Held Thursday, June 26, 2008 | Friday, June 27, 2008 | Saturday June 28, 2008
Spontaneous, underground music, art and inspiration. Join us for a private listening party featuring Jason Jasper, Kevin Sandbloom, Shane Evans and other local and international artists.
Don’t miss.. This bloom will be brief.
(This will NOT be a bar. It WILL be BLOOMBARS.)
About the artists
JASON JASPER
San Francisco-based recording artist Jason Jasper is poised to move to the top of every soul purist’s playlist. But Jason Jasper won’t stop there – his versatility and universal appeal will have R&B, rock, blues, and even neo-soul enthusiasts relating to his rhythms and rhymes. And with hair-on-the-back-of-your-neck raising vocals that inspire reflection on our humanity and power to bring change, Jason may eventually carve out a new genre for his soul conscious music – He calls it “abstract soul.” His die-hard Bay Area and MySpace fans call it “What the music world has been waiting for!”
Drawing comparisons to classic vocalists such as Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder, Jason credits his love of music to the hours he spent enjoying his father’s albums as a child. Groups such as the Stylistics, Average White Band and Parliament-Funkadelic compelled him to “mimic every line and note.” In addition to covers of well-known soul classics such as Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” and the Stylistics’ “People Make the World Go Round,” Jason’s varied repertoire includes acoustic pieces such as “Wake Up,” a scorching plea for focus and consciousness during a time of conflict and economic uncertainty.
Visit jasonjasper.com for more information.
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KEVIN SANDBLOOM
Kevin Sandbloom has been playing music ever since he picked up a guitar at 16 and simultaneously fell in love with the music of Bob Marley. He cut his teeth on influences like B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Steely Dan, Prince and Sade. Of the creative culture he came up in he says, “The whole thing was to do like Bill Withers mixed with The Beatles or Parlamient meets Elvis Costello or Pink Floyd meets Steel Pulse so we were trying to mash it up from early on”. It was this eclectic atmosphere that shaped his musical path.
Fast forward to the present and Kevin is regarded in songwriter circles as an artist who operates at them top of his game. He has performed on stages from the Nuyorican Poets cafe in New York, to B.B. King’s Blues Club in Los Angeles and is a fixture at music and poetry venues across the U.S.
He is also a favorite on college and high school campuses. Sandbloom was recently featured on the ABC Family series “Lincoln Heights”, and has credits on the Laurence Fishburne film “Once In The Life”. He was also payed the honor of having one of his songs used by guitar legend Robben Ford on his album, “Supernatural”. It ended up being chosen as the title track.
Sandbloom is hard at work recording new material for what he hopes to be a 2008 release and has an eye on a European trip as well. “I’m looking for big things to happen this year” he says. Big things indeed but until then he keeps his focus on the mission at hand. Writing great music. “When it comes down it, that’s what it’s all about”.
Visit kevinsandbloom.com for more information.
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SHANE EVANS
In the business of illustration, design and creative development, Shane W. Evans is a multi-talented artist and visionary who combines his world travels with his art to influence creative expression in others. Evans studied at Syracuse University School of Visual and Performing Arts and graduated in 1993 and began traveling the world. In addition to contract work in illustration, graphic design and web design for major companies, Evans has conceptualized and illustrated numerous children’s books. Many of the books have been featured in the media such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, NBA Inside Stuff, Reading Rainbow and Late Night with David Letterman. Shane has received much acclaim within the children’s literary field for his work on children’s books such as “Osceola,” “The Way The Door Closes,” “Shaq and the Beanstalk” and “Take It To The Hoop Magic Johnson.” His accolades range from being honored by First Lady Laura Bush at the 2002 National Book Festival, The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and The Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction for Children.
Shane Evans’s talent does not stop at illustration and children’s books. His design work includes unique, one-of-a-kind hand crafted furniture pieces, clothing, CD cover art, photography and a number of other custom made items.
Evans’s work is influenced by his travels to Africa, South America, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean and throughout the United States. Firmly believing in education and creative development for all people, Evans has produced a unique presentation designed to share his gift with all ages, cultures, ethnic groups and backgrounds. His presentations and workshops are specifically tailored to each audience and combine storytelling, art projects and slide presentations from his own work and world travel.
Visit shaneevans.com for more information.
