JORGE ALABE
Professional Musician
 

Member of Brazilian Musician Music Union
Ordem dos Musicos do Brazil Registration Number-22.266/77
 

TOURING PERFORMANCE GROUPS
Olorum Babamym 1975-80
Ballet Afro Brasiliero 1980-84
Oba Oba -National Tour of Brazil 1980-84
Oba Oba- International Tour 1984-94
Toured with Oba Oba to Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Canada
In the United States- appeared on Broadway ('89,90, 91), Las Vegas, Reno,
Atlantic City-Taj Mahal, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and several other cities.

TELEVISION APPEARANCES
Brazil
Brasil Pandeiro (Professional. Entertainment Show) Globo TV 1978-80
Joan Da Silva Novella (Soap Opera) TV Educativa 1978-80
Bar Academia TV Barderante 1980

Italy
People Baldo TV Rai Ona 1984

United States
Arensio Hall Show Fox Entertainment 1990
Pat Sejac Show NBC Television 1992

ALBUM RECORDING APPEARANCES
Milton Nacimento - Myssa Quilombo 1982
Martinho DaVila 1983
Mike Spiro and Mark Lamson- Bata Ketu: A Musical Interplay
of Cuba and Brazil 1995
"Music of the Orixas" solo album produced by Jorge Alabe

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Loyola University, New Orleans, May 1995: Samba and Candomble Music Workshop.

New Orleans Recreation Department, Young Audiences summer program, June/July 1995-2004: Percussion instructor for summer program, including students from age 5 through 17.

Eden Park Elementary School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1995-1999: Instructor in Extended Day Program.

Casa Samba in New Orleans, 1995-2004: Master classes and ongoing workshops with music and community group, including leading group's participation in Mardi Gras parades and New Orleans Jazz Festival.

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, September 1997: Samba percussion workshop for advanced students; Candomblé percussion workshop for advanced students. December 1997: Samba percussion workshops for beginner and advanced students; Candomblé dance workshop; samba performance with Unidos de Connecticut at winter holiday ceremony.

Tulane University, New Orleans, November 1997: Faculty member in intensive workshop "International Education in Brazil: Not for Beginners." California Brazil Camp, Cazadero, California, 1997-2005: Master instructor in samba percussion and candomble percussion and song.

Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, December 1999: Samba percussion workshop/lecture.

Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, October 2000: Samba percussion workshop.

Urban-15, San Antonio, Texas, 2002: Samba percussion workshops with Urban-15 cultural group, San Antonio, Texas.

University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, September-December 2005: Visiting artist residency with the Department of Music, teaching samba bateria and samba pagode.

Workshops throughout the U.S. in samba percussion and Candomble dance, percussion, and song, 1995-2004: Classes and ongoing work with local groups in various U.S. cities, including San Francisco; San Diego; Seattle; Portland, OR; Olympia, WA; New York; Rochester, NY; Philadelphia; Richmond, VA; Salt Lake City; Madison, WI; Chicago; Boston; Austin, TX.

Instructor and director of Grupo Quilombo samba group in Oakland, CA, 2005 to present.