The Joe Capers Legacy Project
Contact:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Naru Kwina hiplearning@hotmail.com
510-842-3324
Leroy Moore kriphopnation@gmail.com
CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF JOE CAPERS
ON AUG. 31 AT RECEPTION, 1-3PM
The Joe Capers Legacy Project will host a free community Reception on August 31, 2013 to celebrate Joe Capers Month – proclaimed by the City of Oakland as August 1-31 every year. With an official Proclamation reading at this event, Joe Capers will be posthumously recognized as one of the creators of the seminal Oakland, CA music scene in the 80’s & early 90’s:
Celebrate the Legacy of Joe Capers
1-3pm ¨ Saturday, August 31st, 2013
2168 40th Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94601
Five blocks above Foothill Blvd
Reception highlights include artist performances aka Joy Sledge, Leroy Moore, tribute song to Joe Capers by Naru, and James L Richard II and a video trailer of the upcoming documentary on Joe Caper’s life. And, throughout the month other tributes will honor Joe’s extraordinary work in the local music industry and dedicated service to the blind communities in Oakland & SF Bay Area.
A blind multi-instrumentalist and music producer, Joe Capers helped shape a rich & soulful musical signature of Funk, NeoSoul, and Hip-Hop, out of his Oakland Hills J Jam Studio - the first completely accessible studio in the SF Bay area. Through deed and example, Joe served as a tireless advocate for persons with disabilities.
With Joe as impresario, J Jam Studio became a staple in Oakland California music scene from its inception in August 1989. By providing affordable studio time to musicians of color long before home-recording studios became ubiquitous. Joe led his avant-garde Oakland cadre to jump-start a creative wave of independent music. Recordings on which Joe served as principal Sound Engineer went on to become Platinum and Gold selling records. Many J Jam imprint bands and artists went on to become R&B, Soul, and early Hip-Hop legends such as MC Hammer, Toni, Tony, Tone, Dawn from Envouge, and Digital Underground, just to name a few, garnering acclaim worldwide.
J-Jam Studio Master reels are a playlist & historic soundtrack for a golden era of serious party music in Oakland. Without knowing it… today’s Oaklandish music producers, performers, and artists have inherited, sampled, and riffed on J-Jam beats — all beneficiaries of Joe Caper’s musical Legacy.
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