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Children of Lucy is an Afro/Asian/Latin dance-rock-jazz band, performing original danceable music and arrangements from around the world - plus some western standards. Led by Andy Lewis aka "DrClock" this ensemble features talented musicians from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. Check out their bios below!
Tickets to this show are $20 GA, $15 for OCA members. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Beer, wine and refreshments for sale. OCA is wheelchair accessible.
From a review in “LA Jazz Scene”:
"It was both tightly composed and left room for improvisations. The harmonies and blend were quite colorful, covering a variety of moods, and always held one’s interest….so memorable that I wish I could view the performance again. Be sure to catch this very original ensemble whenever you have the chance."
A C Lewis, AKA DrClock, has been a musician, composer, freelancer, teacher, and student of music for 56 years now. Starting as a Trombonist, he switched to Congas in High School, started drumset in College, and classical percussion at the S F Conservatory of Music, where he earned a Bachelors degree, He also has a Masters from the Juilliard school, a Post Grad diploma from the Mannes College of Music, a teaching certificate from the Lewis-Clark State University in Idaho, 2 Masters in Conducting from the Universidad Juan Corpas in Bogota Colombia and SF State U. He has performed worldwide with ensembles including the Mexico City Phil, the Orquesta Nacional de Colombia, the New Zealand Symphony, and 20 years with the San Francisco Symphony. He has performed with countless luminaries including Ritchie Havens, Ray Charles, and Ella Fitzgerald, Leonard Bernstein, Frank Zappa, Michael Tilson Thomas, Steve Reich, YoYo Ma, Bobby McFerrin, Joan Jett, Isaac Stern, Aaron Copland, Pierre Boulez, Jeffery Kahane, and Kent Nagano, among other. He’s shared the stage with Moby Grape and members of the Grateful Dead, and studied Composition with John Adams at the SF Conservatory. He “made it there” in N Y, as freelancer on Broadway and countless ensembles, but is happily settled now in our fair Bay Area. As bandleader he toured Colombia with the A C Lewis Trio, in 2005 created and is still occasionally performing with the poymetric octet Deep Hip Pocket, and is now steering Children of Lucy, and maintains his position as Timpanist with the Santa Rosa Symphony.
Alex Holloway is a bassist living in the East Bay area. He studied bass with Doctor Aaron Miller at Brigham Young University - Idaho and has many years of touring nationally on both electric and upright bass under his belt. He has also recorded with a wide variety of artists and is featured on award winning international releases. He is passionate about making music and considers his job well done if your toes are tapping along with the groove.
David El covers a lot of ground. As a vocalist he is an adept rapper and a sensitive enough singer to croon a ballad, as a guitarist rip a rocking guitar solo and articulate jazzy harmonic sophistication all the while playing smart rhythmic accompaniments. A familiar yet renewed sound that blends elements of jazz and blues tonality into a latin rock, hip hop vibe. David Has been making waves in the Bay Area Music scene both as a side man and his trio : David El 3-oh!
Eric Scheide is a saxophonist, band leader and composer. He studied saxophone performance at San Francisco State University. He has performed with Einsteinium Quartet, SF Civic Symphony, City Swing Big Band, Gina Maadrid, Detour, SF L/G Freedom Band, Ray of Light Theater, Jazz Beaus, What's Cookin' Quintet, David Mcfarland Project, The Soul Miners, Left Coast Project and many others, including performing with and recording DrClock’s previous band Deep Hip Pocket.
Miles Lassi, an interdisciplinary artist based in Oakland, CA, has performed in over 150 cities, with ensembles like the Vietnam National Symphony, and the national tour of Dirty Dancing. He has performed with remarkable artists including Bely Fleck, Tangerine dream, John Rutter, Monophonics, Morton Subotnik, and the Santa Rosa Symphony. He has created music with Tony award producer Peter Schneider, and Grammy award winning producers Om’Mas Keith and Jack Vad, who won a Grammy with DrClock for their roles in the San Francisco Symphony’s Grammy award winning “Carmina Burana” under the direction of Herbert Bloomstedt. He currently works musically for KQED in their terrific series “Snap Judgement”.
Jonah Cabral is a sought-after Bay Area saxophone soloist from San Francisco. He has shared the stage with Carl Allen, Smith Dobson Jr, Nicholas Beard, Akira Tana, John Daversa, Andreas van Zoelen, Paul Cohen and many more, and has played throughout the world, in South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Slovakia and throughout the United States. He earned a Bachelor of Music from San Jose State University and a Masters from Fontys Conservatory in the Netherlands. His awards include being one of winners in La Jolla Symphony's 2019 Young Artist Competition, a finalist in Fremont Symphony's 2019 Young Artist Competition, Delta Symphony's 2019 Young Artist Competition and in the Northern American Saxophone Alliance 2018 National Competition. Jonah released his first album as a leader in 2022 recorded live at the Paradox jazz club in the Netherlands. He’s currently a freelance musician, is the soprano saxophonist of the Zēlos Saxophone Quartetand, and Director of Music at Westborough Middle School.