Kelly Takunda Orphan: music, zimbabwe, soul, jazz, vocal, percussion, mbira, drums, gospel






The KTO Project

Click here for the Concert Schedule.

The KTO Project

The KTO Project:
Sam Bevan (bass),
Bob Crawford (keys),
Deszon Claibourne (drums),
Elouise Burrell (vocals),
and Kelly Takunda Orphan
(vocals and percussion)

Special guests:
Louie Romero (percussion),
Jose Roberto (guitar and vocals),
Fernanda Bustamante (vocals and violin),
Steffen Kuehn (trumpet) .

 

The KTO Project presents…

Building Bridges

a benefit supporting
Immigrants and Immigrants’ Rights
in the USA

Friday, Feb. 25, 8 pm
Utunes Coffeehouse

Please join The KTO Project for
a very special evening, as we honor
both the music and the people
from Latin America.

Salsa, merengue, and chilena rhythms, blend together with KTO’s african, middle eastern and funk sound! This will be an unforgettable night of music – bring your dancing shoes!


UtunesCoffeehouse.org

The KTO Project

THE KTO PROJECT (formerly The Kelly Takunda Orphan Project) is a unique blend of original music fused with different ethnic sensibilities-from Africa to the Middle East to the Americas-this music was created to uplift your spirits and feel funky all at the same time!

The K.T.O Project is:

Kelly Takunda Orphan : vocals and percussion (Babatunde Olatunji, Mutama, Crosspulse)

Michelle Jacques : vocals and percussion (Street Sounds, Chelle & Friends)

Bob Crawford : keyboards (Spearhead)

Sam Bevan : bass (Joe Craven, Geoff Muldaur, David Grisman)

Deszon Claiborne : drums (Angela Bofill, Omar Sosa, Giovanni Hildalgo)

Zivanai Musango : featured Zimbabwean guitarist (Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited)

Contact Kelly to get on a mailing list for upcoming concerts.

COMING SOON: www.KTOProject.com

“Kelly Takunda Orphan has a delicious blend of traditional and contemporary ingredients in her work. She’s so satisfying.”
     — Keith Terry, Crosspulse.

Give It To The PeopleGive it to the People is now available. You can purchase the CD by credit card through PayPal.

Cost: $15, plus $3 shipping and handling

Give it to the People CD now available at these fine stores:
  • Earwitness Music, Oakland
  • Change Makers, Oakland
  • Amoeba Records, Berkeley
  • Down Home Music, El Cerrito
  • Hear Music Stores, Berkeley, Palo Alto and Santa Monica

 


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