<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">ASPADA— featuring "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 who just received the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer from the India'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>ASPADA</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/p<wbr>urchase/event/1300193?utm_medi<wbr>um=bks</a></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"> </p><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODFIikKS0rQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=ODFIikKS0rQ</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozj19BMaTMw" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=ozj19BMaTMw</a></div><div><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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