Little Brown Brother concert

Jazz, Blues, & World Music fusion Little Brown
    Brother
    Event Description:
    Little Brown Brother

    www.littlebrownbrother.com

     Jazz, Blues, and World Music fusion band Little Brown Brother
    with special guests Myrna Del Rio and Ron Quesada

    Little Brown Brother has been performing regularly in the Bay
    Area since it was formed in 2006 and has been featured at many
    different concerts, events, and nightclubs. Its members are Ben
    Luis on bass, vocals; Carlos Zialcita on harmonica, vocals; Chris
    Planas on guitar, vocals; Mio "Timbalero" Flores on congas,
    percussion; Rey Cristobal on piano; and Carlton Carey on drums.
    Vocalist Myrna Del Rio joins them for this performance and has
    been a featured artist at the Cadillac Hotel Concert Series, the
    People in the Plazas Concert Series, and at Yoshi's Oakland in
    March 2011. Ron Quesada and Kulintronica features a high-tech
    fusion of traditional Filipino music on the Kulintang gongs from
    the Southern region of the Philippines known as Mindanao along
    with modern guitar sounds.
    Little Brown Brother was a featured group at the 2008 San
    Francisco Presidio Museum in 2009, the UC Berkeley International
    House in 2010, and the Asian Art Museum celebration of Filipino
    American History Month in 2009 and 2011. Filipino American Jazz
    Festival and has appeared at many events in the Filipino and
    Pan-Asian communities including the Asian Heritage Street
    Festival, the Jazz Appreciation Month Concert in 2010 at the SF
    Main Public Library, the SF Manilatown Heritage Foundation
    Banquet in 2008 and 2009, the SF

    This is the debut performance by Little Brown Brother at the La
    Peña Cultural Center. We invite you to support this venue, its
    cultural programs, and its promotion of live music in the East
    Bay as well as the on-going performances by Little Brown Brother,
    a band dedicated to preserving and celebrating Filipino American
    jazz in the SF Bay Area and beyond.
    Event Date: December 22, 2011
    Other Date details:
    About the San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival
    The San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival, a non-profit
    501(c) (3) organization, is sponsored by the Filipino American
    National Historical Society, and promotes, preserves, and
    celebrates Filipino American history, art, and culture.
    sfpinoyjazzfest.com
    Event Location: La Pena Cultural Center Shattuck Av. Berkeley,CA
    94705