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Wali Ali & The Tambourine Band, With A Very Special Guest Vocalist at BeanRunner Cafe

Courtesy of Drew Claxton | Posted on September 3, 2017

Where

BeanRunner Cafe
201 S Division Street
Peekskill, NY
Map
914-737-1701

When

Fri, November 17, 2017
8:00 pm

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Musicians

Wali Ali
guitar

About

Wali Ali unites the intimacy of folk music with the improvisation of jazz and the irresistible rhythms of R&B, and he invites the listener to explore new interpretations of contemporary melodies.

Wali has played guitar with various musical artists including Taj Mahal, Norman Connors, Donny Hathaway, Bobbi Humphrey, Melvin Van Peebles, Noel Pointer, Lonnie Liston Smith, Peter Tosh, and Stanley Turrentine. He has scored for television, and he was bandleader for the Broadway musical "Mule Bone". Wali is also the recipient of the ASCAP Songwriters Award.

The band's guest vocalist and songwriter is of Atlantic Starr fame and contributed to classic hits like Circles, Am I Dreaming, Let's Get Closer, Touch a Four Leaf Clover and others. He's also a vocalist for Spyro Gyra, Melba Moore, and Michael Bolton, and most recently has toured with Earth Wind and Fire. ...

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