Category: Musician

Male Vocalist Performers AtlantaMusic Scene

Rishard

Male Vocalist Performers AtlantaMusic Scene

RISHARD is an accomplished Jazz vocalist & scat singer, who got his start singing gospel music while growing up in Chattanooga. He starred as the Wiz in the first black production at The Little Theatre, now known as the Theatre Center and sung the National Anthem at Engel  Stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts Baseball team. 

Rishard plays trumpet, guitar, drums and sings covers songs.

Rishard is an icon on the Chattanooga circuit. Rishard has been seen performing at The Chattanooga, Southside Jazz Junction, The Flying Squirrel, The Comedy Catch. He frequently performs in Nashville at the Jazz Jam@ Commodore Grille and has been sighted in Atlanta at Cafe 290.

 

Vocal Teaser – Rishard

Skat Ringtone

The Atlanta Jazz Trio

THE ATLANTA JAZZ TRIO performs classic & contemporary jazz at concerts, festivals, corporate events, weddings, receptions & private parties throughout Atlanta & the southeast. The trio's musicians perform the finest jazz, from classic vintage standards of Sinatra & the Rat Pack, Latin Jazz, bossa nova & swing, to gospel, pop & big band sounds! Create the perfect atmosphere of sophisticated elegance for your party or event.

VISIT THE ATLANTA JAZZ TRIO WEBSITE - CLICK HERE!

 

Atlanta Jazz Trio
Atlanta Jazz Trio Playing on a 747 at the Delta Flight Museum
Atlanta Jazz Trio
Atlanta Jazz Trio - Fundraiser at Georgia Aquarium
Atlanta Jazz Trio plays at Atlanta History Center
Atlanta Jazz Trio after Playing at Atlanta History Center Event

Atlanta Steel Pan & Island Music

atlanta-steel-pan-and-island-music-duet-for-partiesATLANTA STEEL PAN & ISLAND MUSIC Bring the Caribbean sound of steel drum music to any event, venue, wedding, reception, festival, party or function! Steel drum music, accompanied by djembe, bongo & conga drums is performed by Atlanta’s favorite Steel Pan & Calypso Band! Import the live, pulsating rhythmic flavor of Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival, Soca & Calypso led by Steel Pan Music to your event! Atlanta Steel Pan & Island Music performs: Bob Marley, Jimmy Buffet, Jamaican Reggae, Calypso, Latin, Jazz Standards & Contemporary Music! STEEL DRUM or MARIMBA accompanied by Island GUITAR & UKULELE.

Visit Atlanta Steel Pan & Island Music website here.

Dave Holland

DAVE HOLLAND believes rhythm is a powerful metaphor for creating conscious connections, community awareness and individual creativity! Dave is the owner of Interactive Rhythm, an Atlanta based company that designs programs and resources for the professionals in the music making and business world.

Atlanta Drum CirclesDave is founder and primary performer and facilitator of all Beatin’ Path programs and drum circles. Dave spreads the message of community, teamwork, diversity, and environmental awareness through rhythm based events. Dave leads regular drum circles at regional area schools, public housing communities, health fairs and festivals. Former clients include the Chattohoochee Valley Library’s reading inititive program, Southeast Regional Hospice, Muscogee County School Administrators conference, Georgia’s Early Childhood Educator’s Conference, and the Southeast Regional Girl Scout Leadership convention. On stage, Dave is found in a number of musical settings, including world beat, jazz, orchestral and theatrical productions. Dave is the leading member of Ritmo Blu, a world percussion trio that performs at regional schools and festivals. Dave has traveled to Cuba, Africa, and Brazil to pursue his continuing education of the world’s cultures and drumming traditions.

Dave’s albums “Drummin’ Songs and Jam Alongs”  and “Drum-A-Bye-Baby” are now available  online at CDbaby.

Tempe Otto

Female-Jazz-Singer-Atlanta-circleTEMPE OTTO painstakingly recreates the music, eloquence, dress and mood of the 50s and early 60s.

Performing jazz standards, bossa nova and romantic ballads in multiple languages, Tempe’s style crosses from European flavors to Brazilian Bossa Nova to American Jazz Standards.

Her smooth and playfully steamy delivery evokes memories of the vocal styles of legends like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn and Julie London.

                             

Paul Vogler

Atlanta Percussionist

Paul has appeared on the bill with Ziggy MarleyThelonius Monk Jr., Dr. Billy TaylorThe New York Voices & others.

As a public educator of public and private schools (Baylor and McCallie schools of Chattanooga) and universities including UTC and Georgia Perimeter College. Paul lectured World Music, Percussion, Jazz Studies and Electronic Music and directed Jazz Band and Orchestra.

Paul’s company, Atlanta Event Music, has provided educational programming since 1995, receiving the 1997 Dorothy Mullen National Arts Award for “The Bessie Bus”, a mobile jazz and blues program. Atlanta Event Music also provided audio/video production/editing and inter-active exhibits including working with the National Afro-American Museum on the traveling exhibit “When the Spirit Moves” appearing at the Smithsonian Institution.

Currently, Paul maintains an active performance schedule with Atlanta Steel Pan and Island Music,  the Atlanta Jazz Trio, and 2nd Line Atlanta while continuing to teach private lessons.

PAUL VOGLER performs as solo percussionist on vibraphone, marimba & steel drum. Paul is also an Alternate Mode Mallet Kat endorser and proudly plays the Panyard Solid Hoop steel pans.

MP3 Atlanta Percussionist: Paul Vogler on Marimba!

 

A music instructor for over 20 yrs with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, teaching Jazz studies, Electronic Music, World Music & percussion, Paul is now semi-retired and founder of Atlanta Event Music and percussionist with Atlanta Jazz Trio, Atlanta Steel Pan and Island Music and 2nd Line Atlanta.

 

MP3 “Watch What Happens”, Paul Vogler – Atlanta Jazz Trio

 

MP3 “Blue Bossa” Paul Vogler on Steel Pan with Paul Newkirk on Accoustic Guitar

 

MP3 “And I Love Her, Beatles” Demo track Paul Vogler with Paul Newkirk

 

2nd Line Atlanta

atlanta-new-orleans-music2nd Line Atlanta has over 20 years of experience performing NEW ORLEANS SECOND LINE MUSIC and JAZZ and personifies the unique musical sounds of the City of New Orleans, a music considered the foundation for traditional Jazz and Dixieland.

2nd Line Atlanta is at the forefront of the New Orleans Brass Band renaissance! Our traditional New Orleans style second line band is able to play in almost any setting from festival stages to  grand ballrooms; riverboats to city streets. 2nd Line Atlanta provides quality New Orleans entertainment to fit your occasion.

From complete second line brass band to solo musician, 2nd Line Atlanta musicians provide New Orleans JAZZ, BLUES, CAJUN and ZYDECO MUSIC.

TRUMPET, TROMBONE, SAXOPHONE, TUBA, BASS DRUM SNARE DRUM, UPRIGHT BASS.

Improvisation and funked-up modern pop sets a soundtrack for SECOND LINE PARTIES.

View 2nd Line Atlanta Website 

Paul Newkirk

wedding band

Paul Newkirk has appeared on the bill with: SantanaJames Brown, Kathy Matea, Al Green, Spyro Gyra & Peabo Bryson and has opened concerts for Joe South, B.W. Stevenson, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & The New York Voices and Percy Sledge 

PAUL NEWKIRK has been compared to artists: James Taylor, Paul Simon & Bob Dylan. Paul delivers a warm, engaging & energetic stage presence. His versatile 300+ song repertoire appeals to a wide variety of audiences.
Celebrate with modern music by Adele, Jason Mraz, Train, Coldplay, Stevie Wonder and more including classical guitar music of James Taylor, Paul Simon, Jim Croce and The Beatles.

Visit Paul Newkirk at his website by clicking this link!

 

    

MP3s :

“Big Band Swing, Medley: Fly Me to the Moon, The Way You Look Tonight and More.” Vocals & Guitar by Paul Newkirk, Percussion by Paul Vogler

 

“Blue Bossa” Paul Newkirk on Acoustic Guitar with Paul Vogler on Marimba

 

“It’s My Job”, Performed by Paul Newkirk

 

“Always A Woman”, Performed by Paul Newkirk

 

“City of New Orleans”, Performed by Paul Newkirk

 

“Muskrat Love”, Performed by Paul Newkirk