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| Tribute For Michael White Spiritual Jazz Violinist : Leisei Chen & Emile Porée LIVE Performances on 5/23, 5/27 & 6/11 Soft Scream Tuesday May 23, 2017 at 9:30PM @General Lee's Cocktail House 475 Gin Ling Way, Los Angeles, CA 90012 in Chinatown Emile Porée & Leisei Chen Tribute For Michael White Spiritual Jazz Violinist The multi-cultural integrated arts project which Leisei is currently creating. Featuring Michael's very first composition & a poetry which Leisei recently found as well as the latest co-compositions & Leisei's poetry through Female/Male Voices, Emile's original composition, Qigong Movements,, Hand-Curved Brazilian Bird Whistles, Finger Harp & Shimmering Bells 10:30pm-Midnight Alohi Ensemble Paul Livingstone, Peter Jacobson, Dave Lewis Peter Woods - DJ Lynn Elisha - Live Painting plus special guests Val Verde Cultural & Music Festival Saturday May 27, 2017 at 5:00PM @Val Verde Park 30300 West Alrington Rd., Val Verde CA 91384 Emile Porée & Leisei Chen Tribute For Michael White Spiritual Jazz Violinist LA County Department of Parks and Recreations present Val Verde Cultural & Music Festival Live music. Free Camping. Wellness. Poetry. Swimming May 27 at 1pm - May 28 at 7pm COLA 20 Exhibition Public Performance Sunday June 11, 2017 from 2:30PM @Los Angeles Municiple Art Gallery 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 in Barnsdall Art Park Leisei Chen & Emile Porée Tribute For Michael White Spiritual Jazz Violinist Featured artists include writer and performer Claudia Rodriguez (COLA 2016 fellow), interdisciplinary artist and performer Edgar Fabian Frias COLA 20 Exhibition Sunday April 23 - July 2, 2017 Celebrating the First 20 Years of the City of Los Angeles (COLA) Individual Artist Fellowship Program This exhibition celebrates the first twenty years of the City of Los Angeles (COLA) Individual Artist Fellowship Program, recognizing the achievements of 271 design, literary, performing, and visual master artists and artist-duos whoepresent the creative legacy of Los Angeles. A special commemorative book will also be published in the Fall detailing the history of the COLA Individual Artist Fellowships Program with samples of some of the artists' work and critical essays about the initiative's elements and associated programming. Featured artists include: Michael Brewster, Wanda Coleman, James Doolin, Ron George, Tony Gleaton, Arthur Jarvinen, Larry Karush, Willie Robert Middlebrook, Jr., Rachel Rosenthal, Michael White and Norman Yonemoto ▽ Leisei Chen was born and raised in Kobe, Japan of Chinese heritage surrounded by a multi-cultural environment. A child prodigy at age 4 of the electric organ and piano, her vast musical knowledge & training includes classical western, Chinese, and modern music. Leisei's professional career begun at age of 10, as an organist/pianist for weddings and events. At age 14, she became deeply involved in Jazz, Latin and Brazilian Music and eventually attended the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. In her search of Spirituality in JAZZ, she was mentored & performed with JAZZ luminaries such as Evelyn Blakey (Art Blakey's Daughter), Buddy Catlett (Louis Armstrong), Billy Wallace (Max Roach) and others. Leisei is a Qigong/Taiji artist and founder of "Qi Arts." She choreographed and performed for the Pat Graney Dance Company "The Movement Meditation Project" with 150 women martial artists. Serendipitously, Leisei reunited with a groundbreaking legendary Jazz violinist & composer Michael White. Soon they became life and music partners & formed "Michael White Quintet". Leisei & Michael recorded & designed an award winning album "Voices", with Timothy Young, Cecil McBee and Kenneth Nash as well as producing "tour the ARTS.MWQ", collaborating with a world-class duo of musicians & featured artists in live performances & solo exhibitions, based on a theme "People Of All Colors And Arts Coming Together For Humanity". She co-created, co-composed and arranged, Michael's new work "Orbit" for the 2013 COLA Individual Artist Fellowship. Leisei is a strategic board member of the Museum Of Jazz And Art in Oakland, California. She is currently creating a multi-cultural integrated arts project "Tribute For Michael White Spiritual Jazz Violinist." ✴︎ Emile Porée is a Jazz musician, and vocalist who enjoys performing to a broad music loving audience. Either Solo, or with his Trio he likes and fuses many musical genres. To this end, Emile Porée considers himself a musical activist. Today, Emile Porée is recording his own music and performing on the music scene locally, with bands and various artists. It's no wonder that bands and producers are big supporters and advocate of Emile Porée. One of Emile Porée's passions projects has been his documentation of Jazz in Los Angeles, exploring and recording the soundscapes and images of musicians in Los Angeles. ▽ write your comments about the article :: © 2017 Jazz News :: home page |