Gemini Soul featuring Ajamu Akinyele “Live" on WLTV
Saturday - December 16, 2006 @ 1 PM
Tuesday - December 19, 2006 @ 6 PM
Saturday - December 23, 2006 @ 1 PM
Tuesday - December 26, 2006 @ 6 PM
WLTV Channel 26 (Comcast Cable)
Broadcasting Area: Oakland, CA; Emeryville, CA; and Piedmont, CA
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 on WLTV Channel 26 (Comcast Cable) Broadcast Area: Oakland, CA; Emeryville, CA; and Piedmont, CA on Saturday - December 16th & 23rd at 1 PM and Tuesday - December 19th & 26th at 6 PM. Don't miss this Cyber Jazz Experience, as you'll find out who this bay area Cyber Jazz recording artist/bassist/producer really is and what Cyber Jazz means!
WLTV is a full service television production company that airs every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday on Channel 26 (Comcast Cable) in the Oakland, Emeryville, and Piedmont California areas reaching over 100,000 viewers.
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 major and independent radio stations around the world. His music was featured on the hit television show Girlfriends on the CW Network in the Bay Area, but who is the man behind the music? Meet producer/bassist/keyboardist/pianist/label owner 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. 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. 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 Dave Brubeck; 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, The Sonoma County Harvest Fair, The View Lounge atop of the Marriott Hotel in downtown San Francisco and etc...Gemini Soul w/ 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 pop funk jazz 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 other major online music retailers.
Media Contact:
Pearl Jazz Recording Label; [email protected]
WLTV; 510-466-5824; [email protected]
“Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience" CD Artwork by Brin Levinson www.brinlevinson.com
For more information contact All About Jazz.
