AlisaKuumba

I am currently going thru a musical and spiritual change ........ I’ve played with different artists and listened to new music...AND my son Kayin(the funky bassman) and I haved formed a new band....OSAZE. David Martin, a man of many talents is currently playing guitar with us.
In the land of vortexes, rivers, little people, ancestors, fairies, spirit workers, etc;....... I sing, play percussions, write lyrics, and music.......Don’t try to pin me down into one thing...cuz...I’ve been blessed to do many things........
I style and improvise with B-Love & The Mountain High Soul Society...keeps my chops and and tuned! We sometimes intertwine our poetry...........
I also sing traditional Yoruba Chants, Old Time Music, Jazz, 2nd line influenced music and undescribable alternative channeled in ......music.
Whenever I play with the fabulous Akira Satake from Japan, I always seem to channel in a song! Imhotep played with us in one session and it was quite exciting having to have that New Orleans kick-ass drum style!
In 2003, I won the Asheville Council for the Arts Regional Grant in the category of Music. That grant enabled me to work with Jimmi Esspirit aka Jimmy Hopps, in New Orleans.
I do artist-in-residency programs with Western North Carolina Artists Agencies(WNCAA), and the Leaf-in-Schools(LSS) program.With LSS, I will be teaching some basic Jamaican Folk-Dance steps along with a few African and Reggae rhythms. We received a special grant that will allow me to work during the school year in areas where art is really needed.....
I work with elementary and middle school students...YIKES!!!!! They have lots and lots of energy.......Whew!!!
Contact: 828-398-0838 or email: [email protected]

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