 cover at the door transports you to The AmoSphere!
AmoChip has
recorded over 25 albums with artists ranging
from 1994 Grammy award finalist R. Carlos Nakai, known for his native
American flute music, to West Coast, African JuJu Music featuring the
blazing saxophone of Afro pop band leader O.J. Ekemode and his Nigerian
Allstars.
Amo
has performed with a diverse variety of headliners since
1967, like
Sun Ra and his Omniverse Arkestra, and Zydeco's
Queen Ida. The 1998 Canyon Records release by the R.
Carlos Nakai Quartet, "Big Medicine"
was nominated for a 1999 Grammy
! Their new release, "Ancient Future", hit the streets Jan. 2000. "Escape
From Newark" [Sound
bites]: Takes the listener on a thought provoking
instrumental journey. Born in Washington DC, raised primarily in Newark,
NJ., Amo details his escape with a tonal portrait leaving nothing to
wonder. It's all there! "So Many
Ways" [Sound
bites]: an aural excursion that defies predictability.
Encompassing a variety of musical genres, AmoChip's first solo
effort is as eclectic as his own 25-plus years of musical existence. |