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This reel of original tunes, vocals in 4 languages & multiple styles is long overdue! Thanks to vlogtober daily posting, I can finally cross my live music sizzle reel off the to-do list! Enjoy! Oh, and if you want to book me or my band, go to www.alexajazz.com. The first video is from the EPIC Pacific Mambo Orchestra. Follow the band on its YouTube channel or go to www.pacificmambo.com.

Many of the full videos in this sizzle reel are also on my channel.

Do you have a song request? Ask for it in the comments! I may not get around to it but I love getting suggestions!

Musician credits:
Christian Tumalan, piano
Aaron Lington, sax
Steffen Kuehn, trumpet
The members of Pacific Mambo Orchestra
Brian Andres, drumset, cajon
Braulio Barrera, guiro, vocals
Armando Cordoba, vocals
Vince Mansel, guitar
Sam Bevan, bass/arranging/producing
Jonathan Alford, piano
Mara Fox, trombone
Colin Douglas, drumset
David Belove, bass
Wayne Wallace, arranging/conducting/producing
The Reno Jazz Orchestra
KCSM FM 91.1

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Alexa Weber Morales is a Grammy Award-winning salsa jazz singer-songwriter noted for "her flamboyantly multilingual repertoire"[1] and based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Recording career
Her debut album, produced by five-time Grammy Award Nominee Wayne "The Doctor" Wallace,[5] was released in October 2004 on the label she founded, Crazy Monkey Productions. She signed to Wallace's own indie label, Patois Records, in 2007 and co-produced her next album, "Vagabundeo/Wanderings," with Wallace that year. In addition, she wrote lyrics and sang lead vocals for Wallace's "The Reckless Search for Beauty" in 2006. In subsequent years she had vocal credits on Wallace's "Infinity," "The Nature of the Beat" and "Bien! Bien."[6] In 2011, Alexa Weber Morales joined the then-new 19-piece mambo/salsa band Pacific Mambo Orchestra. Leaving Patois Records, she launched a successful Kickstarter campaign[7] and self-produced the all-original album "I Wanna Work For You." After assisting with Pacific Mambo Orchestra's successful 2012 Kickstarter effort, she recorded and composed for their eponymous debut album, which received a Grammy Award for the album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Controversy around the upset win by the indie orchestra over super stars such as Marc Anthony and Carlos Vives led to international press coverage.[8]

Performing career
Her versatile voice and ample range have been described various ways: As an "ardent, throaty alto that soars effortlessly into a crystalline soprano register,"[9] "sensually soaring," [10] "lush, rangey" and "boundary-busting," [11] and "dark, creamy vocals".[12]

Alexa Weber Morales is also recognized for on-stage charisma[13] honed by more than a decade of live performance at venues such as Jazz at Pearl's in San Francisco, Yoshi’s, the San Jose Jazz Festival and shows in Austin, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Boston. She has opened for Lenny Williams (Tower of Power) and Average White Band.[14]

She joined Pacific Mambo Orchestra in 2011 because of its live performances Monday nights at Cafe Cocomo in San Francisco and soon became "the voice of the band."[13] When Pacific Mambo Orchestra was signed to Columbia Artist Management in 2013, Alexa and the band toured US performing arts centers with special guests Tito Puente Jr., Marlow Rosado and Willy Torres.[15]

Discography
Jazzmérica (Crazy Monkey Productions, 2004)
Vagabundeo/Wanderings (Patois Records/Crazy Monkey Productions, 2007)
I Wanna Work For You (Crazy Monkey Productions, 2011)
From Me To Yule (Crazy Monkey Productions, 2014)

Recording credits
Lead vocals, lyrics, co-composition:
"Bolero Cocomo" by Alexa Weber Morales and Aaron Lington, "Pacific Mambo Orchestra," Tumalan Music/Steff Records, 2012
"Fallin'" by Alicia Keys, "Proyecto Lando," Cabeza e' Comba Productions, 2009
"Use Me" by Bill Withers, "The Reckless Search for Beauty," Patois Records, 2006
"Obatala/Afro Blue" by Mongo Santamaria, "The Reckless Search for Beauty," Patois Records, 2006
"El Duende Africano" by Wayne Wallace, "The Reckless Search for Beauty," Patois Records, 2006
"El Rio de Oro" by Wayne Wallace, "The Reckless Search for Beauty," Patois Records, 2006

Publications
In 2014, Alexa Weber Morales published the book Practice Secrets of the Pros: Motivation, Method and Memory for Musicians... and Other Athletes.

Awards and nominations
2014 Grammy Award for "Best Tropical Latin Album" with Pacific Mambo Orchestra
2011 Grammy Nomination for "Best Latin Jazz Album" with Wayne Wallace
2011 Latin Jazz Corner Outer Edges Award for "I Wanna Work For You"