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Afro Funké
WEEKLY FUNK INVOCATION

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Afrobeat, Brazilian, Dub, Reggae, Cumbia, Samba Disco, Batucada, Afro-Latin House, Indian Beats, Makossa & other deep-rooted Funk music from around the world
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December 9 , 2010
AFRO FUNKE' LIVE PRESENTS

live performance by:
QUETZAL GUERRERO
Arizona Native, Quetzal Guerrero, whose name means "precious feather" in the ancient Aztec-Nahuatl language, began his musical explorations at the age of four. As a child, he studied classical violin at the famous Suzuki International Institute in Matsumoto, Japan as well as at the Conservatorio Pernambucuano de Musica in Recife, Brazil. Through the years he has become an outstanding multi-instrumentalist and performer, fluid with his voice, violin, guitar, and percussion.

Quetzal's art, much like his Native American, Mexican and Brazilian heritage, bridges many cultures and styles. The result is both familiar and fresh to the listener, offering an unassuming yet explorative convergence of styles and influences spanning, but not limited to Soul, Jazz, Brazilian, Salsa and Yoruba music. A consummate and electrifying performer, Quetzal exhudes a brilliance that is both precious and rare.
www.qviolin.com/

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listening party w/ giveaways 9-10pm:
EBO TAYLOR
"Love & Death"
Strut link up with one of the true greats of Ghanaian music, Ebo Taylor, for his first ever internationally releasedstudio album. Following the wartime big band highlife pioneers like E.T. Mensah, Taylor became a major figure inGhanaian highlife during the 1950s and ’60s as highlife exploded. Cutting his teeth with leading big bands like Stargazersand Broadway Dance Band, Ebo Taylor quickly rose through the ranks and became a prolific composer and frontman.

Taylor moved to London in 1962 to study.

“I had the Black Star Highlife Band sponsored by the Ghanaian HighCommission, mainly comprising music students. We tried to incorporate jazz into highlife and progressed through talking and through jam sessions, trying to develop our skills and ideas.”

Back in Ghana, Taylor became an in-house arranger and producer for labels like Essiebons, working with otherleading Ghanaian stars including C.K. Mann and Pat Thomas.

“I was paid to write for them and we made some greatrecords. People were trying new things – I always loved C.K. Mann’s ’Funky Highlife’. It was fresh.“

Through themid-‘70s and into the ‘80s, Taylor then recorded a number of solo projects, exploring unique fusions andborrowing elements from traditional Ghanaian sounds, Fela’s Afrobeat, jazz, soul and funk. Tracks like ‘Heaven’ now stand as among the best Ghanaian Afrobeat of the era.

Now 74 years-old, Ebo Taylor’s music has become increasingly in-demand in recent years with a series of Ghanaian compilations on Soundway Records and Analog Africa and an unexpected sample as Usher lifted a riff from ‘Heaven’ for his hit with Ludacris, ‘She Don’t Know’. A new Ebo Taylor album was a natural progression.

“For the new album, I wanted to advance the cause of Afrobeat music. Fela started it and we shouldn’t just abandon it. We should push it so it is a standard form of music.“

The result is a firing new set backed by Afrobeat Academy, a Berlin-based collective featuring members of Poets Of Rhythm, Kabu Kabu (Jimi Tenor collaborators) and Ghanaian legends Marijata. Tracks include new versions of Taylor classics ‘Victory’ and ‘Love And Death’ and a selection of new compositions including ‘Kwame’,celebrating Ghana’s late, lamented leader Kwame Nkrumah.
www.strut-records.com

resident deejay:
JEREMY SOLE
www.kcrw.com/jeremysole
www.myspace.com/musaics
www.twitter.com/jeremysole
www.blip.fm/jeremysole

resident deejay:
GLENN RED
www.myspace.com/glenn_red

hosted by:
ROCKY DAWUNI
*NEW album "Hymns for the Rebel Soul" on ITunes!
www.rockydawuni.com
www.rockpaperscissors.biz/go/rocky
www.giantstep.net/releases/2551
www.facebook.com/rockydawuni

afro funke' booking, photography & production:
CARY SULLIVAN
afrofunke@yahoo.com
www.myspace.com/carysullivan
www.facebook.com/afrofunke

++Plus special surprise guests each week!++
Plus drink specials every Thursday!
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Afro Funke' Thursdays
Zanzibar
1301 5th Street @ Arizona
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310.451.2221 / 21+ (EVERYONE must have ID)
9pm - 2am / $10
www.zanzibarlive.com
www.myspace.com/afrofunke
www.afrofunke.com
www.knittingfactoryrecords.com/artists/fela-kuti

*AFRO FUNKE' is now on Twitter! Please follow us!!
www.twitter.com/afrofunke
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UPCOMING:
December 16 , 2010
guest deejay:
OBAH(NYC)
www.djobah.com
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dance class 9-10pm:
CLUB ZUMBA
www.clubzumba.com