Join us in the intimate Studio space to experience this concert. The deeply felt lyrical emotion and down to earth beats of rhythm and blues can be found in abundance whenever Madi Sato lifts her voice in song. With a voice that bespeaks of her Southern upbringing and is at once both pure and raw, Madi's combination of emotional intensity and technical proficiency communicates itself to listeners immediately. Whether it's a selection from her own catalog of originals or one of the carefully selected tunes from the world of R&B, traditional blues or jazz standards at which she also excels, Madi delivers the music in her heart directly to your soul.
Pianist John Rangel combines deep musical skills from his NYC musical family and Eastman School of Music training in jazz piano and composition with a spiritual intention and musical direction nourished by the L.A. Leimert Park community, the “African-American Greenwich Village.”
($30. The studio space is limited to 24 people, so sign up early!)
PRESENTERS: Madi Sato is a singer of Japanese Ainu & Irish roots. She has performed and recorded music in many styles and genres for three decades, ranging from blues & jazz to sacred world music. She is also a lifelong actress, dancer & world music artist. Madi is currently touring an original one-woman theater show, Hummingbird Rising: The Life & Music of Madi Sato.
Madi is the co-founder of Praising Earth, an organization devoted to renewing humanity’s relationship to nature through the creative arts. She directs the Song Carriers programs, which guide women in the empowerment of their natural healing voices. Visit her online at PraisingEarth.org
John Rangel is a dynamic Composer and Jazz Pianist who has been a professional ,musician for over two decades. He grew up in a very musical family in NYC, studied at the Eastman School of Music and studied composition and jazz piano with diverse teachers in NYC. In the early 90’s he moved to LA and immersed himself in the “African-American Greenwich Village” of Leimert Park, which became a major influence on his spiritual intention and musical direction.
John is unique because of his tremendous range of musical experience; Jazz, Classical, Film Music, Pop, Hi-Life, Salsa, Reggae, and Calypso. His versatility as a jazz pianist is most evident in his work with the following artists: Nat Adderly, Marcus Printup, Ira Sullivan, Sam Rivers, Ravi Coltrane, Pharaoh Saunders, Sonny Fortune, Zane Musa, Eric Person, Ernie Watts, Sam Most, Azar Lawrence, Phil Ranelin, Scott Whitfield, George Bohannon, Al McKibbon, James Leary, Dr. Art Davis, Nedra Wheeler, Tony Dumas, Dwight Trible, Carmen Bradford, James Torme (son of Mel), Blay Amboley and His Afrikan Jazz Band, Tierney Sutton, Rosemary Clooney, Willie Jones III, Ndugu Chancellor, Sunship Theus, Sherman Ferguson, Ralph Penland, Smitty Smith, Joe La Barbera, Derf Reklaw, and Billy Higgins. Performance highlights include: Carnegie Hall in NY, Royce Hall in LA, Gene Harris Jazz Festival in Idaho, the Playboy Jazz Festival, LA County Museum of Art, MOCA, Central Avenue Jazz Festival, Clearwater Jazz Festival in Florida, Ronnie Scott's in London, Jazz Café in London, North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, and various venues in Osaka and Tokyo.