Member Since: 25/07/2007
Band Website: www.odduarecords.com
Band Members: She has performed with some of the best jazz musicians in the Bay Area and New York including Geechi Taylor, Jazz Sawyer, John Handy, Dee Spencer, Wayne Wallace, Marcus Shelby, Riley Bandy III, David Ewell, John Calloway, John Santos, Matt Clark, Daryl Green, Howard Wiley, and Jameo Brown. Her World Soul ensemble, ODDUA, includes Heather Licini (keys), Raul Perales (Bass), Stevo Pellerin (drums), Paul Hunt (Guitar), and Geechi Taylor (Trumpet). She has collaborated with the infamous Veronica Combs and Liquid Fire Productions for live performences and vocal coaching. In 2005’s show she was the vocal director and vocal composer for the Liquid Fire Project, “Legacies Untied, Lust Unleashed,†a performing arts piece incorporating music, dance, and spoken word.
Influences: Musical Influences: Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Abby Lincoln, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire, Billy Holiday, James Brown, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sheila Chandra, Ben Harper, Jimmy Hendrix, Cassandra Wilson, Duke Ellington, Claude Debussy, Hildegard Von Bingen, Poncho Sanchez, Nancy Wilson, Louis Armstrong, Julian “Cannonball†Adderly, Frederick Chopin, Giuseppe Verdi, Maria Callas and Jesse Norman, just to name a few.
Sounds Like: Hypnotic melodies, ancient rhythms, soulful funk, and a voice that will melt you out of your skin, is the music of Allegra Bandy. Allegra Bandy has been writing and performing music that challenges social and societal norms, as well as music that inspires self-expression and self-preservation.
Record Label: Odduarecords
Type of Label: Indie