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Tony Lindsay Band with Special

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For Immediate Release

Tony Lindsay Band
with Special Guest Chris Cain

To Play Yoshi's San Francisco, 9/20

San Francisco, CA (August 23, 2009) After 18 years as the lead vocalist for Santana, Tony Lindsay has garnered 11 Grammy awards, traveled on several world tours and recorded on seven CDs: Milagro (1992), Supernatural (1999), Shaman (2002), Ceremony (2003) and Food for Thought (2004), Ultimate Santana (2007) and Multi-Dimensional Warrior (2008). Their current tour involves Santana's First Rock Residency: an exclusive two-year deal for 36 shows with AEG at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino's concert hall "The Joint," which began May 27, 2009. When not on tour with Santana, Lindsay continues to perform at various local venues and festivals. He makes his debut at Yoshi's San Francisco on Sunday, September 20 as: Tony Lindsay Band with Special Guest Chris Cain.

Tony Lindsay also has quite an impressive curriculum vitae as songwriter: "Don't Be Late For Love" (The Whispers), "Look What We'd Have If You Were Mine" (Tevin Campbell), "Can't Get Over Your Love" (Howard Hewitt), "Just Because" (Nikita Germain) and various tracks for Johnny Gill, Howard Hewitt, Mica Paris, Shanice, Diatra Hicks, Jay Spencer and Diana Ross; background vocalist: "Everyday People" (Aretha Franklin), "Emotionally Yours" (O'Jays), "Glad To Be Alive" (Teddy Pendegrass), "Heaven and Earth" (Al Jarreau), "Passion," "Tango In Paris" (Regina Bell), "It's Supposed To Be Fun" (Lou Rawls), "People Make The World Go Round" (Marc Dorsey from the Spike Lee movie soundtrack Crooklyn), "Many Rivers To Cross" (Oletta Adams from the movie soundtrack Jason's Lyric), "Voyages" (Elliot Lewis), "Junction Seven" (Steve Winwood), "New World Order" (Curtis Mayfield), VH1 1997 Video Honors Award (Stevie Wonder, Steve Winwood, Chaka Khan, James Taylor, The Williams Brothers and George Michael) and Patti Austin & James Ingram under the direction of Quincy Jones and 18-piece orchestra, along with Jerry Hey for the Dick Clark Productions and the Lexus Corporation; jingle writer: various Taco Bell commercials, Gain, Northern California Chevrolet Dealers, Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing, El Pollo Loco, Hot Wheels, Long John Silvers, Pine-Sol, Jelly Belly, Wendy's, Mazda (national) Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Old Milwaukee Beer (national), Armor All, Dreyers Grand Ice Cream, Matchbox and St Joseph Aspirin; and solo recording artist: Different Moods (1995), The Message is Love (1997) and his current self-titled project Tony Lindsay (2005).

In 1980, Lindsay arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area from Kingston, New York, and continues to perform with the first band he formed Spangalang, who have opened for Curtis Mayfield, Tower of Power, Gerald Albright, Jr. Walker and the Average White Band. He is one of four singers who travels with "Dancing with the Stars," the road tour version of the popular TV Dance show, which began in 2005. Lindsay has joined three of the four seasons (he was on tour with Santana during 2007).

Joining Lindsay is blues guitarist Chris Cain, who is a self-taught instrumentalist: guitar, piano, bass, clarinet, alto sax and tenor sax. His jazz-tinged, blues soaked guitar and deep, warm vocals have the maturity and authenticity of blues men many years his senior. His expressive style is the result of a lifetime of study and the relentless pursuit of music mastery. His passion and intensity are a blend of his mother's Greek ancestry and his father's soulful black heritage. Cain was raised on stories of his father's childhood upbringing on Memphis' Historic Beale Street and attended his first B.B. King concert at the tender age of three. Blues music played continuously on the home stereo and family outings were often trips to concerts. Lindsay says that when Ray Charles passed away, Cain called him, set the phone down and just played. Lindsay listened until the song was over. Cain picked up the phone and said, "That's all I wanted to say, man," then hung up. The Yoshi's San Francisco performance will no doubt include some blues tracks.

Sunday, September 20, 2009
7:00 PM (75-minute show)
All ages
$14 / $18 (day of show)
Yoshi's San Francisco
1330 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
415.655.5600
www.yoshis.com

Tony Lindsay (vocals)
Chris Cain (guitar)
Darian Gray (drums)
Myron Dove (bass)
John R. Burr (keys)
Ken Harrill (guitar)

Photo Credits:
Dave Lapori (top)
Chris Cain Press Photo (bottom)

Website:
www.tonylindsay.com
www.chriscain.cc/

Media Contact:
JFM Presents, LLC
Lisa Bautista, Executive Director
510.967.1109
jfmpresents@gmail.com
www.jfmpresents.com

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Behind The Scenes with JFM Presents and Mitch Marcus…

August 3, 2009

Saxophonist Mitch Marcus has not missed a beat since he moved back to the East Coast in late June. He just performed at Small's in New York City on July 24 and is winding up his newest project. Countdown to Meltdown, scheduled for release on August 18 by Jazzcubed, an independent label founded by longtime Producer/Engineer Stephen Barncard (Tubes, Grateful Dead, Crosby, Stills, and Nash) is Marcus' third CD following Entropious (2002) and The Special (2007). Marcus will be back on the West Coast August 17-24 for rehearsals and performances, including the official CD release party at Yoshi's San Francisco, August 24.

Music Critic Jim Harrington says, "Mitch Marcus is a busy man. The Berkeley-based jazz saxophonist, who is also handy on the keyboards, performs in more ensembles than there are nights of the week. What's really amazing, however, is the wide range of styles represented in those bands." (Oakland Tribune, May 2008).

While at Indiana University, Marcus met alto sax man Sylvain Carton, who is the founder/mastermind behind the Japonize Elephants (hard-core gypsy circus bluegrass klezmer pirate clown music), which was formed in 1996. That was the first band where Marcus and Carton performed together. In 1998, Marcus moved to The Bay Area, Carton soon thereafter, and the Mitch Marcus Quintet was formed in 1999.

From 1999 to 2004, Marcus has performed and toured with Mood Food, featuring Vince Welnick of the Grateful Dead (groove/funky jazz). The band has more recently morphed into a similar style group called Stanley. In 2004, Marcus received a Subito Grant from The American Composers Forum and formed Mitch Marcus Quintet + 13 Big Band, which made its debut at Yoshi's Oakland (Sep 2005). Most recently, de Young Museum of San Francisco commissioned Marcus to write a composition about a piece of art in their permanent collection for the MMQ+13.

During 2005-2006, Marcus joined Donovan (60s icon touring band), the Matt Small Chamber Ensemble (avant-garde/classical/funk band, whose debut gig was at Carnegie Hall), the Nathan Clevenger Group (jazz/country band, who recently recorded a CD), Aphrodesia (Afro-beat, whose next performance is August 21) and straight-ahead jazz band Ben Adams Quintet (it was through Adams that Marcus came to record with legendary trombonist Grachan Moncur III).

About two years ago, Marcus began playing with The Shotgun Wedding Hiphop Symphony, and other branches of Adam Theis, specifically the Shotgun Wedding Quintet and Realistic Orchestra.

Since 2003, Marcus has performed the National Anthem for the Oakland Athletics and Golden State Warriors. He has written music in a romantic/classical style for COUNTERPOINTe (his wife Sarah's dance company) and led a jam session every Wednesday at Amnesia in San Francisco for five and a half years.

JFM Presents: Circa 2006 was the first time I heard you perform with the Ben Adams Quintet @ the now defunct Jazz at Pearl’s. You made quite an impression on me, and I remember asking Ben about you after the gig. I booked a few more gigs for Ben thereafter, but had not met you until last spring at the SFJAZZ master series. I booked a saxophone tribute series at the Jazzschool, and Cory Combs, SFJAZZ Director of Education, contacted me to book the same artists for his series. To my surprise, you played piano and Sameer Gupta played drums!

Name all the instruments you play, which one is your favorite, and why.

Mitch Marcus: Saxophones (primarily tenor and alto, though bari and soprano on occasion as well), clarinet, piano, keyboards (primarily fender Rhodes and Hammond b-3 organ), flute. Hard to say the favorite because part of what keeps them all fresh for me is the variety. When I’m playing a lot of saxophone I crave the piano and vice-versa.   I’ve been playing clarinet the longest and have recently dove back in head-first, revisiting the classical repertoire. In some groups that I play in, including Donovan, Stanley, and Shotgun Wedding Quintet I regularly double with keys and sax which I particularly enjoy doing.

JFM Presents: You recently moved back home to the East Coast and just had your first gig at Smalls in NYC on Friday, July 24. After having spent the past 11 years in the Bay Area, what was that experience like for you? Specifically, how would you say the East Coast differs from the West Coast music scene?

Mitch Marcus: We actually have been playing on and off in NY for the last 4 years. We’ve done a few gigs at the 55 bar and this was our 4th time playing at Smalls. I’ve always loved playing in NY and am very excited about living here again. As far as the differences between west coast and east coast music scene the one thing that hits me right off the bat is that the east coast fosters the scene a lot more. Clubs have regular audiences and even when clubs close down, new ones pop up. The city’s night-life actually revolves around the music scene in a way that I’ve not seen any where else.

JFM Presents: You spearheaded and hosted jazz sessions at Amnesia for five and a half years. What were the two most memorable experiences, one good, one bad?

Mitch Marcus: I never would have thought I’d have enjoyed running a session as much as I did. It was Sol Crawford’s and Shawn McGee’s brainchild. When they approached me about running it, my main thing was to have it be different from a lot of sessions I’d known in the past. I was never into the cutthroat, heavy vibing kind of thing. This was gonna be a no sign up list, just “come talk to me and we’ll get you up on stage” thing. I tried to avoid too many people onstage at the same time that way it’s not just a horn fest and everybody’s involved; the rhythm section can have more fun and be more than just a metronome or play-along cd!
    I’ve met more people than I could’ve imagined through running The MM Session. Every week there were new faces along with familiar ones and every week was musically stimulating in some fashion. Mike Abraham and I really formed a bond through running it. Since he started doing the session with me, we’ve collaborated on more projects than I could count. I’m thrilled that he’s decided to take over leading it.   It’s all about the music. Amnesia’s a great spot and has helped turned this into one of the best hangouts in the city.

JFM Presents: Your discography includes: <<Entropious>> (2002), <<The Special>> (2007) and your forthcoming release <<Countdown to Meltdown,>> which is due August 18. While I have not heard your debut CD, I would classify <<The Special>> and <<Countdown to Meltdown>> as straight-ahead jazz. Since your tracks are original compositions, what artists have influenced you the most?

Mitch Marcus: I’m always a bit hesitant to call our music straight ahead jazz only because it incorporates so much more and can actually be a little bit limiting for what we’re doing. The MMQ style draws heavily upon some straight ahead influence but also has elements of Rock, Classical, mixed meter groove, collective improvisation, Country/Bluegrass, middle eastern, even Surf!

A lot of our music is through composed in the way you’d write for larger ensembles such as big-band or orchestra. In that sense it’s no surprise that some of both mine and Sylvain’s heroes are Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Sergei Prokofiev, David Baker, Igor Stravinsky, Dmitri Shostakovich, Richard Wagner, Wayne Shorter, Ween, Zappa, Steely Dan, Grateful Dead, Nat Cole, Lester Young, Bill Monroe, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Giuseppe Verdi, Ornette Coleman, Dr. Ralph Stanley, Art Blakey, and so much more!

JFM Presents: Finally, most Bay Area jazz musicians, aficionados and the media are familiar with saxophonist Mitch Marcus. What would make someone unfamiliar with you and your style of music come out to the CD Release of “Countdown to Meltdown>>?

Mitch Marcus: To see that original music is alive and well in Jazz! As much as we draw on our influences, we like to feel that we’re constantly pushing ahead. The MMQ in the “Jazz” world in that we all write for the band and help shape it’s sound. It is not an all-star collective; it is a “band.” This distinction is considerably more common in the world of rock ‘n’ roll (which we all have roots in as well)(((possibly a superfluous sentence))) but has most definitely contributed to the overall vibe and sound of the group. We have a lot of fun playing with each other and I think this comes out in the music. While there’s a heavy intensity embedded in it there’s always some underlying humor as well.˚

Countdown to Meltdown
(Street Date: August 18, 2009)
Available at CD Baby & Amazon

Mitch Marcus (tenor saxophone)
Sylvain Carton (alto-soprano saxophones)
George Ban-Weiss (bass)
Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
Mike Abraham (guitar).

Mitch Marcus Quintet
Monday, Aug 24th at 8 and 10 P.M.
$10 / $12 (day of show)
Yoshi's San Francisco
1330 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Box Office: 415.655.5600
http://yoshis.com/sanfrancisco/jazzclub/artistpopup?showid=798

Photo credit: Stephen Barncard
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From: LisaBautista

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2340 Powell Street #144, Emeryville, CA 94608
510.967.1109 / jfmpresents@gmail.com
www.jfmpresents.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 30, 2009

Saxophonist Mitch Marcus New CD "Countdown to Meltdown" On The Jazzcubed Label, Due August 18

Mitch Marcus Quintet To Appear At Yoshi's San Franciso, August 24

Saxophonist Mitch Marcus has not missed a beat since he moved back to the East Coast in late June. He just performed at Small's in New York City on July 24 and is winding up his newest project. Countdown to Meltdown, scheduled for release on August 18 by Jazzcubed, an independent label founded by longtime Producer/Engineer Stephen Barncard (Tubes, Grateful Dead, Crosby, Stills, and Nash) is Marcus' third CD following Entropious (2002) and The Special (2007). Marcus will be back on the West Coast August 17-24 for rehearsals and performances, including the official CD release party at Yoshi's San Francisco, August 24.

Mitch Marcus Quintet

Photo credit: Stephen Barncard
(l-r: George Ban-Weiss, Sylvain Carton, Mike Abraham, Tomas Fujiwara and Mitch Marcus)

Music Critic Jim Harrington says, "Mitch Marcus is a busy man. The Berkeley-based jazz saxophonist, who is also handy on the keyboards, performs in more ensembles than there are nights of the week. What's really amazing, however, is the wide range of styles represented in those bands." (Oakland Tribune, May 2008).

While at Indiana University, Marcus met alto sax man Sylvain Carton, who is the founder/mastermind behind the Japonize Elephants (hard-core gypsy circus bluegrass klezmer pirate clown music), which was formed in 1996. That was the first band where Marcus and Carton performed together. In 1998, Marcus moved to The Bay Area, Carton soon thereafter, and the Mitch Marcus Quintet was formed in 1999.

From 1999 to 2004, Marcus has performed and toured with Mood Food, featuring Vince Welnick of the Grateful Dead (groove/funky jazz). The band has more recently morphed into a similar style group called Stanley. In 2004, Marcus received a Subito Grant from The American Composers Forum and formed Mitch Marcus Quintet + 13 Big Band, which made its debut at Yoshi's Oakland (Sep 2005). Most recently, de Young Museum of San Francisco commissioned Marcus to write a composition about a piece of art in their permanent collection for the MMQ+13.

During 2005-2006, Marcus joined Donovan (60s icon touring band), the Matt Small Chamber Ensemble (avant-garde/classical/funk band, whose debut gig was at Carnegie Hall), the Nathan Clevenger Group (jazz/country band, who recently recorded a CD), Aphrodesia (Afro-beat, whose next performance is August 21) and straight-ahead jazz band Ben Adams Quintet (it was through Adams that Marcus came to record with legendary trombonist Grachan Moncur III).

About two years ago, Marcus began playing with The Shotgun Wedding Hiphop Symphony, and other branches of Adam Theis, specifically the Shotgun Wedding Quintet and Realistic Orchestra.

Since 2003, Marcus has performed the National Anthem for the Oakland Athletics and Golden State Warriors. He has written music in a romantic/classical style for COUNTERPOINTe (his wife Sarah's dance company) and led a jam session every Wednesday at Amnesia in San Francisco for five and a half years.

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"Coffee and Cones: This composition has been in the band's repertoire for several years but is the first time we have recorded it for an album. This tune has changed quite a bit since the inception of the MMQ+13. We have taken some of the Big Band arrangement and infused it into the combo group. It has become a kind of theme song for the Quintet." ~Marcus

"A Lament: A dirge-like, free improv, but through-composed melodic ballad. This song is a departure from what we normally do because the solo section is completely improvised by the entire band. Also on this recording, we feature one of our favorite trumpet players, Darrin Johnston. This tune was inspired by the potential loss of the Oakland A's to Fremont!" ~Marcus

"HH: One of the more straight-ahead tunes on the album. It has a modal style on the A sections which are a bit tricky because it has a 9-bar structure instead of the 'traditional' 8-bar, but swinging on the bridge. It is inspired by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and a tribute to our friend and regular member of the MMQ+13, the great trumpet player Henry Hung. This song also features vocal wizard Lorin Benedict." ~Marcus

"Countdown to Meltdown: This is one of the more complex tunes on the album; built around a mix-meter vamp at a brisk tempo. Firing right out of the gates, this one is high energy all the way through. Drummer Tomas Fujiwara provides the perfect and insistent pulse underneath. It includes a short snippet of John Coltrane's Countdown during the guitar solo and the song peaks at the 'meltdown' before re-capping the melody. This tune is inspired and dedicated to my son Luke. Written when he was only a few months old, when you were never far from a countdown to meltdown!" ~Marcus

"Jimmy's Delight: This is an odd-metered, groove-based tune veiled behind a curtain of counterpunctal lines between the rhythms section and the horns. This tune features a guitar solo over the 5/4 vamp and an alto sax solo over the form of the melody, driving the tune back to the final reprise of the melody. ~Carton

"Ron and The Machete: Inspired by an old neighbor, this modal tune incorporates the hijaz scale as the harmonic foundation. The melody is through-composed over a groove, with alternating bars of 2/4 and 3/4. The solo section opens up into 4/4 in groups of three measures, creating an unpredictable and interesting harmonic and rhythmic phrasing. ~Carton

"Selection Varies, Some Items May Not: One of the oldest tunes in the MMQ repertoire, Selection Varies 'varies' between a straight eighth Latin feel on the 'A' sections and fast swing on the bridge. This tune provides a great framework within which the MMQ's versatile approach to improvising shines. ~Carton

"Wonton: This tune was written after listening to many Ethiopiques recordings. The rhythm section holds a steady vamp under a unison saxophone melody, breaking into a quadruple-time hardbop/ surf-metal bridge. The solo section features intricate interplay between both alto and tenor saxophones." ~Carton

"Albatross: Written off-hand in the minutes before a pickup gig at the eponymous pub in Berkeley, The Albatross recalls the swooping highs and careening lows of avian life at sea. As the stalwart omen abides, so doth the listener emerge from the fog- shrouded abyss. ~Abraham

"Tron McCain: created in the anticipatory dread of a possible McCain presidency, takes the listener to a world in which robotic technology has extended the domain and powers (ie. rocket hands, bionic eye) of the dreaded ruler. The swinging jazz beat, however, maintains the hope that small (yet gathering) resistance factions might still depose McCain and restore world order." ~Abraham

The Mitch Marcus Quintet is Mitch Marcus (tenor saxophone), Sylvain Carton (alto-soprano saxophones), George Ban-Weiss (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums) and Mike Abraham (guitar). Note: Drummers Ches Smith and Jeff Marrs also perform with the band.

"My longtime Producer/Engineer Stephen Barncard started the label Jazzcubed in support of original Bay Area music, and he has been integral to my success." 

Yoshi's San Francisco
Monday, Aug 24th at 8 and 10 P.M.
1330 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
$10 / $12 (day of show)
yoshis.com

Countdown to Meltdown
(Street Date: August 18, 2009)
Available at CD Baby & Amazon

mitchmarcusmusic.com

Media Contact:
Lisa Bautista
510.967.1109
jfmpresents@gmail.com

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