Alexa Weber Morales

Poster: Alexa Weber Morales - I WANNA WORK FOR YOU Album Release Party

Yoshi's Oakland
510 Embarcadero West
Oakland, CA 94607-3506
United States
(510) 238-9200
http://www.yoshis.com
Tickets: $15, $25 with CD

Backed by a 9-piece band that bounds from fearless jazz to irresistible salsa, Grammy-nominated vocalist Alexa Weber Morales performs originals from her third album, which was fan-funded on Kickstarter.com.

I Wanna Work For You is Alexa's first all-original album. Like all her work, it melds funk, jazz, Brazilian and salsa grooves; the 10 tunes ruminate on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and naked grabs for power, misguided love affairs and tired marriages, stratospheric self-actualization and gender-bent blues.

Founded in 1973, Yoshi's has become one of the world's most respected jazz venues and won a reputation as the Bay Area's premier location for Japanese food and jazz. Yoshi's has hosted legends such as Betty Carter, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Diana Krall, Branford Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Harry Connick Jr. and Oscar Peterson among hundreds of others. The location in Jack London Square is perfect for a venue steeped in Oakland soul and the Bay Area's relaxed refinement.