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Back to our favorite joint and stomping ground in Venice!
With guest singer Dave Uselton and new trombone player, James McGovern
Our third time back to this annual event. Love it!
Back to VBB! Woo Hoo. Got some new toonz for y'all!
Back to VBB! Awesome
Antonia and Gerald have some new material and special guest, McCrea Adams on keys!
We're going to start featuring Antonia's fantastic singing...starting...NOW!
We played at a 5K fund-raiser for the LAX Coastal Education Foundation
We always have a great time here and we're looking forward to returning with our new trumpet player, Antonia!
We always have a great time here and we're looking forward to returning with some great new material!
Gonna be a funky good time returning to Joxer Daly's'!
We always have a great time here and we're looking forward to returning with some great new material!
Once again, we're back at our favorite watering hole in Venice; Gonna be a blast!
One of our favorite places to play; looking forward to being back!
We had a great time here in August and we're looking forward to coming back.!
Celebrate the clinic's GRAND OPENING with food, snacks & beverages!
We've looking forward to heading back to the Venice Beach Bar for a few months now. Always a great time there!
Our first trip to this legendary west-side watering hole. They've got a new stage and PA; it'll be a gas!
New group of folks in Malibu
Same party we did in '17'
Rumor has it celebrities will be in attendance :)
We're doing the very same gig that we did last summer...unfortunately it's not open to the public.
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The members of Absoulute have been playing around southern California individually and in groups for many, many years. We're about making great dancing/partying/listening music featuring our horn section. If you can sit in one place during one of our shows, contact your family physician immediately--there's something wrong with you! We're focused on the real deal -- old school soul, funk, rhythm & blues with a touch of jazz or rock...as long as it's got some soul!
A native of New York City by way of Washington DC and keyboardist since childhood, Al's early influences, like the Beatles, evolved as the years passed. He eventually discovered jazz and emersed himself in it through his college years.
Al achieved a degree of success with his DC-area progressive reggae band The Lionhearts. Moving back to New York in the 90's to raise a family, Al went on to lead local jazz trio 3AM and worked as a pianist with various local jazz artists like Frank Lowe (Alice Coltrane, Don Cherry) and Michael Marcus (Don Sickler).
In '97, Al moved to Los Angeles, Al quickly became involved with many great local musicians playing jazz, funk, rock and fusion. He took a gig with the Engelbert Humperdinck band in 2015, and toured the United States and Canada. Al has subsequently continued playing a wide variety of music throughout the LA area.
After earning his BA in Music, Bob began playing with the 101st Airborne Division Band in Vietnam 1967-68. After returning home, Bob played around New Orleans. Bob moved to Los Angeles in 1970 and worked in the music biz for 10 years playing and arranging music. He played with the group, Spiral Staircase, which had a hit record, "I Love You More Today Than Yesterday". He later left to go on tour with a 27 piece orchestra in the production of "The Jesus Christ Superstar Show". Bob later worked with the Wolfman Jack's' management company and wrote an oldies rock & roll show called, "Wolfman Jack - I Saw Radio". Bob toured with that same show and performed in So Cal and around the country in a wide variety of venues.
Bob has continued playing and writing on a regular basis with several Los Angeles big bands, latin bands, jazz combos and concert bands.
Musician, actor and writer, Gerald Davis first began to show an interest in the performing arts at an early age starting with the guitar. Strongly influenced by the popular music of the 1960s and 70s, he has always known that music would forever play an essential role in his future. Recognizing this interest early, his parents enrolled him in children's music programs at Virginia State University in his hometown of Petersburg, Virginia.
During high school, as his proficiency on the guitar increased, he soon found his musical tastes gravitating towards such artists as B.B. King, Carlos Santana and most profoundly Jimi Hendrix. He began performing in various bands throughout Virginia. He received both his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Education degrees in Vocal Performance from Virginia State University. It is through his comprehensive classical vocal training and natural ear for mimicry that Gerald is able to achieve a wide variety of musical genres, whether pop, rock, blues, soul, country or opera.
Jeff grew up in West Los Angeles and started playing drums when he was 8. He's played all styles of music but his real love is the GROOVE. So it's not hard to understand why he counts the music of James Brown, Tower of Power and similar funk groups as his favorites.
In his earlier musical endeavors, Jeff played in a variety of bands in the L.A. area. He was one of two dual drummers with a top L.A. band Maiden Head. He also played with another band called City Beat, some of whose original recordings were warmly recieved on the airwaves here in L.A.
Leon, who grew up in Detroit, was steeped in the music of Motown and began playing guitar his first year in college. Initially interested in rock music, after a few years he became much more involved in funk, jazz and fusion. During the next 12 years he performed professionally with numerous groups in the midwest and south while teaching guitar. Leon played guitar in many recording sessions, recording numerous sessions with songwriters John Glover and James Dean (What Becomes of the Broken Hearted, You Don't Have To Be Star and other talented artists in the Detroit area. Several of his original songs were recorded and produced by Don Was. Leon's band also opened shows for groups such as Berlin and Leon Russell.
After moving to Los Angeles in 1987, Leon began working in bands in southern California and has played a variety of pop, funk, r&b and classic rock throughout the area ever since.
Saxophones, flute
Trumpet, vocals
Antonia's involvement in music began very early; she started violin at age 5 and quickly developed a passion for music. Captivated by the raw power and tone of brass instruments, she traded in her violin for a trumpet at age 10.
When only sixteen years old, she began performing professionally - fronting several local big bands as lead vocalist, as well as sitting in the trumpet section. Though she is young, Antonia has performed at many iconic venues including Catalina Jazz Club, The Dresden, Hotel Cafe, and The Viper Room. Last summer, she was given the honor of playing at The Library of Congress with one of her big bands.
Antonia also runs her own original music project, the Runtime.
Bass, vocals
Od gigginga u kući Bluesa .......... Agathinoj Čileanskoj Waffle House-u, tomo drži dno, s objema rukama, godinama. U javnosti je uhvaćen "slappin 'da bas" više nego što priznaje. Njegova glazbena karijera zapo�ela je kad je �uo "kuću izlazećeg sunca" pjevanog na nekom drugom jeziku ........ i nikada se nije osvrnuo ... ili je govorio još jednu rije� na engleskom. Njegova stru�nost u miluje dnu ga je natjerala da ostane na stražnjim vratima, na mnogim koncertima ........ i udanim ženskim kućama. Tomoovi roditelji nisu mu hranili ništa osim gljiva grašak dok nije stekao bas u "gadda da vida" .......... što objašnjava trenutni strah od zelenog povrća. Njegov prvi album sviran je na hrvatskom jeziku i dosegao je # 732 na hrvatskoj komunisti�koj glazbenoj ljestvici. Njegova karijera je spirala spuštena od tamo.
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