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2 TWILIGHTSANTAMONICA.ORG REASON 1 #1 in Transfers for 27 Years APPLY AT SMC.EDU SANTA MONICA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Barry A. Snell, Chair; Dr. Margaret Quiñones-Perez, Vice Chair; Dr. Susan Aminoff; Dr. Nancy Greenstein; Dr. Louise Jaffe; Rob Rader; Dr. Andrew Walzer; Alexandria Boyd, Student Trustee; Dr. Kathryn E. Jeffery, Superintendent/President Santa Monica College | 1900 Pico Boulevard | Santa Monica, CA 90405 | smc.edu TWILIGHTSANTAMONICA.ORG 3 2018 TWILIGHT ON THE PIER SCHEDULE SEPT 05 LATIN WAVE ORQUESTA AKOKÁN Jarina De Marco Quitapenas Sister Mantos SEPT 12 AUSTRALIA ROCKS THE PIER BETTY WHO Touch Sensitive CXLOE Death Bells SEPT 19 ISLAND VIBES SOUNDS OF REGGAE, JUDY MOWATT Bokanté WORLD MUSIC SET TO Twilight Steel Drums DJ Danny Holloway TRANSFORM THE PIER SEPT 26 ocals get another swing at summer Bob Marley’s backup trio the “I Threes.” In he’s known for his expert curation and ECLECTIC INDIE LWednesday when the sounds of Jamaican 1999, the Jamaican government made her access to extensive music libraries. legend Judy Mowatt, world music innovators an officer in the Order of Distinction for her Combined with specially curated vendors BRAZILIAN GIRLS Bokante and expert curator Danny Holloway services to reggae. from Smorgasburg LA, attendees are guaran- take over the Santa Monica Pier with a med- The lead singer of Canadian group teed an immersive cultural experience to SUDAN ARCHIVES ley of classic caribbean hits, groundbreak- Bokante, Caribbean-born Malika Tirolien, continue the 34th year of Pier concerts’ Capyac ing medlies and experimental jams. With the writes lyrics for the group in both Creole Local Meets Global theme. yOya addition of a steel drum band on the West and French. A few years ago, she met the End Stage, Twilight on the Pier’s third con- leader of the Brooklyn jam band Snarky cert, Island Vibes, promises to hit all the Puppy, Michael League, and they immediate- right notes. ly hit it off and decided to collaborate on OCT 03 Pier Corporation director Negin Singh enough songs to produce an album. With a AFRO-BEAT says reggae soul queen Judy Mowatt will set group of talented musicians, they formed the AND R&B the tone for Island Vibes. multilingual, multicultural and multi-genera- "Island Vibes is the natural evolution from tional band that will get the crowd going on FELA! THE CONCERT what was known before as 'Reggae Night' Twilight on the Pier’s main stage. for Twilight. We wanted to broaden people's “Absolutely not to be missed is Bokante, Tiffany Gouche perception of what Island music is and could who will open up the main stage with a con- Twilight Drum Circle be, so we're not just having mind-blowing temporary, energetic sound that is rooted in DJ Nnamdi reggae from a great like Judy Mowatt, but the rhythms and driven by the lyrics of boundary-pushing work by creole-singing Guadeloupe, the French territory in the Bokante, who have blended the sounds of Caribbean,” said Rum and Humble’s Martin Guadeloupe with new instrumentation that I Fleischmann. OCT 07 truly haven't heard before they came Nearby at the Pacific Park Stage, reggae SOUTH ASIAN around. Add to that a choir of steel drums fans can sample classic, innovative songs SOUNDS on the West End and LA legends Dublab at specially selected by DJ Danny Holloway. the Pac Park stage, and we've got ourselves The Long Beach native was a music journal- RED BARAAT an incredible night,” Singh said. ist in the 1970’s interviewing the greats like Nearly forty years after the legendary David Bowie, the Rolling Stones and Elton Vidya Vox singer and lyricist recorded her debut album John before getting into the recording booth DJ Rekha Black Woman in 1989, it is still regarded as himself. He contributed to three Bob Marley Discostan the greatest reggae album by a female albums, including his breakthrough live JUDY MOWATT artist. The album came after Mowatt joined album with No Woman No Cry. As a DJ, 4 TWILIGHTSANTAMONICA.ORG 2018 TWILIGHT ON THE PIER BIOS SEPT 19 ISLAND VIBES JUDY MOWATT Bokanté Twilight Steel Drums DJ Danny Holloway JUDY MOWATT Judy Mowatt is one of the strongest, most influential female vocalists in reggae music. In addition to faithfully recording and tour- ing with Bob Marley as one of the I-Threes from 1974 until Bob’s passing, she has put out at least nine solid solo albums. Her Black Woman LP (Shanachie, 1980) is con- sidered by many critics to be the greatest BOKANTÉ DJ DANNY HOLLOWAY reggae LP ever recorded by a female artiste. It was also the first reggae LP to be nate names such as Juliann and Jean Watt. (Shanachie, 1982), Working Wonders tarists Michael League, Chris McQueen, and produced by a woman. On The Wailers LP Burnin' (1973), two (Shanachie, 1985), Love Is Overdue Bob Lanzetti (all from Snarky Puppy), percus- Judy Mowatt is a very spiritual woman songs with Bunny Wailer as lead singer (Shanachie, 1986), Beginning (Tuff sion legend Jamey Haddad (Paul Simon, who has continued to grow and evolve on were written by Judy Mowatt under the Gong/EMI, 1986 with Rita Marley and Sting), pedal and lap steel virtuoso Roosevelt her spiritual journey over the years. In her pseudonym Jean Watt - "Hallelujah Time" Marcia Griffiths), Look At Love (Shanachie, Collier (Lee Boys, Karl Denson), and live performances she shares with convic- and "Pass It On". Furthermore, the Wailers 1991), Rock Me (Pow Wow, 1993), Love unplaceable percussionists André Ferrari tion her current thoughts and beliefs without recorded a single, "Reincarnated Soul", (African Love/Jet Star, 1998) Something (Väsen) and Keita Ogawa (Banda Magda, compromise. Her beautiful voice is still a joy also written by Jean Watt and sung by Old, Something New (Judy M Music/Tuff Yo-Yo Ma) come together to create a diverse to hear, strong and true. Bunny Wailer. This song – with the name Gong International, 2002) ensemble rich in groove, melody, and soul. Judy Mowatt is a legend. changed to "Reincarnated Souls" – was Judy Mowatt is currently highly respected An experiment conceived by Snarky Judy Mowatt was born in the year 1948 included two years later on Bunny Wailers as one of the best female artists in Jamaica. Puppy founder and GroundUP Music cre- in Gordon Town, St. Andrew Jamaica. She first solo album Blackheart Man (1976). ator Michael League (who has traded his is an internationally acclaimed reggae In 1974, Judy got her big break by join- bass in for a baritone guitar in this artist who rose to fame as one of the I- ing Bob Marley's backing vocal trio the I- BOKANTE group), the process of formation was all Threes, who were the background vocalists Threes. The trio had met working in the stu- For the newly-formed international music but conventional. The music and some of for Bob Marley. dio and their voices had immediately blend- ensemble Bokanté, connection is the foundation the melodies were written by League, At 13 years old, Judy Mowatt became a ed into something special. Marley himself upon which all things are built. Among the demoed while on tour with other bands, member of a dance troupe which toured had recruited them to be part of his backing members themselves, the connections span and then sent to Tirolien with lyrical con- Jamaica and other islands in the Caribbean. band, The Wailers. Judy remembered, "The almost two decades. But outwardly, the band’s cepts attached. Tirolien then wrote lyrics Her ambition was to become a registered first song we did was 'Jah Live' and Bob formation was born in the desire to connect and melodies, demoing and ping-pong- nurse, but instead she dedicated her life to wanted us to work with him on his Natty with society and the problems most urgently ing the new content back to Michael. nurse and restore healing to the hearts and Dread album. The I-Threes continued to facing it. Rich in the sound of both delta and Many of the musicians had never even soul of mankind through her music. Her ear- work with Marley until his death." desert, the unusual but evocative instrumenta- met until the first day of recording. By liest influences were Aretha Franklin, Otis Her Black Woman LP (1980) is consid- tion blends musical worlds to convey an urgent the end of the week-long session in Redding, Curtis Mayfield, Dionne Warwick, ered by many critics to be the greatest reg- message of social awareness against the rising upstate New York’s legendary Bob Marley, Marcia Griffiths, The Staple gae LP done by a female artiste. It was also tide of exclusion and human indifference. Dreamland Studios, the band felt abnor- Singers and The Soulettes. A coincidental the first reggae LP recorded by a woman The word bokanté means “exchange” in mally cohesive. “Unity was paramount in meeting with two teenage girls who were acting as her own producer. Creole, the language of vocalist Malika the formation of this group,” observed earlier in her dance troupe led to the forma- She became the first female singer nomi- Tirolien’s youth growing up on the League. “Though the ensemble is multi- tion of the Gaylettes, in 1967. nated for a Grammy in the category of reg- Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Now liv- lingual, multi-cultural, and multi-genera- Judy Mowatt associated with Bunny gae music when her Working Wonders LP ing in Montreal, she stands among 8 musi- tional, we all feel connected as musi- Livingston/Wailer in the early 1970s, and was nominated in 1985.