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Vote for Marina and the Dreamboats for “NW Acoustic Ensemble of the Year” from Earshot Jazz
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Once again, Marina is up for an award from the Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards. Back in 2017, she won “Emerging Artist of the Year”. Now, her soul jazz group, Marina and the Dreamboats, is in the running for “NW Acoustic Jazz Ensemble of the Year”. All you need to vote is an email address, and your information is protected. Please vote!
Aham Oluo’s “Susan” at Seattle’s Paramount Theater on April 11, 2020
Marina has been apart of the outstanding show “Susan” for over a year. The show has already traveled to Portland, OR, NYC and College Park, MD. Shows in LA and Sarasota, FL are in the works for this year.
On January 12, 2020, the New York Times said:
“This latest offering was written by Oluo and his wife, the essayist Lindy West, and belongs to his signature genre: the standup jazz memoir.
...[Aham] delivers personal anecdotes with stealth punch lines that are sandwiched among original compositions. Gleaming with stratospheric brass and propulsive melody, the numbers are performed by a crackerjack seven-piece band (including Oluo on trumpet) and two vocalists (okanomode and Tiffany Wilson).”
Other band members include: Skerik on tenor sax, Marina Albero on keys, D’Vonne Lewis on drums, Jerome Smith on trombone/sousaphone and Jason Cressey on trombone.
On January 12, 2020, the New York Times said:
“This latest offering was written by Oluo and his wife, the essayist Lindy West, and belongs to his signature genre: the standup jazz memoir.
...[Aham] delivers personal anecdotes with stealth punch lines that are sandwiched among original compositions. Gleaming with stratospheric brass and propulsive melody, the numbers are performed by a crackerjack seven-piece band (including Oluo on trumpet) and two vocalists (okanomode and Tiffany Wilson).”
Other band members include: Skerik on tenor sax, Marina Albero on keys, D’Vonne Lewis on drums, Jerome Smith on trombone/sousaphone and Jason Cressey on trombone.
Marina and the Dreamboats Grand Prize Winners of 2019 Hard Rock Seattle Battle of the Bands!
Recording Project to Benefit Central Branch Preschool
Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) has brought together a talented crew of parents, teachers and pro musicians for a video project to raise awareness to the Central Branch Preschool in the Mount Baker neighborhood of Seattle.
Stanton Moore, Skerik, Stone Gossard, Marina Christopher, Daniel Pak, and other teachers and parents at Studio Litho
New album in the works!
I've been in the studio finally recording the covers so many of you look for on the track listing of my CDs. Check out this take of one tune:
Special Mention for Marina at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley!
On Monday March 19th, Marina performed as a finalist in the 14th Annual Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist Audition at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley. She performed "Old Man River" with Jeremy Bacon on piano, and "Love You Madly" while accompanying herself on bass. The audition only picks a winner, and a special mention, so we're going to go ahead and call that 2nd place!
Latest recording: "Old Man River" by Jerome Kern
Marina Christopher, bass and vocals
Jeremy Bacon, piano
Christopher Patin, drums
Recorded January 16, 2018 by Jason Shavey at Synergy Productions in Seattle, WA
Jeremy Bacon, piano
Christopher Patin, drums
Recorded January 16, 2018 by Jason Shavey at Synergy Productions in Seattle, WA
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