Terence & Amanda Elliott with
Nymani Music appear: ART & SOUL
Sunday, August 31, 12:30pm
Oakland

Music on the Main Concert Series
Wednesday, June 25, 5pm-7:30pm
Marina Way and Macdonald Ave.(across from Richmond BART)
(510) 236-4049
www.richmondmainstreet.org

San Franciso State University
Monday, May 5, 3pm-5:00pm
Student Union Barbery Coast
1650 Holloway Ave., San Francisco 94132
(510)223-6571

Rasseles Jazz Club and Bar
Friday, December 28, 10:30pm-1:30am
1534 Fillmore St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 567-5010

Lexus of Oakland
Saturday, December 30, 1-5pm
7273 Oakport St Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 895-3987

1300 Fillmore Street Restaurant and Lounge
Monday, December 31, 9-1am
San Francisco, CA 94115
415-771-7100

Recent Terence Elliott and Nymani Performances:

1300 Fillmore - San Francisco
Rasseles -San Francisco

Club Anton - Jack London Square- Oakland
KPFA Live! - Transitions on Traditions with Greg Bridges-Berkeley
Linen Life Gallery - Emeryville
Scott's Seafood Restaurant- Walnut Creek
San Francisco State University
Breks Bar and Restaurant - Jack London Square, Oakland
Music in the Park (opening for Lenny Williams) Arroyo Park, Oakland

Directions:
From San Francisco/Bay Bridge:
Take 880 South (San Jose) to the Broadway/Alameda Exit. Turn right at first stoplight (5th Street). Follow signs for Broadway/Alameda and Jack London Square and go about 6 blocks to 3rd Street. Turn right.

From Berkeley/Sacramento:
Take 80 West to 880 South (San Jose) through the Maze. Take the Broadway/Alameda Exit. Turn right at first stoplight (5th Street). Follow signs for Broadway/Alameda and Jack London Square and go about 6 blocks to 3rd Street. Turn right.

From Contra Costa:
Take 24 to 980 Downtown Oakland. Take 11th-12th Street exit. Go to 3rd Street and Turn Left.

From The South Bay:
Take 880 North to the Broadway exit in Oakland. Turn left at the first signal onto Broadway and go to 3rd street. Turn right .

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Black Song & Poetry Ensemble

Performances TBA

The Professor: The New Jazz Swing

Terence Elliott, noted musician and educator well known especially to the community as a college professor of African American Studies and Music at Contra Costa College in San Pablo has released his first solo CD.

His new CD The Professor: The New Jazz Swing is a welcome blend of straight-ahead and contemporary jazz, with an added mix of R&B and funk. As a composer he incorporates various styles from jazz to gospel, hip-hop and beyond. He calls it the “New Jazz Swing.”

Songs like Congratulations, Macrame and Funk Me Up are true standouts.  He also added his special touch of contemporary style to classics like A Night in Tunisia and You Don’t Know What Love Is.  Cover tunes like Déjà vu and One Woman Man shine with spectacular background vocals by Amanda Elliott and Troy Marshall.

Elliott has been performing and recording for years throughout the Bay Area and beyond.  He played briefly with the popular Top 40 band Timex Social Club. He toured Europe with the group led by Bay Area favorite Mike Marshall who also has a new CD out Love, Lies and Life.

His recording credits include two jazz CD’s with composer, Karlton Hester and his Contemporary Jazz Art Movement and a recording with world beat soul artist Gregory Bledsoe and the Source of light.

More recently he wrote, produced and performed on the CD Cultural Consciousness by the Contra Costa College Black Song and Poetry Ensemble (BSAP), a group he formed and directed.  Elliott was also the co-producer, composer and featured pianist on the CD Kissed By A Dove by vocalist Amanda Elliott. 

He holds a Masters degree in Creative Arts and a Bachelors degree in Music and Black Studies that he earned at San Francisco State University. Currently, he is President of the Academic Senate at Contra Costa College and former Chair of the African American Studies Department at Contra Costa College.

CD's are now available for $15.00. To purchase a CD call: 510-223-6571 or email Amanda at elliottamanda@comcast.net.

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We Journeyed Home to Africa
By Amanda Elliott

The words of the song “Together As Africans”, written by the Black Song And Poetry Ensemble (BSAP) of Contra Costa College, came to fruition February 19,2003 when we landed in Ghana, West Africa. A group of 28 incredible vocalists and musicians from Contra Costa College in San Pablo, CA led by Terence Elliott, Chair of the college’s African American Studies Department and musical director of BSAP went to Ghana to participate in the African Heritage Choral Festival February 19-23.

The performance began as soon as we landed at the airport (I also accompanied the group as a vocalist). Once we retrieved our luggage and passed through the gates, television cameras and reporters from the local TV station interviewed Terence and asked the group for an impromptu performance.
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