Mahaba Jazz Artists
Latin/World/Female Jazz Band

Featuring Jamie Shadowlight, Turiya Mareya, Monette Marino, Evona Wascinski

September 29 at 7:30 pm
Anthology
$15

In 2000 Turiya Mareya assembled several of the most important female jazz artists in San Diego. The group included Turiya Mareya, Linda Kent, Monette Marino, Jamie Shadowlight, and Lynn Copeland. The group performed to enthusiastic response in San Diego festivals and venues and was featured at the San Diego jazz Live. Just after that drummer Linda Kent died suddenly and deeply grieved the group disbanded and all the artists went on to develop successful and active careers.

This renuion show is in the memory of Linda Kent. Mike Holguin will be taking her place on drums. Dave Millard will also be a guest artist on Sax.

ANTHOLOGY
1337 India Street
San Diego, California 92101

Turiya Mareya is one of a very rare breed, a Female Jazz Instrumentalist and Composer who has pursued a career playing Latin and World Jazz . music. Turiya began studying Jazz at 15 years of age and was mentored by San Diego Jazz legend Daniel Jackson. Mareya followed his example by becoming proficient on piano and focusing on playing her original compositions. She continued her work in New York, studying at the Creative School of Music. Later she toured Mexico with the Tambu International Ensemble . She began to form and lead her own groups and to tour with various artists. She was the musical director for The Kokopelli Latin Jazz Ensemble For 6 years the group held a Sunday nightspot at Croce’s Jazz Bar in San Diego and performed at many Jazz Festivals opening for artists such as Arturo Sandoval, David Murray, Eddie Palmieri, Poncho Sanchez and Jane Bunnet. In 2003 she began touring full time performing in festivalas and venues in Alaska, Canada, Spain, Mexico and California.

This emerging young artist is a well known face on the San Diego Jazz Scene producing creative musical events as well as playing acoustic and electric violin. She is a prolific composer and recording artist with 2 CD’s as a leader. She is also a featured artist with many San Diego groups, lending her lovely sound to all genres of Jazz.

Monette Marino Keita, a world percussionist, has spent the last 25 years studying and performing traditional and popular rhythms from Cuba, Brazil, West Africa and Korea. Since 1994 she has performed with many San Diego bands ranging from jazz to calypso, salsa, reggae, disco, hip-hop and R&B. In 2001 she won the National Hand Drum Off competition sponsored by the Guitar Center and for the past 3 years has been touring the world with Master Drummer Mamady Keita in his group Sewa Kan. This year she released her first album titled “Coup d’Eclat” which was nominated for Best World Music Album by the San Diego Music Academy. In this album she weaves African and Latin rhythms and melodies into Funk, Rock and Jazz grooves.

Polish born bassist Evona Wascinski started her
musical education on piano. In her early teens,
she picked up the electric bass in order to
pursue rock and pop genres, playing and doing
small touring with some of San Diego’s best
noted pop artist. She discovered the double
bass, falling deeply in love with its big sound
and resonance and began formally studying at
the age of 18. Evona earned a B.A. in Music
from the University of California, San Diego
emphisizing in Classical and Jazz Performance.
She has had the honor of studing with world
renoun double bassists, composers and
professors Bertram Turetzky and Mark Dresser.
She has been a long standing member of La Jolla
Symphony and has worked in various big bands,
duos, trio’s and combos in genres including
Jazz, Latin, Brazilian, Tango, Classical and Acid
Jazz.