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I'm an Oakland jazz salsa singer-songwriter, fluent in a few languages thanks to my itinerant childhood. Since 2004 I've done more than a dozen studio recordings for my own & other bands. In 2010, I sang on the Grammy-nominated Bien! Bien! In 2011, I made a fan-funded CD, and in 2012 my singing/songwriting was on Pacific Mambo Orchestra's debut CD. In 2013, we won a Grammy!

Posts tagged "san jose jazz festival"
Singing Saturday with the Bay Area Salsa All-Stars at San Jose Jazz Festival!

Singing Saturday with the Bay Area Salsa All-Stars at San Jose Jazz Festival!

Alexa sings with the BAY AREA SALSA ALL-STARS! Envisioned by San Jose Jazz Summer Fest Latin music curator Arturo Riera and programmed-directed by Latin jazz flautist John Calloway, the Bay Area Salsa All-Stars are 15 well-seasoned musicians from some of the top salsa bands in the Bay Area and beyond. AVANCE, Edgardo y Candela, the Pacific Mambo...
San Jose Jazz Fest Concert Photos

San Jose Jazz Fest Concert Photos

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:  
Concert Review: René Marie at the San Jose Jazz Festival

Concert Review: René Marie at the San Jose Jazz Festival

Watching René Marie at the San Jose Jazz Festival after my own band’s 2 pm show on the Latin Jazz stage was an experience that I won’t forget. I had a seat in the orchestra at the beautiful San Jose Rep. I’d never seen her live, but I was about to find out — as...
Alexa & I Wanna Work For You at San Jose Jazz Festival 2 pm 8/11 Latin Jazz Stage

Alexa & I Wanna Work For You at San Jose Jazz Festival 2 pm 8/11 Latin Jazz Stage

Don’t miss our San Jose Jazz Festival shows Friday and Saturday! Please share! I’ll be playing with the Bay Area’s vibrant & gifted musicians — in my band, that’s Sam Bevan/bassist/arranger, Anne Sajdera/piano/elegance, Colin Douglas/drummer/hottie, Carlos Caro/conga/sabor, Vince Mansel/guitar/inventor and Braulio Barrera/bongo/vozzzzzzz! In Pacific Mambo Orchestra… that’s too many cats to count!