FESTIVAL 2009 KICKOFF CONCERT

Charmaine Clamor
Yoshi's Oakland
510 Embarcadero Oakland 510-238-9200
Thursday July 16
Shows at 8 and 10 pm
www.yoshis.com
www.charmaineclamor.com

Charmaine Clamor is America's leading Filipina jazz and world music vocalist. Her debut album, Searching For The Soul, "announced the arrival of an impressive new vocal artist. When Charmaine Clamor's warm, luscious contralto slips into a seductive rhythm or purrs through tender lyrics, there's no doubt that a first-rate jazz talent is present". (Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times)

After making Filipino music history by placing her album Flippin' Out in the Top-5 of both the Jazz and World Music charts, Charmaine recently performed at the Manila International Jazz Festival and also received a FAMAS Award while in the Philippines. She is the first jazz artist to be signed to Manila's Viva Records label.

with special guest
Mon David
featured artist
SF Filipino American Jazz Festival 2009
www.mondavid.com

"His stunning improvisation and grooving lyricism are the stuff of world class vocalizing... The Filipino singer has all the skills to emerge as one of the breakout male jazz vocal talents of the year." --Don Heckman, International Review of Music