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I'm an Oakland, California singer-songwriter. Since 2004 I've done 11 studio recordings for my own & other projects. In 2010, I sang on the Grammy-nominated latin jazz album Bien! Bien! In 2011, I made a fan-funded album, and in 2012 sang and wrote lyrics for Pacific Mambo Orchestra's debut album. Welcome!

PMO comes to SFJAZZ June 15, 2013 8 pm
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PMO comes to SFJAZZ June 15, 2013 8 pm

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“Alexa Weber Morales brings sensually soaring vocals to the mix.” ~SFJAZZ With special guests Ray Obiedo and Tommy Igoe of the Tommy Igoe Big Band and NYC Birdland fame! June 15, 2013, shows at 8 and 10 pm, Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Tickets: 8 pm $35/seated $25/GA dance floor 10 pm...
Exciting line-up for our upcoming KCSM Jazz on the Hill gig!
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Exciting line-up for our upcoming KCSM Jazz on the Hill gig!

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Free! June 1, College of San Mateo… Look for me singing with Pacific Mambo Orchestra, the Bay Area’s next-generation big-band salsa sensation! 10a: Northgate High School Jazz BAND Northgate High School’s award-winning jazz band hails from Walnut Creek and has been recognized with numerous Command Performance awards, Unanimous Superior festival...
Photos from Bake's Place concert in Seattle
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Photos from Bake’s Place concert in Seattle

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Vince Mansel and I had an amazing time in Seattle. After I’d spent a day working on writing business and sight-seeing in balmy weather, Vince texted me the morning of the gig to tell me he’d missed his flight, but was sure he’d catch the next one and be at...
Into the Stratosphere OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO starring... my feet!
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Into the Stratosphere OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO starring… my feet!

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Now available on iTunes, Bandcamp, CDBaby and more! http://www.alexajazz.com http://alexawebermorales.bandcamp.com/track/into-the-stratosphere Into the Stratosphere Lyrics and Music by Alexa Weber Morales © 1999 (BMI) from I Wanna Work For You, Crazy Monkey Productions (2011) All vocals: Alexa Weber Morales Arrangement, acoustic bass: Sam Bevan Timbales, drumset: Colin Douglas Congas: Carlos Caro...
San Jose Jazz Fest Concert Photos
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San Jose Jazz Fest Concert Photos

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Here are some great pictures from the San Jose Jazz Festival of my gigs with Pacific Mambo Orchestra on Friday and my own band on Saturday.   Love these two by Tom Ehrlich! Photo by Francis DeLeon:  
Back from Oakland Feather River Camp!
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Back from Oakland Feather River Camp!

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It’s hard to stay inside after a week of living outdoors, swimming in creeks and mountain lakes, making music and dancing, reading, hiking, socializing and, before bed, seeing the Milky Way snaking across the star-spattered sky. That’s my life at Oakland Feather River Camp, where I’ve taught the music program...
Alexa Weber Morales Addresses 'All these rumors that I'm a musician'
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Alexa Weber Morales Addresses ‘All these rumors that I’m a musician’

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Oakland, CA. Alexa Weber Morales has built a career singing quirky songs about economic and romantic instability. Tunes like “I Wanna Work For You,” “But I’m Weak” and “Catastrofe de Amor” have led to rampant speculation about her relationship status and credit worthiness. Today, she’s breaking the silence. “Oh, there’s...
The Names of the Winds - New Video
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The Names of the Winds – New Video

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I upgraded to Sibelius First 7 this week and have had a lot of fun learning its features, especially the ability to create video of your sheet music! I exported a video of the sheet music (which took me a few days to transcribe — I only had a lead...
Fantastic show footage & interview: I Wanna Work For You at Yoshi's Oakland
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Fantastic show footage & interview: I Wanna Work For You at Yoshi’s Oakland

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CD release and Kickstarter victory celebration at Yoshi’s Oakland on December 18, 2011. Thanks to Patrick Hickey for amazing photos included in this video, Yoshi’s Oakland for being such a fantastic venue, and Roberto Daza, Mark Oltmanns and Oakland North for stellar video coverage of this show. Arranger, associate producer:...
Pictures from Yoshi's by Patrick Hickey
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Pictures from Yoshi’s by Patrick Hickey

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These pictures by Patrick Hickey of our Kickstarter Victory Celebration and CD Release at Yoshi’s are worth more than 1000 words each! Thank you so much, Patrick! None of us have ever seen a photo set that was THIS gorgeous from one concert! More pictures here: http://www.idyll.com/alexa/slideshow
I WANNA WORK FOR YOU CD Release Party @ Yoshi's Oakland 12/18
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I WANNA WORK FOR YOU CD Release Party @ Yoshi’s Oakland 12/18

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Announcing the I WANNA WORK FOR YOU album release concert Sunday, December 18 at Oakland Yoshi’s! Sam Bevan, Mara Fox, Vince Mansel, Braulio Barrera, Carlos Caro, Colin Douglas, Steffen Kuehn and Jonathan Alford join Grammy-nominated vocalist Alexa Weber Morales in performing originals from her latest album, which was fan-funded on...
Alexa Gets Funky with PMO
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Alexa Gets Funky with PMO

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  Oh man. I was feeling good on Monday. Here’s a funky chacha brassy big band salsa BAYAREA soul breakdown version of Asi No Papa with Pacific Mambo Orchestra at Cafe Cocomo in San Francisco! See all you papacitos & mamacitas on SATURDAY night!
Film Noir
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Film Noir

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  It was nearly 4 a.m. She wasn’t sure how long she’d been standing there, teasing the threads of memory… Had she really pulled a gun from the folds of her burgundy satin trench coat, spun on her violet stilettos and fired a stolen taser at the sinewy alien who’d...
Painting by James Gayle
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Painting by James Gayle

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James Gayles is a Bay Area fine artist who wrote me early this year: “I will be staging an exhibition of my work in September 2011 titled Latin JazzMasters. I have been given a grant by the City of Oakland to do these paintings which will consist of portraits of...
Never Give Up
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Never Give Up

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Action begets action! Look at how much you have done! Laugh at all the times you smacked against walls, fell into holes, made godawful mistakes, wandered aimlessly, said what should never be said, kissed the wrong frog, embarrassed yourself and others, acted a fool. That’s how you get wise, baby....
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Toy Piano Jazz Solo on What Is This Thing Called Love

by Alexa on May 25, 2013 • No Comments
Alexa plays Kaiser Center Rooftop Garden Series June 28!
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Alexa plays Kaiser Center Rooftop Garden Series June 28!

by Alexa on May 14, 2013 • No Comments
With Christian Tumalan, piano Braulio Barrera, percussion/vocals Colin Douglas, drumset Abe Gumroyan, bass Alexa Weber Morales, percussion/vocals Friday, June 28, Noon-1 pm 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA 94612 Kaiserroofgarden.com FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Produced by Entire Productions Presented by SCO, The Swig Company
Why I left Facebook to find the fractal side of life
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Why I left Facebook to find the fractal side of life

by Alexa on May 11, 2013 • No Comments
I’m afflicted or blessed, depending on your point of view, with the quest for the meaning of life. Maybe it has to do with my moods. I’m always trying to find ways to stay productive and/or keep my head above water. Running long distances makes me happy, but for some reason I procrastinate it (I’ve...
10 Reasons Why I Love the TV Show Nashville
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10 Reasons Why I Love the TV Show Nashville

by Alexa on May 10, 2013 • No Comments
I don’t watch much TV (no really, I don’t! Do I protest too much? Ha!). Being a self-employed, gigging songwriter/musician, I don’t have cable for both financial and productivity reasons. But there’s a new network TV show that I adore: ABC’s Nashville. In hopes of making the case for scheduling a second season for this...
Gigs / Music / Radio

Interview this morning on KZSC 88.1 FM Santa Cruz, California

by Alexa on May 5, 2013 • No Comments
At 11 am today I’ll be talking with Betsy McNair for her show Breakfast in Bed on KZSC 88.1 FM, promoting our Cinco de Mayo gig TONIGHT, 7 pm at Don Quixote’s in Felton, CA! The website for the station is www.kzsc.org, and the FaceBook page for the show is Breakfast in Bed on KZSC....
Advice / Sports / Video

The truth about barefoot running and the Schumann Resonance

by Alexa on May 4, 2013 • No Comments
I started barefoot running about a year ago, trying to work around a pesky IT band injury. After hurting myself in a marathon, I changed my stride. First, it changed in such a way that transferred the injury to my opposite hip — even when I was sleeping. Then I began reading about avoiding heel...
Music / Video

Sweltering song for a hot day

by Alexa on May 3, 2013 • No Comments
Here I am playing my song Love and Rage on piano today… The song was inspired by my trip to Louisiana, New Orleans and Mamou (catch the reference to cypress knees). Listen & buy the version produced by multi-Grammy nominee Wayne Wallace here!
On-Air performance with Azucar on KPIG!
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On-Air performance with Azucar on KPIG!

by Alexa on May 1, 2013 • No Comments
 
Azucar featuring Alexa: Santa Cruz Cinco de Mayo show!
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Azucar featuring Alexa: Santa Cruz Cinco de Mayo show!

by Alexa on Apr 25, 2013 • No Comments
What better way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo (Sunday, May 5th, 2013) than with Northern California’s best-loved Latin divas? The Azúcar Quintet, with featured guest vocalist Alexa Weber Morales, is a mesmerizing multicultural ensemble of women serving the very best of salsa and Latin jazz! Leave it all on the dance floor! 7 PM ~...
For artists only: Lies your day job tells you
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For artists only: Lies your day job tells you

by Alexa on Apr 18, 2013 • No Comments
I was feeling very San Francisco, frighteningly SoHo, awfully hipsterish. The multi-act show was packed, the fashionable audience sat in rapt attention. An aerialist was suspended above the band at one point. Later, a singer-songwriter told stories while a slide show splashed art up on the stage backdrop. I’d been hired to perform with one...
Books / Reviews / Video

New Video Series: Alexa’s Books

by Alexa on Apr 17, 2013 • No Comments
Episode 1: Reviewed in brief: The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle The Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle The Big-Ass Book of Bling by Mark Montano The Anatomy of Story by John Trudy The Renegade Writer by Linda Formichelli & Diana Burrell Don’t Shoot: The End of Violence in Inner-City America by David Kennedy...
PMO is back! Tonight and tomorrow, plus a great European review!
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PMO is back! Tonight and tomorrow, plus a great European review!

by Alexa on Mar 31, 2013 • No Comments
Tonight, Pacific Mambo Orchestra plays the San Francisco Salsa Festival! 10 pm at the WestinSan Francisco Market Street. Amazing championship dancing accompanied by 20 piece orchestra? Yes! Tomorrow evening we’ll be at the Sausalito Seahorse, 5 pm, where you’ll find a salsa crowd dancing to live music every Sunday. Also, check out the latest review...

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