Alexa Weber Morales Band at Yoshi's Oakland November 25!

Oakland singer-songwriter Alexa Weber Morales performs at Yoshi’s Jack London Square with a crack team of musicians Tuesday, November 25 at 8 and 10 PM. The Alexa Weber Morales Band has enjoyed success throughout this year, starting with a three-night run at Jazz at Pearl’s in San Francisco and continuing through the San Jose Jazz Festival. At recent shows, the exuberant performer has emphasized the Brazilian segment of her repertoire, including selections from her Wayne Wallace-produced albums Vagabundeo and Jazzmérica; songs by Edu Lobo, Caetano Veloso and Guinga; and her own originals.

With her trademark spectrum of world music including salsa, Brazilian, Caribbean and funk, Alexa Weber Morales brings a refreshing authenticity to the stage. “I find her command of Latin idioms completely convincing, entrancing even,” writes Village Voice critic Tom Hull, while the San Francisco Chronicle predicts, “With a voice sweet, pure and strong, Alexa Weber Morales is poised to ride the Bay Area Latin jazz scene to national recognition.”

The Alexa Weber Morales Band includes Murray Low, piano; Omar Ledezma, percussion and vocals; David Belove, bass; Zareen, vocals; and Deszon X. Claiborne, drums. Both Murray and David are veteran studio musicians who can be heard on Alexa’s two solo recordings.

These two shows are free of charge as a special “Audience Appreciation Night” at the peerless jazz club. Reserve your tickets online today ($3 service fee applies)!

Yoshi's Jazz Club at Jack London Square
510 Embarcadero West
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 238-9200

About the Alexa Weber Morales Band


Since 2004, multilingual singer-songwriter and Patois Records artist Alexa Weber Morales has made six studio recordings, including her two solo albums, Jazzmérica and Vagabundeo. The latter, named “one of the greatest Bay Area recordings in recent times” by Latin Beat magazine, made top-20 airplay nationwide and received acclaim from around the world. Rio de Janeiro–based producer Arnaldo DeSouteiro (João Gilberto, Luiz Bonfá) calls her original compositions “rhythmically captivating and entrancing.” A June 2008 DownBeat review of Vagabundeo enthuses, “Her large-scale skill and talent encourages her all-inclusive dreams” and praises her “gorgeous articulation, flowing time sense and warm tone.”


Murray Low is a 30-year veteran pianist on the Bay Area jazz scene. Though he is a tireless performer, recording artist, and arranger, he is best known for his work with Pete Escovedo (since 1994); Grammy-nominated John Santos and the Machete Ensemble (since 2000); and Andy Narell, the pioneering steel pan player. His multifaceted career has also included international performances with Tito Puente, Bob Mintzer, Sheila E, Benny Golson, John Patitucci, George Duke, and many others.

Drummer Deszon X. Claiborne is one of the most in-demand session players in Northern California, whose professional credits seem impossibly diverse: from Ornette Coleman to Bo Diddley to Andy Narell and Charles Brown. A stylistic “shape shifter” who is equally at home in jazz and funk, Deszon is known for a powerful yet contained sound, and a lively, sensitive touch on the cymbals, described by jazz critic Lee Hildebrand as “complex, syncopated, and breathtaking.”


A Kansas City native, David Belove relocated to San Francisco in 1973 and soon became the Bay Area’s most prominent Latin and Brazilian bassist, working with Pete and Sheila Escovedo, Tito Puente, John Santos and Machete, Rebeca Mauleón, Edgardo Cambon y Candela, Rolando Morales, Homenagem Brasiliera, Wayne Wallace, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and many more. On the national stage, he’s collaborated with Joe Henderson, Blue Mitchell, Eddie Harris, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Larry Coryell, Louis Bellson, Mark Murphy and Pat Metheny. Also an educator, David is on faculty at the JazzSchool, Jazz Camp West, SF Jazz and Mills College. In addition, he teaches bass privately at his studio in Oakland where he also enjoys photography and graphics projects.



Vocalist Zareen grew up in a small town outside of Boston. She has studied with Madeline Eastman, Kurt Elling, and Raz Kennedy; writes her own songs; and has recently released an album of original trip-hop tunes. Her repertoire also includes Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, and Latin American music. Zareen has performed all over the Bay Area, with several different bands including Los Boleros, Simply Jazz, and the Befores, but she especially values her performances with her third-grade students.

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Omar Ledezma, Jr. has been taking the Bay Area by storm with his percussion-vocals skills and his professionalism. After graduating at one of the most prestigious law schools in Caracas, Omar packed one bag and one drum to begin his move to Boston while making a passionate commitment to study at Berklee College of Music. There he collaborated and toured with renowned artists in the US, Europe, Caribbean and South America. He has participated in more than 20 recordings and projects including CDs, DVDs and books.