Looking forward to hosting another quality vibes potluck and indoor house concert, this time featuring Lenny San Jose aka Ukulenny & Bob Frazier aka The Big Gator.
Please text 510-288-7918 asap with questions and/or to rsvp. The location is near Lake Temescal in Oakland, CA and will be provided with confirmation of the rsvp.
Doors open at 12:30pm and music starts at 1pm. Admission is $10-20 (sliding scale) per guest and free for kids under 12. Potluck participation is optional.
More about the artists...
Lenny San Jose aka Ukulenny is a ukulele performer and educator based in Oakland, CA. After training to be a music teacher at UC Berkeley, he began his ukulele journey in 2009 on the BART train, serenading unsuspecting commuters and leading full out sing-alongs. He proceeded to work as a full time music teacher for 5 years, at Oakland School for the Arts and Berkeley Unified School District, and continued to nurture his budding ukulele stardom on YouTube (77,000 subscribers!) and within the ukulele community. Today he continues to spread the ukulele gospel along with Kala Brand Music, performing and leading jams in festivals nationwide. When he’s not in duo mode, he plays frequently with ukulele supergroup U3 (Cynthia Lin, Abe Lagrimas Jr.), and Ukulenny and Dos Pogi Boys (Jerome Sicat, David Kelly-Tuason).
Bob Frazier aka The Big Gator is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, music producer, and educator. Shortly after living in the band room in his hometown of Lakeland, Florida, the 77th US Army Band brought him to San Pedro, CA. So his illustrious career as a trumpet player began, working as a studio musician in LA, playing with the likes of Big Joe Turner, Little Richard, Danny Elman (yes, Sir Bob was indeed a Mystic Knight of the Oingo Boingo), Doug Carn, and many more. He served as musical director of the Johnny Otis Big Band, touring from the Chitlin’ Circuit to Europe, and even landing a Carnegie Hall date with Etta James and Dr. John on the bill. Bob holds a BFA from the California Insitute of the Arts, and
Fast forward to 2009 when the Bob and Lenny Show was born. The world would never be the same. Bob and Lenny were both part of the nonprofit Music National Service, that injected Music Teaching Artists into public schools. Bob being a veteran teacher of over 40 years was teaching the new fish Lenny how to swim, and eventually lunchtime jams turned into a beautiful musical partnership. The unlikely, eclectic duo performs their unique mix of blues, R&B, reggae, and island vibes music, and never fails to put smiles on faces.
When he’s not gardening and cooking up a storm, Mr. Bob is an Artist-in-Residence at his original Music National Service placement, Sequoia Elementary School in Oakland, teaching Music Theory, Band, and West African Drumming Circles to TK-5 grades.
Lenny continues to teach ukulele privately, in public jam sessions in Alameda, and online via Patreon.com/Ukulenny.