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Released: Oct 30, 2008
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  • Genre: Jazz / Other / Soul

    Location LosT AngelS Region - 7th Galaxy, Un

    Profile Views: 62638

    Last Login: 3/19/2013

    Member Since 4/2/2006

    Website www.nationofwaberia.bandzoogle.com

    Record Label Cain't put no label on it...

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ......"I began singing.. must have been while I was learning to talk, because I don't remember a time when I did not sing. Music and singing is a constant companion to all the memories I have.".. ........ A voice emerges as an 'Old Soul' in the evolving world of today's jazz and cross-genre music. Waberi takes center stage with her transcendent voice and intimate song-craft as the promise of a continued grand jazz music legacy. Waberi's voice resonates in an alter-reality... beautiful, a haunted timbre; that has many likening her to Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln or early Cassandra Wilson. But the comparison is not solely in the sound of her voice, but the legacy she embodies. Born in Washington D.C., and raised in the last great jazz enclave in Los Angeles, Leimert Park, Waberi has studied and/or played with Pharoah Sanders, Azar Lawrence, Big Black, Nate Morgan, and Bennie Maupin among some; The Great Voice of UGMAA (Union of God's Musicians and Artists' Ascension) with world-renown avant-garde pianist Horace Tapscott - and The GREAT Billy Higgins. As a songwriter, her lyrics are at once prosaic and deeply poetic in their simple truth. Her lyrical subtext is reflective of diverse story- masters like Marvin Gaye, Phoebe Snow or Sun Ra. Her songs are a shrine for Ancestral remains, sculpted around gently simmering jazz and blues ideals; instruments and voicing's arranged to evoke a visceral response to a song, whether it be an original song or her expression of a classic Jazz standard. And she stays firmly rooted in NOW. Waberi elegantly weaves language and tone together until you find your truth within it. It"s the meaning of music as her craft. The uniqueness of her ability to improvise melody, communicates an urgent sense of place and texture that translates emotions - often contrary, tangibly, and does it oft times within the same song. It's her uniqueness that makes Waberi highly sought after as a featured vocalist and collaborator with some of the most innovative and exciting new musicians from multiple genres, and has garnered Waberi a swiftly growing international audience. She is reaching milestones with the international release of her featured single "SUNFLOWERS IN MY GARDEN", on 2009's CD "Love Pt.1" by Build An Ark; a Los Angeles based, highly-acclaimed world music ensemble which includes the inimitable Jazz Vocalist Extraordinaire, Dwight Trible. Waberi has played prestigious music venues in Los Angeles, New York, Berlin, Paris including the Jazz Bakery, Jazz at Drew Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Harlem Stages, and The Getty Museum, The Paradiso, and Cargo. She performed in New York City's hit event URB ALT Festival in both 2008 and 2009 which featured top artists including V. Jeffery Smith of Family Stand, and Melvin Gibbs. She, along with Build An Ark opened for McCoy Tyner @ UCLA's Royce Hall in November of 2009! Waberi's voice is an enigma steeped in rich Jazz tradition and her songs are forged by the emotion and struggle of living her words. And raising her Voice. "...you strive on two levels - you sing of war and warfare and you are at war... with elements unseen and unheard - your only measure is the pleasure you take in witnessing with your voice your heart and your art. Simple." -Jimmy Rage .. .. ......Build An Ark @ Cargo in London featuring "Sunflowers In My Garden!".... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. ......IG Culture & Build An Ark.. from ..Beyondjazz.. on ..Vimeo....... .. .. ........ .. ..Tuesday August 18th @ 9:00 pm @ The Grand Star Jazz Club - 943 N Broadway - CHINATOWN, Los Angeles.. .. .. ..A "Trunk Party" to benefit our best and brightest entering College! Bring gift cards, donations/$$, and LOVE Vibrations to fill the "TRUNK" with things to make the dorm room like home!.. .. Please come and support this years STELLAR Recipient and help make this innaugural benefit a community tradition every year!.. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. ....Scenes from the Benefit/Healing Gathering for Nate Morgan, December 26, 2008 @ The World Stage, Leimert Park .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. ......EP Cover Europe - November/December 2008.... .. ...... .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ .. .. .. .... .... ..

  • Members

    .... ........ .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .......... ...... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............ .... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Find more videos like this on ..URB ALT.......... .... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ................ .... .. .... .. ......For Booking and More Information:.... ..ciiramanagement@gmail.com .... bookingwaberi@gmail.com...... .... .........creating music that has been called "New World Gospel"... heard/felt to "open a portal to correct many occurrences in the Universe...", deeply immersed in the language of the Ancestors, and with those, whose Spirits exist but have yet to achieve human form......... .. .. ........ .... ......CD Available at the following locations:.. .... ......Eso Won Books.. ..4327 Degnan Blvd... ..Los Angeles - 90008.... .. .. ....AND.... .... ....Zambezi Bazaar.. ..4334 Degnan Blvd... ..Los Angeles - 90008.... .... ......And coming soon to CDBABY!!!.... .. .. ...... .. .... ...... .. .. .. .. .. ........................ .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......View my page on ..The Global Jazz Network.............. ..................

  • Influences

    ..AFRICA. Birds, whales, WATER, wind, unflinching sincerity, loyalty, unbelievable acts of courage, astronomic phenomena; my Dreams, the SUN. The indelible harmonic alignment of Billy Strayhorn, the warm, smiling face of Billy Higgins, the easy genius of my daughter; the country grammar of Master Juno Lewis, the MOON... Dianne Reeves, Amel Larrieux, GHASEM Batamuntu, my GREAT Aunt - Frances Waller, Phoebe Snow, Zamzam, THE HOLY TRIUNE - Rita, Judy, and Marcia - also known as The I-Threes, The Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra and the Great Voice of U.G.M.A.A. (Union of God's Musicians and Artists' Ascension) - under the Supreme Leadership of Horace Tapscott, Dwight Trible, Natalie Cole, Lord TUBMAN Atnimara, Stevie, Hawai'i Nei, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Rage, David Hugo Boarman (9/0) R.I.P, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Nancy Wilson, Ishmael Reed, my GRANDfather - William I. Lee, Jr., Robert Nesta Marley, Sarah Vaughn, James Baldwin, Boston & Shena - THE MuthaWit Experience, ISAAC Smith, Cheik Ante Diop, Chinua Achebe, Octavia Butler, Flora Purim, McCoy Tyner, Matt Lavelle, Surrealist Will Alexander, Clifford Brown, Dadesi Komolafi... the knowledge that I am a part of this grand experiment..... .. .. ....Play Me Some... ..Live.. @ The Temple Bar 8-07 - Santa Monica, Cali.... .. .... .. .. .. .... .. ..

  • Sounds Like

    ..release, confirmation, invocation, The Ancestors speaking, righteous indignation, soul-bearing witness, witness-bearing soul, humility, evolution, self, peace, love, love, love......... .. "Waberi - The Blues, The Muse, The Brilliant & Loosed.... Waberi. Wa Beri - Starah Far I. A Giant? A Saint? A Diva? Simply - WABERI is the direct projection of the DIVINE MUSE... The greatest (supposed) trouble of the Internet is that we (purportedly) can't really know the other person well enough... Well, true or not - I would like to let Y'ALL know who Waberi is for me:.... * Waberi's music is ONLINE, FREE OF CHARGE. Don't be lazy - LISTEN; EXPERIENCE; TUNE IN AND UNTO THE SUPREME MUSE. Listen and thou shall KNOW; though shall REALIZE. Thou shall AWAKE!.... Waberi is ENLIGHTENMENT MUSIC.. Waberi is A Strange Fruit.. Waberi is THE VESSEL.. Waberi is On Top Of The World.. Waberi is A Better Tomorrow.. Waberi is DELIGHT.. Waberi is Something Lovely.. Waberi is Unspoken Love.. Waberi is An Open Door.. Waberi is THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SUNFLOWER.. Waberi is THE SUN KING.. Waberi is LOVE; Waberi is LIFE..... In the end, she remains - all alone - in front of/with GOD. The backup musicians/music may be the best or the worst - you know what? It doesn't really matter at all... When Waberi VIBRATES, YOU FORGET WHO YOU ARE. The SICK & ILL find their REMEDY within HER VOICE. The dead AROUSE and RISE above to LISTEN! The poor forget how POOR they are - and become the richest. The molested souls FORGIVE & RECOVER through her HEALING MUSE. The forgotten FORGET and all of a sudden - are REDISCOVERED. All jazz-artists-giants-luminaries wake up from their ETERNAL SLEEP to ABSORB & APPLAUD. They humbly bow in front of Waberi, for SHE IS JAZZ. SHE IS THE BLUES. Her life is THE JAZZ and her CRY OUT is THE BLUES..... Humanity has become so cold and decayed that nobody may understand & appreciate her in this lifetime, but she will forever remain THE MUSE; THE LIGHTHOUSE for all of us who genuinely suffer, all of us who are in profound pain; all of us who desperately seek the DIVINE MOTHER. Her womb is our asylum; her vessel is our shelter. Waberi is MUSIC; each and every part of her is an infinitely reverberated sound in the vast interplanetary cosmos..... Thank You Waberi...".. (Wings of an Angel, 2007).... .. ....

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After Hours

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    7 months ago
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    1 year ago
  • Udo

           
    I WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
    One Love
    Udo
      
    Greetings, 

    Just verified that Mumia Abu-Jamal is being held in Administrative Custody at SCI Mahanoy, Frackville, PA until he is cleared to enter general population within a few days. 
    We need phone calls to the institution to let them know that the WORLD is watching Mumia’s movements and ask general questions so that they know that nothing they are doing is happening under cover of darkness. 

    Please also send cards and letters to Mumia at the new address so that he begins receiving mail immediately and it is known to all of the people there that we are with him! 

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    1 year ago
  • Deva

    Hey Goddess I finally got on this it always freezes up! We use to have so much fun on this..will will try to check in more often...feel free to post your events on my page! Love 2 You! Deva

    1 year ago
  • Jazz Break


    ..... we are pleased to share this MY SPACE connection with you.
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    1 year ago
  • Lee O Potter




    Hey how's it going? Hope you have a great day! Take care!

    2 years ago
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    I am ready to but unsure of how to extract your info from this miniscule devise called a phone. Help!

    2 years ago
  • Big Jess

    I will do that

    2 years ago
  • T. Byron K.

    Wishing you a good
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    2 years ago
  • Big Jess

    What's up Waberi. This is me the other day feeling thirsty for inspiration from over work and lack of enuf sleep. Yet I feel blessed. How did I get to come across a Woman like you? How are you, Dear Angelic Pure light being???!!!


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