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Follow on Google News | Alameda Guitarist Flaunts Flamenco Tradition – And Sales FiguresMichaud and former Santana bassist reprise 2008 success in Sept. 19 concert. Beauty and Fire CD release concert at the Rythmix Cultural Center in Alameda.
By: Starland Music By the time the curtain was raised on Michaud and a cast that included former Santana bassist David Margen, the Rhythmix folks had long since conceded the aisle space along the venue’s windowed brick walls to a sold-out gathering. “At the risk of damaging Alameda’s colloquial image, there are legions of insanely knowledgeable cosmopolitan music fans here,” said Michaud, who will team with Margen and three other well-traveled musicians in a Sept. 19 Rhythmix Cultural Works concert featuring music from Beauty And Fire, Michaud’s sixth and latest CD. “They just usually spend their money in San Francisco.” Michaud’s previous CD, New World Flamenco Jazz (2004), sold more than 60,000 copies in a genre in which five-figure sales among U.S. artists are a rarity. But the longtime owner of Alameda’s largest musical teaching institution, Starland Music Center, has never been one to adhere to Flamenco customs. “Traditional Flamenco has violent rhythms that you can dance to,” Michaud noted. “My music doesn’t fit that mold. It’s been infused with all these world sounds, like jazz, Middle Eastern percussion, that melodic Santana bass that David Margen patented and some really sultry cello. There’s still quite a bit of gypsy influence, but it comes in the form of violin.” “You do a lot of traveling in an evening with Tomas,” said Margen, a longtime Michaud collaborator. “It’s fun to take the audience on that kind of journey.” Don Turney mans keyboards for the Sept. 19 concert, which features two percussionists: “After I first played with Tomas, I remember being hung up on words trying to describe the spirituality of his music to a friend,” Cooper said. “Then I read an online review of Beauty & Fire that said the CD delivered the kind of sensation you’d get if you heard Santana and the Gypsy Kings jamming with a Moroccan house band after a warm Turkish bath and massage. And I thought, ‘Wow - that pretty much captures it.’ So I stole it.” What: A Night of Beauty And Fire, a CD release concert with Tomas Michaud When: Saturday, September 19, 8 p.m. Where: Rhythmix Cultural Center - 2513 Blanding Ave., Alameda CA 94501 Tickets: $15 advance, $20 at the door Advance Tickets Online: http://www.WorldMelodies.com Advance Tickets Walk-Up: Starland Music Center – 1631 Park Street, Alameda CA 94501 (510) 523-4797 End
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