<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px">Here is a Monday reminder about our upcoming performance on</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Thursday the 29<sup>th</sup> of September </b>at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="gmail-il">ASPADA</span>— our new quartet with "Remember Shakti" percussionist <b>V. Selvaganesh</b>; piano virtuoso, <b>Osam Ezzeldin</b>; and brilliant bassist, <b>Kai Eckhardt</b>, will be performing with guest vocalist <b>Mahesh Kale.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Mahesh</b> <b>Kale</b> is a north Indian classical vocalist of extraordinary abilities. He lives here in the Bay Area, but is in constant demand in India where he just received the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer from the country’s president.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px">You may have seen Mahesh perform with my group Summit a few years back or recently with Zakir Hussain in Fairfax. If haven’t heard Mahesh in concert you are in for a teat. Check out the video below where he is singing a jugalbandi (duet) with Rahul Deshpande.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px">Having south India’s premiere percussionist and north India’s rising star vocalist here in Berkeley at the same time is certainly cause for a musical celebration…</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px">and that is just what will be going down at the beautiful Freight and Salvage.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><u><span class="gmail-il">ASPADA</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>George Brooks - saxophone</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Osam Ezzeldin - piano</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Kai Eckhardt - bass</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>V. Selvaganesh – kanjeera, percussion</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Special guest -</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Mahesh Kale - vocal</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>September 29<sup>th</sup> 8pm</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Freight and Salvage</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>2020 Addison St</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Berkeley CA 94704</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Advance tickets available -- <a href="https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1300193?utm_medium=bks" target="_blank">https://www.ticketfly.com/<wbr>purchase/event/1300193?utm_<wbr>medium=bks</a></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"> </p><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODFIikKS0rQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODFIikKS0rQ</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozj19BMaTMw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozj19BMaTMw</a><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">George Brooks<br><a href="http://www.georgebrooks.com" target="_blank">www.georgebrooks.com</a></div>
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