Member Since: 04/06/2008
Band Website: www.thebrassking.biz
Band Members:Nuyorican Poets Café meets Club Tropicana with a Cotton Club Martini in the Legendary South Beach Art Deco Hotel Hideaway. A Multi talented DJ and Poet will host an urban Vintage Latin Jazz musical ride with featured vocalists, musicians and poets.Host & Poet Deborah Magdalena and DJ The Brass King’s musical chemistry is explosive, entertaining, comedic yet extremely intelligent and uplifting.
Influences: The Brass King - WWW.THEBRASSKING.BIZ//BK has been blasting his sound for the past ten years at some of the hottest international spots in South Florida, Las Vegas, Spain, Dominican Republic, New York and many other musically versed and sexy destinations. His range of music includes a wide variety of Old Soul, Latin Grooves, Latin Jazz, House, Hip-Hop, Acid Jazz, Funk, R&B, Reggae, and Rare Grooves. You are guaranteed to hear him touch a little of everything in one nights set. His music is for the Trendsetters who are chic before it hits mainstream, they beat to their own drum and start the styles that become duplicated! His musical style and uniqueness has wowed the radio waves such as HOT105, WRGP 88.1FM, WMTA 94.3FM TV shows such as; The Living Room for B.E.T and The Roof on MUN2; Fashion Shows for Pelle Pelle and various Diesel Stores, countless music festivals and art exhibitions for the likes of famed comedian Cheech Marin.
Sounds Like://Deborah Magdalena WWW.DEBORAHMAGDALENA.COM//Whether she’s hosting a spoken word event, a music festival, or playing the role of a santera, a deputy, or a vixen, Deborah Magdalena brings authenticity and panache to the stage and screen. The Puerto Rican actress, sister of Latin Grammy winning Jazz Flutist Nestor Torres calls Miami home. She has acquired film & television credits these past 15 years which include Sesame Street (CTW), Apollo Comedy Hour (Tribune Entertainment),
The Newz (Columbia-Tri-Star), Safe Harbor (WB),
Billboard Latino (AZTECA AMERICA) Striptease (Castle Rock), Holyman (Caravan), and For Love or Country (HBO). Now focusing on her spoken word performances, and hosting skills Deborah has bared her poetic soul by independently releasing Spoken Word CDs - Spoken Soul: A Survival Kit of Poetry, and Deborah Magdalena LIVE featuring soulful singer Big Brooklyn Red and Nestor Torres. In between her busy touring and TV taping schedule Deborah has found the time to work with kids in after school programs funded by Arts For Learning, personally authoring an original poetic program called After School Zen. Currently Deborah’s one woman spoken word show “Letters o the Men I Love†has been invited by Miami’s The Adrienne Arsht Center to participate in a Think Tank Sessions series – fall 07. “I’m a Latina Ryan Seacrest dressed in drag as Oprah! I’m musical, poetic and want to positively impact people’s lives.†states Deborah.
Record Label: Above Ground Music
Type of Label: Indie