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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">George Brooks Summit CD release celebration for </font></b></font><a href="http://www.georgebrooks.com/george-brooks-music/spirit-and-spice/"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Spirit and Spice</b></span></font></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"><i></i></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Saturday, July 3rd 8pm</font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"> </font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><a href="http://www.thefreight.org/george-brooks-summit">Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse</a></b></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">2020 Addison Street</font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Berkeley CA 94704</font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">510-644-2020</font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Tickets 22.50 advance/ 23.50 at the door</font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"><b></b><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">with </font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Fareed Haque - guitar</font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Frank Martin - piano</font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Kai Eckhardt - bass</font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Steve Smith - drums</font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Salar Nader - tabla</font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Anantha Krishnan -mridangam</font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"> </font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">George Brooks celebrates the release of</font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"> “Spirit and Spice”,</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"> his fourth CD as a leader and the second for his Earth Brother Music label, featuring Fareed Haque, guitar; Kai Eckhardt, bass and Steve on drums. Guests on the album include Zakir Hussain and Swapan Chaudhuri on tabla, Kala Ranath on violin, Ronu Majumdar on bamboo flute and Niladri Kumar on sitar.</font></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"> </font></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">George Brooks Summit</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"> features some of the finest musicians working in jazz and global fusion. On bass is </font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Kai Eckhardt</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"> who was the foundation of the John McLaughlin trio that introduced the world to Trilok Gurtu. He has since recorded and performed with Billy Cobham, Larry Coryell, Wayne Shorter, Al Dimeola, Maria Joao and many others. On guitar is </font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Fareed Haque,</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"> who has performed with everyone from Sting to Paquito de Rivera and Joe Zawinul to Nigel Kennedy. </font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Trap drummer </font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Steve Smith </font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">may be best known as the drummer from rock super group Journey, but he is also the leader of fusion juggernaut Vital Information and a consistent winner of awards and jazz polls world wide, including Modern Drummers “ top 25 drummers of all time”. </font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"><br></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Rounding out the July 3rd performance is </font></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Bay Area piano stalwart </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">Frank Martin</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"> who has performed with Sting, Stevie Wonder and Narada Michael Walden, along with </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">young Afghani tabla wizard</font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"> Salar Nader</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">, who has been touring and recording with the Kronos Quartet and DJ Cheb-I-Saba and south Indian percussionist <b>Anantha Krishnan</b>.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003">CDs and downloads now available at </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/GeorgeBrooks1">CD Baby</a>, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Spice-George-Brooks-Summit/dp/B003PIUGDK">Amazon</a>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.digstation.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumid=ALB000049619">Dig Station</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.digstation.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumid=ALB000049619"></a> and of course </span><a href="http://www.georgebrooks.com/george-brooks-music/spirit-and-spice/"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">georgebrooks.com</span></font></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000003"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></font></div><br><div> <div style="text-align: center;">If you wish to be removed from this list, please reply with "remove" in the subject line</div></div></body></html>