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Ike Stubblefield, Jeff Sipe & Mike Seal w/ Preston Cate Trio
Genre: Funk/Jazz
Cover: $8 Adv / $10 DOS
Ages: 21+
Event Listing: http://ashevillemusichall.com/music-schedule/evening-ike-stubblefield/
Ike Stubblefield:
Hammond B3 virtuoso Ike Stubblefield is a music industry legend. With almost 50 years in the business, you may think he's seen and done it all, but he's just getting started.
He cut his teeth backing Motown legends like the Four Tops, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves, Stevie Wonder and Rare Earth. He lent his soulful R&B style to Al Green, Ike & Tina Turner, Curtis Mayfield, B.B. King, The Pointer Sisters and George Benson, and helped create the classic B3 sound that others would imitate for generations to come. In 2010, he collaborated with Grammy-winning Atlanta soul man Cee Lo Green, recording organ and keyboards on 9 tracks.
These days, the B3 icon and mini-Moog master stays busy jamming with Papa Mali in New Orleans, rocking with Big Hat in Nashville and producing out of his Atlanta studio. Drawing from his recent time with the Derek Trucks Band and years on the road as a musician-for-hire, Stubblefield is finding his true passion collaborating with old friends and bringing the loose ends of an illustrious career together on his new project, The Ike Stubblefield Trio.
"I'm combining all elements of my 46 years of playing," said Stubblefield. "My style's kind of all over the place so it's not a jam band, or jazz or funk necessarily, but it has all those elements."
Stubblefield's craft and ingenuity on the keys landed him a plethora of jobs within the music field. Always busy with a new project, his career twists and turns have involved writing and scoring music for commercials, TV shows and film; founding clubs in Vancouver, Toledo and Atlanta; and performing as one of the world's premier organ players.
"The B3 organ at the hands of a player like Ike Stubblefield becomes a force of nature," one reviewer wrote following his headlining of the 2011 Savannah Music Festival.
A fixture of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in the early 1970s, Stubblefield broadened his sound to fit the rock stylings of Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton, Jerry Garcia, Rod Stewart and Boz Scaggs. His reputation as a musician's musician ensured his spot at the top of industry insiders' lists of the most sought-after supporting band mates.
After traveling the world as a performing artist, Stubblefield took to the studio in 1976, producing, composing and writing songs with the likes of Phil Spector and Quincy Jones. Other world-famous collaborators would include Jim Capaldi of Traffic and singer-songwriter/guitarist Larry Lee.
Following 13 years of studio work through the 80s, Stubblefield spent much of the 90s performing in jazz clubs across the Pacific Northwest like Vancouver's The Purple Onion and Seattle's Jazz Alley with his band Is Not Was. After relocating to Atlanta in 2001, he hit the ground running playing Sandy Springs jazz hub Café 290 as well as The Roxy, Variety Playhouse and The Dogwood Festival.
But no matter the job, Stubblefield continues to earn accolades from his peers and critics alike.
Website: http://www.ikestubblefield.com/
Check out a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bNxE0PQegw
Preston Cafe Trio:
Born and raised in the South East, guitarist and composer Preston Cate recalls the first time he picked up a guitar. "When I was 15, I would sneak into my dad's closet to play his guitar. I thought the guitar was off limits because it was in the closet, but I just couldn't help myself." Since then, the guitar and music has been a passion of Preston's daily life.
In 2000, Preston relocated from Tuscaloosa AL to Crested Butte CO to pursue his music education and experience the Colorado lifestyle. During this time, he played a lot of bop and steeped himself in the music of the mountains, bluegrass. The emersion of bluegrass led him to join the band "The Hand Me Downs" and they recorded an album produced by Drew Emmit of "Leftover Salmon" in 2004. Later that year they shared the stage with Abigail Washburn. In 2005, Preston composed the music for the film "Fern Hill".
Preston relocated to Asheville NC in 2006. He met Sean Mason (drums), Patrick Thorstenson (Bass) and the three of them co-founded "Vertigo Jazz Project". Preston quickly gained recognition and began touring with VJP in the South East and Mid West. VJP released three albums and shared the stage with many artist, including The Jimmy Herring Band and Galactic. The success of VJP inspired them to host a weekly jam session. This inspiration, and vision by Sean Mason, turned into the very successful Soul Jazz Jam at MoDaddy's. Each week featured a different guest including Kofi Burbridge (grammy), Roy "Futureman" Wooten (grammy), Count M'butu (grammy), Snarky Puppy (grammy), Enrico Scott (grammy), Jeff Sipe, Ike Stubblefield, Grant Green Jr. and many others.
The Preston Cate Trio is a return to the guitar/organ/drum trios of the 60's, but placed in a modern context. "This format let's you play anything. Jazz, funk, pop, soul, it's just good music!" says Cate. The trio is supported by Sean Mason on Drums and Lenny Pettinelli on keys.
Preston currently resides in Weaverville NC with his wife and two children.
Check out a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7I3u-2IGs0&index=4&list=PL5F035D476D08FE0E
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LocationAsheville Music Hall (View)
31 Patton Ave.
Asheville, NC 28806
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 21 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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