New York City: 60-hour-long variety show aims for Guinness World Record
LIVAMP (www.livamp.com), an online platform for broadcasting performances from handpicked venues, has partnered with The Metropolitan Room in New York to broadcast a 60-hour continuous variety show on Jan 1, 2015, aiming for a Guinness World Record upon completion. There are over 250 performers with a big focus on jazz vocalists, including Marilyn Maye, Julie Budd, Luba...
Sacramento Bee profiles Betz Storey, Delta Jazz Queen, Oakland native and first woman jet fighter
Story by Bee senior writer Stephen Magagnini As the the blue-eyed redhead in the red Stetson sashays into the Thursday Night Jazz Party at Sauce’d Cocktail House, she’s mobbed like a rock star. Betz Storey, the Jazz Queen of Sacramento, is in the house. The headliners at the club in El Dorado Hills – Rock ’n’...
Louis Armstrong’s ‘Hello, Dolly!” Knocks the Beatles off Billboard’s #1 (on this day in 1964)
Louis Armstrong’s ‘Hello, Dolly!” Knocks the Beatles off Billboard’s #1 Louis Armstrong House Museum and the Museum of the Moving Image join forces and celebrate the 50th anniversary. On Saturday, May 10th, 2014 the Louis Armstrong House Museum and the Museum of the Moving Image will host a dessert reception and special screening of the beloved...
Review of I Wanna Work For You in the Los Angeles Jazz Scene!
So excited to learn this review by renowned jazz journalist Scott Yanow will appear in the June 1, 2014 print edition of The Los Angeles Jazz Scene! REVIEW: ALEXA WEBER MORALES I Wanna Work For You By Scott Yanow Alexa Weber Morales is a singer-songwriter based in Oakland whose music straddles the boundaries between Latin...
We did it! So how the heck did PMO go from zero to Grammy-nominated in 3 years?!
I was taking a break from a private jazz gig at the De Young Museum in San Francisco when the text messages began flowing. I couldn’t help whooping with pleasure, even though I was standing in an art gallery being watched by a guard. Pacific Mambo Orchestra had done it: We were nominated for best...
Great review in SF Bay Times
Thanks to Shelley MacKay for this great review of my last gig with Azucar! Tonight, don’t miss a rare chance to hear this uplifting all-women band! We play 8 PM at Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Avenue, Alameda, CA – (510) 865-5060! Azucar! I was first introduced to Alexa as an artist when I...
Pacific Mambo Orchestra @ SFJAZZ – El Cantante – Alexa Weber Morales LIVE
Live performance by Pacific Mambo Orchestra of El Cantante, arranged by Mike Rinta and sung by Alexa Weber Morales, at SFJAZZ on June 15, 2013. Photo credits: Bill Evans Photography Benny Torres – http://www.bennytorres.com/ Henry Hung – http://www.henryhungmusic.com Alexa Weber Morales – http://www.alexajazz.com Music credits Christian Tumalan – http://www.tumalanmusic.com Steffen Kuehn – http://www.steffenkuehn.com Pacific...
Alexa plays Kaiser Center Rooftop Garden Series June 28!
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
Exciting line-up for our upcoming KCSM Jazz on the Hill gig!
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 ratings, and First Place awards...
Come to the vocal JAM Sunday 5 pm @ Oakland Public Conservatory
Sunday afternoon, I’ve been invited to host the vocal jazz jam at 5 pm at the Oakland Public Conservatory, 1616 Franklin Street! This is where the lovely miss Valerie Troutt hosts 1st Fridays jams and where the amazing James Gayles’ series of paintings of Bay Area jazz musicians is hosted (and yes I’m one of...
My Valentine to you: Everytime We Say Goodbye
Dusk was near and the recording session was almost over. I was very pregnant with my 2nd child, recently laid off from my job, and thus very happy to have been hired for the session. One song remained. The producer called me out of the booth, his wife offered me some snacks, and he asked...
