From: Bob Davis (earthjuice_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 2006-01-05 13:41:05
Taken from the Soul-Patrol Times
http://www.davisind.com/wc/view_entry.php?id=1756&date=20060131@
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One of Soul-Patrol's favorite artists.
(#6 Classic Soul album in 2005)
If you missed her back in October.
Check her out later this month...
NYC: ANGELA JOHNSON @ BLUE NOTE
Description: NEW SOUND OF SOUL JAZZ SERIES - ANGELA JOHNSON
**OFFICIAL SITE
http://www.angelajohnson.com
**ANGELA JOHNSON ON SOUL-PATROL
http://www.soul-patrol.com/newsletter/2005/news9/angela_blast1.html
**LISTEN TO ANGELA'S NEW SOLO CD ON SOUL-PATROL.NET RADIO: "Got To Let It
Go"
http://www.soul-patrol.net/angelajohnson.ram
2006-01-30 8PM
MAKE RESERVATION BAR TABLE
$5.00 $10.00
Blue Note Jazz Club
131 W. 3rd St
New York, NY 10012
212-475-8592
Angela Johnson
FEATURING:
Angela Johnson, vocals ,keyboards
Other musicians,
Trevor Holder (drums), Justin Wallace (bass), Jeremy James (guitar &
vocals), Lisala Beatty (vocals) and Tricia Angus (vocals)
"Producer, singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Angela Johnson is a
bad bad girl. Perhaps not since the heyday of Patrice Rushen and Angela
Winbush has a young (female) soul musician displayed so much ability (Brett
Collins/Toledo City Paper)." If Angela Johnson were a man, she'd probably be
one of the most revered producer/songwriters in today's market place. As it
is, the music industry is still largely dominated by men; and though folks
would like to profess that gender is irrelevant, the truth is, it isn't.
Angela Johnson is the truth.
Born and raised in Utica New York, Angela has been making music practically
her whole life. A musical child prodigy, Angela began playing the piano by
ear at the tender age of four. At age 9 she was introduced to the violin.
Like many of her contemporaries, Angela received most of her musical
experience in the church, where as a teenager she served as church organist
and choir director. Angela later applied these experiences to gain admission
to the State University Of N.Y. at Purchase as a violin major. While
attending S.U.N.Y., Angela developed an ear for studio production, and
discovered her talent as a performance artist. Her underlying love for R&B
and Soul, ultimately lead Angela to join together with fellow S.U.N.Y.
student Christian Urich (Tortured Soul) to form the legendary R&B band,
Cooly's Hot Box. Cooly's has been together for over a decade now and they've
recorded and released several dance floor classics ("What A Surprise," "Make
Me Happy," "We Don't Have To Be Alone") as well as two albums, "Take It"
(2002 Higher Octave/Virgin), "Don't Be Afraid, Get On" (2004 Purpose).
Angela's multifaceted talent as producer/songwriter/singer has allowed her
to collaborate with such notable artist as Maysa Leak "All Day Long"
(writer), Rahsaan Patterson "Dream Flight" (producer/co-writer), Gordon
Chambers "Get Away" (producer/co-writer), Laurnea "No Shame"
(producer/co-writer), Reel People "Can't Stop" (vocalist/co-writer), MonČt
"Wanna Kiss You" (producer/co-writer) and Seek "Journey Into Day"
(co-writer) to name a few. In 2001 Angela wrote and produced the top ten hit
"Angel" for Japanese R&B superstar, Double, selling more than 500,000
copies. Angela has also produced remixes for Jimmy Sommers feat. Macy Gray
("Love life") and Donnie ("Cloud 9") with DJ Spinna.
Angela's music has been prominently featured on UPN's "Kevin Hill" (Taye
Diggs), FX's "The Shield" (Michael Chiklis) and The WB's "Roswell." In April
2005 SBC Global.net (AT&T/Cingular) launched a Television Ad campaign for
their DSL service that features Angela Johnson and Cooly's hot-box as the
centerpiece of the commercial, complete with visual clips of the band
performing the song "Lose Your Friends."
"Got To Let It Go" is the highly anticipated follow up to Angela's
critically acclaimed solo debut CD "They Don't Know." This twelve track
journey through Angela's childhood musical influences is destined to become
a classic. For someone so incredibly self-contained, Angela wields an easy
hand with her tracks, relying on smart lyrics and arrangements to get her
point across. She never seems to be showing off. She is sincere and
confident enough to let her music speak for itself without being trendy. No
question, Angela owes a debt to such '70's soul elements as solid melodies,
heartfelt vocals, ditto for '80's technology like drum and keyboard
programming, used liberally throughout the CD.
"Got To Let It Go" includes stellar contributions from Angela's band members
Trevor Holder (drums), Justin Wallace (bass), Jeremy James (guitar &
vocals), Lisala Beatty (vocals) and Tricia Angus (vocals). Other special
guests include Jacques Schwartz-Bart (saxophone and flute), Matt Schulman
(trumpet), Ernesto Abreu (percussion), MonČt (flute and vocals) and Pauline
Kim (violin).
Angela's musical craft emanates and expresses the true musicianship that is
lacking so often these days from some of her "pseudo soul" commercial
brothers and sisters. Make no mistake, Angela Johnson is the real deal!
**OFFICIAL SITE
http://www.angelajohnson.com
**ANGELA JOHNSON ON SOUL-PATROL
http://www.soul-patrol.com/newsletter/2005/news9/angela_blast1.html
**LISTEN TO ANGELA'S NEW SOLO CD ON SOUL-PATROL.NET RADIO: "Got To Let It
Go"
http://www.soul-patrol.net/angelajohnson.ram
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Taken from the Soul-Patrol Times
http://www.davisind.com/wc/view_entry.php?id=1756&date=20060131
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Bob Davis
earthjuice_at_prodigy.net
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