BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/oakland//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130524T222035CEST-2584wHUu04@www.yoshis.com/oakland DTSTAMP:20130524T200535Z DESCRIPTION:\nPURSUANCE RECORDS PRESENTS &ldquo\;VAST IS THE SKY&rdquo\; Th e debut album by CAVALISA\nCAVALISA is a musical duo comprised of Cava Men zies (piano/vocals) and Lisa Forkish (lead/vocals). &ldquo\;Vast is the Sk y&rdquo\; is their debut album (Pursuance Records) scheduled for worldwide release January 8\, 2013 featuring Grammy award winning bassist David Pul phus (NOJO/Cassandra Wilson)\, singer/producer Armando Cordoba (Avance/Ohi o Players) drummer/educator Jaz Sawyer (Abbey Lincoln)\, trumpeter/produce r Nick Phillips (CMG Re-Mixer-Ella Fitzgerald/Miles Davis)\, young trumpet er Tracy Fitzsimmons and other exciting talents.\nThe album features 8 re- imagined classic gems from the American Songbook including the groove-cent ered rendition of Minnie Riperton's &ldquo\;Les Fleurs&rdquo\;\, an origin al &ldquo\;Yesterday&rsquo\;s Leaves&rdquo\; and beloved covers by Antonio Carlos Jobim. CAVALISA&rsquo\;s vision infuses Jazz and Pop standards wit h the beauty\, style\, and flavor of the universal famed genre Bossa Nova. The group has been featured at San Francisco Yoshi&rsquo\;s as well as KP FA Radio.\nCava Menzies\, daughter of renowned Jazz trumpeter Eddie Hender son\, is a Bay Area native and graduate of the Berklee College of Music (B A) and the University of Miami (MM). She is a classically trained jazz pia nist with over twenty years of formal study and arranging/performance expe rience. Lisa Forkish is an award-winning songstress/composer/arranger\, or iginally from Eugene\, OR. She is Portland's "\;Songwriter of the Year "\; award recipient\, a graduate of Berklee College of Music and relea sed two albums as a bandleader with much acclaim.\nAs educators\, both tal ented ladies are dedicated to the future generations through their faculty leadership and direction of the Vocal Department at Oakland School for th e Arts (OSA). They have conducted their OSA Choir students to premier perf ormances for President Barack Obama\, CA Governor Jerry Brown&rsquo\;s Ina uguration\, Oakland Raiders\, San Francisco Giants as well as three concer t tours to Italy\, Puerto Rico and New Orleans.\nLearn more on CAVALISA To ur dates and Album Release events by visiting www.cavalisamusic.com\n\nhtt p://www.facebook.com/cavalisamusic\n\nhttps://twitter.com/cavalisamusic DTSTART:20130218T200000 DTEND:20130218T220000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:Oakland SUMMARY:CAVALISA record release party END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR