On Sunday, 14th of April, is the AghaRTA Prague Jazz Festival inviting you to another great music experience! To the LMB is the young and talented Maya Azucena & band coming. She is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and cultural ambassador from Brooklyn, NY. She attended the LaGuardia School of Performing Arts. She independently released her debut CD “Maya Who?!” at shows and from her website. Now she has already 7 albums, the last one from 2011 is called “Cry Love”.
Maya has devoted a significant amount of her career to human rights participation. In 2006, Maya sang at the “Save Darfur: Rally to Stop Genocide” on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in solidarity with Barack Obama, Paul Rusesabagina, George Clooney, Elie Wiesel and numerous other performers, activists, and celebrities. Maya recently performed as a part of Marcus Miller´s Concert for Japanese Tsunami Relief. She sang alongside bassist Marcus Miller, keyboardist Robert Glasper, and rapper Q-Tip. The Billboard Magazine reviewed recently “…storytelling lyrics and soulful, soaring vocals.” and also the NY Post commented positively “…like Chaka Khan and Roberta Flack.”. This will be a Brooklyn flavored evening, full of fusion soul, R&B and jazz, strong lyrics and a great voice.
Maya Azucena – vocals, Christian Ver Halen – guitar, Ivan Katz – drums, Stan Davis – keyboards and bass.
