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About Me

i was born and raised in southern california,graduated from fisk university in nashville with a degree in biology. while there, i was a jubilee singer and toured extensively.i then went to howard university and studied composition and jazz and got a second bachelors and a masters.i moved to new york with my band hue, a trio of violin, piano and cello.there were three of us and we all sang and played. for years, i sang and played piano and wrote songs about love and life. couple of years ago, i picked up a guitar and fell in love and continue to write songs about love , life and now angst as well. it sort of lends itself to the guitar. last year, i picked up the cello and again, fell in love. being a musician has allowed me to perform with and open for many amazing folks and i feel blessed to have known them as well as share the stage with them. barbara streisand, vinx, the five blind boys of alabama, v. jeffery smith of the family stand, corey glover of living color, the indigo girls,me'shell n'dege o'cello,vernon reid, ntsikelelo cekwana, sekou sundiata ,andy milne, simone...just to name a few. last year, i released two ep.s with producer ian friday of tea party music. they are in your room and reunion of souls and can be found on amazon.com or maritri,com. i am currently working on a new record that is as yet untitled and should be finished early next year.

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Member Since: 10/28/2006
Band Website: maritri.net
Band Members: my line up changes ... maritri on piano, guitar, cello and vocalsganessa james on bass, guitar and vocalsdrae alexander on keys and vocalsluqman brown on guitar,harmonica and vocalschris eddleton, elie katz, marcus stewart on drumstarrah reynolds on violin and vocals alva anderson on viola and vocals
Influences: my dad,the fisk jubilee singers,leon roberts,prince,stevie,shirley horn,sweet honey in the rock, michael franks, sting,joni mitchell never lies,tribe called quest, vinx, john mayer,bjork, carmen mc crae, coltrane,sarah vaughn, esthero,nirvana,nina simone, art tatum,ray charles, milton nascimento, caetano veloso, dori caymmi,daniel lanois, ivan lins,grady tate,the family stand,black note, dixie chicks, jimi hendrix,michael hedges,patsy cline, willie nelson,dianne warren, nick drake,tuck and patti, bob marley, phinneas newborn,rogerio jardim,raul midon,dean bowman,amos lee,nickel creek, jack johnson,gene lake,living colour,me'shell n'dege o'cello,pink floyd, ani di franco, annie lennox, geri allen,soundmind,jobim, funkface,arvo part, barry manilow, the beatles, the who,ben harper, train, bobby mcferrin,ennio morricone, bonnie raitt, keb mo,djavan, dakota moon, james taylor,steely dan,miles,roberta flack, donny hathaway,andy milne,webster young, herbie hancock, tuck and patti, wes montgomery,journey,the beatles, mint condition,kurt elling, jamie cullum curtis mayfield,johhny cash,hank williams, roy clark, buck owens,gilberto gil,nat king cole, cassandra wilson, helga davis, aimee mann
Sounds Like: depends on what day it is...
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

joy, part 2

so, this week was an amazing one! i shared the stage with some of my heroes, making music last week starting monday. the first rehearsal was amazing... when we hit the first harmony , i had chills and...
Posted by maritri on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:06:00 PST

joy

find some joy for yourself today. just take a second and do something that makes you happy. it seems we forget how something really small can do that. a kind word, a poem written by someone who loves ...
Posted by maritri on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:58:00 PST

back on the soapbox... again

so, i am sure that you think i never actually get off of the soapbox. i find myself up here more and more often. i never used to blog. just journal, nice and neat only to be read by me. who knew? w...
Posted by maritri on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:30:00 PST

every day with you is lent

well, for those of you who were not raised catholic, lucky bastards, you may not know about lent. in the catholic church it is the forty days that Jesus spent in the desert being tempted and fasting. ...
Posted by maritri on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:28:00 PST

vote or die

what a day! i just went to cast my vote and as i looked at my choices, was amazed... an african american man or a woman. i am the child of two mississippi born and raised parents, and a family deeply ...
Posted by maritri on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:34:00 PST

the list

as a kid, i used to make endless lists . things i wanted to do in life, places i wanted to play,people i wanted to meet, places and things i wanted to eat. they went on and on. i hadn't really made ma...
Posted by maritri on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:43:00 PST

life is on the wire. everything else is just waiting...

so, at what point did live music become something to be talked over and not listened to? perhaps it happened when people became so beat and hook driven they didn't really have anything to say. could i...
Posted by maritri on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:53:00 PST

the leader of the band

"the leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old..." when i was a child, my dad was my hero. he still is. i remember the day he brought home a beautiful dove gray kite with the man in the...
Posted by maritri on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:11:00 PST

God doesnt give everybody cadillacs

just a few thoughts on life , death , living and dying... as usual.what does it all mean? certainly, the obvious is that we arrive and depart alone, from unknown back to unknown. and it seems a lot of...
Posted by maritri on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:26:00 PST

falling back

if you have something to fall back on, you are always falling back on it. i remember as a child watching a documentary on the flying wallendas. their claim to fame was being a family high wire act do...
Posted by maritri on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:05:00 PST