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Marti Walker Fact Sheet Marti Walker Vocalist/composer/multi-instrumentalist FACT SHEET Instruments: Voice (10+yrs), flute (20+yrs), percussion (8+yrs) (cajón, djembe, other misc percussion), m’bira, piano/keyboard, harmonium, didgeridoo Styles summary: Original compositions: Jazz, Latin and adult contemporary-inspired pop fusion Music for yoga/New Age Brazilian samba, bossa nova, Afro/Latin-influenced Sing in English, Spanish & Portuguese Jazz (traditional & contemporary) Pop/rock/soul Eastern/Indian (Sanskrit mantra/chant, Eastern-influenced vocal stylings) Ambient & world beat Education: Indiana University of Pennsylvania – flute major/jazz studies Berklee College of Music –jazz flute Artist performed/recorded with: Ben Harper Joan Osborne C.C. White Walfredo Reyes, Jr. (Lindsey Buckingham, Carlos Santana, Carl Verheyen) David Leach (Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, David Benoit, Paula Cole) Larry Antonino (Ronnie Laws, Jeff Beck) Tony Pia (Brian Setzer, Larry Carlton, Edgar Winter) Ron Pedley (Barry Manilow, Uncle Festive, Air Supply, Maynard Ferguson) Richard Hardy (Dave Matthews Band, Carole King) Mestisay/Olga Cerpa (Spain) – Traditional Spanish folk and salsa John Rae (Scotland/Spain) – jazz, country, Celtic Ganga Giri (Australia/U.S.) – world dance-beat Yeshe (Australia/U.S.) – African/world dance-beat Anthony Mazzella – flamenco/Middle-eastern-inspired world music Bili Redd – jazz/spoken word Tina Malia – acoustic pop/soul Shantala – sacred/mantra Girish – sacred/mantra Steve Gold – conscious rock/blues Ben Leinbach – conscious rock/blues, sacred/mantra Larisa Stow & Shakti Tribe – mantra rock/prog rock International Performances: Concepción, Chile – Toma Mi Mano Peace & Unity Event – featured artist Glasgow, Scotland Int’l Jazz Festival - guest soloist – John Rae Collective World’s Fair, Seville, Spain (with Mestisay) Centro de Cultura Insular, Las Palmas, Spain
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Marti Walker Fact Sheet
Marti Walker
Vocalist/composer/multi-instrumentalist
FACT SHEET
Instruments: Voice (10+yrs), flute (20+yrs), percussion (8+yrs) (cajón, djembe, other misc percussion), m’bira, piano/keyboard, harmonium, didgeridoo
Styles summary:
� Original compositions: � Jazz, Latin and adult contemporary-inspired pop fusion � Music for yoga/New Age
� Brazilian samba, bossa nova, Afro/Latin-influenced � Sing in English, Spanish & Portuguese � Jazz (traditional & contemporary) � Pop/rock/soul � Eastern/Indian (Sanskrit mantra/chant, Eastern-influenced vocal stylings) � Ambient & world beat
Education: Indiana University of Pennsylvania – flute major/jazz studies Berklee College of Music –jazz flute Artist performed/recorded with: Ben Harper Joan Osborne C.C. White Walfredo Reyes, Jr. (Lindsey Buckingham, Carlos Santana, Carl Verheyen) David Leach (Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, David Benoit, Paula Cole) Larry Antonino (Ronnie Laws, Jeff Beck) Tony Pia (Brian Setzer, Larry Carlton, Edgar Winter) Ron Pedley (Barry Manilow, Uncle Festive, Air Supply, Maynard Ferguson) Richard Hardy (Dave Matthews Band, Carole King)
Mestisay/Olga Cerpa (Spain) – Traditional Spanish folk and salsa John Rae (Scotland/Spain) – jazz, country, Celtic Ganga Giri (Australia/U.S.) – world dance-beat Yeshe (Australia/U.S.) – African/world dance-beat Anthony Mazzella – flamenco/Middle-eastern-inspired world music Bili Redd – jazz/spoken word Tina Malia – acoustic pop/soul Shantala – sacred/mantra Girish – sacred/mantra Steve Gold – conscious rock/blues Ben Leinbach – conscious rock/blues, sacred/mantra Larisa Stow & Shakti Tribe – mantra rock/prog rock
International Performances: Concepción, Chile – Toma Mi Mano Peace & Unity Event – featured artist Glasgow, Scotland Int’l Jazz Festival - guest soloist – John Rae Collective World’s Fair, Seville, Spain (with Mestisay) Centro de Cultura Insular, Las Palmas, Spain
Marti Walker Fact Sheet
Canary Islands, Spain (various venues, as leader and side-musician) The Yoga Barn, Bali, Indonesia (with Shakti Tribe)
National Venues (“secular” jazz/mainstream): The Mint LA (Ben Harper, Joan Osborne)
Zanzibar, Santa Monica, CA (Ganga Giri) Groove Garden, Fairfax, CA (Ganga Giri) Key Club, Hollywood (Larisa Stow) Spaghettini Italian Grill & Jazz Club, Seal Beach, CA Conga Room, LA (Joselyn & Wild Roots) El Cid, LA World Stage, Leimert Park/LA (Billy Redd) Tantalum Restaurant/Lounge, Long Beach, CA Salt Creek Grille, Dana Point, CA Electric Lodge, Venice, CA (Shakti Tribe) La Creperie, Long Beach, CA Brix Wine Bar, Sunset Beach, CA Sacred Grounds, San Pedro, CA Venice Center for Peace with Justice & the Arts, Venice, CA Kikuya Restaurant & Jazz Club, Huntington Beach, CA Orange Coast Unitarian Church Concert Series, Costa Mesa, CA Lucy Florence, Leimert Park/LA
National Venues “sacred music”: Ventura CSL, Ventura, CA Golden Gate CSL, Corte Madera, CA Chaitanya Cultural Center, Tucson, AZ Les Jolis Tresors, Long Beach, CA Sasha’s, Long Beach, CA Sedona Center of Vedic Culture, Sedona, AZ Exhale Center for Sacred Movement, Venice, CA Bhakti Yoga Shala, Santa Monica, CA Dancing Shiva, Los Angeles, CA Peace Yoga Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Yoga World Studio, Long Beach, CA Urban Yoga, Palm Springs, CA Trilogy Yoga (formerly Svastha Yoga), Long Beach, CA Blissful Yoga, Phoenix, AZ Rise Yoga, Sacramento, CA Fusion Yoga, Sacramento, CA Yogalution, Scottsdale, AZ
Festivals: Om Music Festival 2011, Santa Cruz, CA
Bhakti Fest 2011, 2010, 2009 - Joshua Tree, CA Wanderlust 2011 – Lake Tahoe, NV
Mystic Garden 2011 – Ashland, OR Earthdance 2008 (Shakti Tribe) – Laytonville, CA
Health & Harmony Festival 2009 (Shakti Tribe) – Sonoma County, CA Bali Spirit Festival 2009, (Shakti Tribe, Geoffrey Gordon) - Bali, Indonesia San Diego Indie Music Fest 2004 – San Diego, CA
Discography: 2011 Marti Walker “Revolution;” 2010 Girish “Diamonds in the Sun;” 2011 Larisa Stow &
Shakti Tribe “Rock On Sat Nam;” 2007 Larisa Stow & Shakti Tribe “Shakti Sessions;” 2007 Larisa Stow & Shakti Tribe “Reaching In;” 2004 Marti Walker (self-titled); 2004 Joselyn & Wild Roods “Shapeshifting;” 2000 X-Tribe “Drum Circle;” 1995 Domingo Rodriguez Oramas “El Timple;” 1992 Mestisay “El Cantar Viene de Viejo”
Contact : www.martiwalkermusic.com / [email protected] / 562.260.3746
