East Meets West at the Sea­sons: Amer­i­can Music x2

April 14, 2012

East meets West in a spe­cial show ded­i­cated to Amer­i­can music at the Sea­sons Per­for­mance Hall, April 14, in Yakima.  The award-winning Randy Oxford Band from Seat­tle will show­case its dis­tinc­tive inter­pre­ta­tion of the blues, joined by inter­na­tion­ally known vocal­ist, Brad Sin­sel, of Yakima, who will per­form songs from his lat­est project, a cel­e­bra­tion of Amer­i­can tra­di­tional music.  This one-time col­lab­o­ra­tion between a band known for blues and a vet­eran of the world of rock and metal will honor what Amer­i­can music is and always has been – a diverse and lively blend of his­tory, cul­tures, and styles.

Lead by Randy Oxford — award-winning trom­bon­ist, jam host and enter­tainer — the Randy Oxford Band tours exten­sively through­out the U.S. and Canada, rid­ing on their rep­u­ta­tion for high-energy shows, well-crafted arrange­ments, inspired solos, and their sense of fun.  The six-piece band includes Jada Amy as the fea­tured vocal­ist, with her vel­vety voice and con­fi­dent, take-no-prisoners atti­tude. She’s sul­try, play­ful, and hard to resist. Man­ual Morais is one of the hottest young gui­tarists to come out of Brazil. His style is spir­ited and emo­tional, a skill­ful blend of blues, rock, latin, and funk. Randy Nor­ris, also on gui­tar, is a respected vet­eran, known for his finesse and cre­ativ­ity.  On bass, the band fea­tures Farko Dosumov from Uzbek­istan, who is known not only for lay­ing down a solid bass line, but also for his stel­lar solos, usu­ally accom­pa­nied by his part­ner in rhythm, Richard Sabol.  Richard is a sea­soned player, whose skill on the drums is admired on both coasts. The two gui­tarists com­ple­ment each other and, together with Oxford’s killer trom­bone and the solid rhythm sec­tion, give the band its char­ac­ter­is­tic big sound. The inter­play between the per­form­ers pro­vides the audi­ence with some­thing enter­tain­ing to watch, as well as to hear.

“One of the great­est rock voices ever to emerge from the Pacific North­west, ” accord­ing to Jeff Gilbert, con­tribut­ing writer for the EMP and Gui­tar Player Mag­a­zine, Brad Sin­sel is usu­ally rec­og­nized as the leg­endary front man for the band, TKO, wildly pop­u­lar in the late ‘70s and ‘80’s.   Brad spent years tour­ing with bands like the Kinks, Van Halen, AC/DC, Heart, and For­eigner while with TKO, and later, War Babies. He con­tin­ues to be involved in music and has worked on a vari­ety of projects in recent years, includ­ing a Hank Williams trib­ute with Stone Gos­sard of Pearl Jam; with Brynn Arens (for­merly of Flipp) and the band Amer­i­can Stan­dard; and most recently, as a con­trib­u­tor to the McClel­lans’ project, “100 Years of Amer­i­can Song,” with Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Mark Pick­erel of Scream­ing Trees and an impres­sive selec­tion of other big time musi­cians.  The Randy Oxford Band is look­ing for­ward to their col­lab­o­ra­tion with Brad Sin­sel in what promises to be a very enter­tain­ing performance.