Shea Welsh
Hello Everybody!

 Hope this Newsletter finds you well and that 
you are looking forward to a wild and wooly 
Valentine's Date on Friday Night the 14th!;) 
 
2014 is looking to be a blockbuster  year in the music biz! January featured 3 great shows at The Panama Jazz Fest for Michelle Coltrane and I. We also went into the studio and shot 5 songs live to video! The NAMM Show in Anaheim CA was it's usual wild self and now February features a set of great live shows, including a stellar lineup for Diva Thursday's at Pip's and then a trip to the San Francisco Bay Area to play at Yoshi's!
My Summer @ USC Guitar Seminar is also in full swing as the application process is open through early Spring!
 
Hope to see you at one of the shows!
 
Shea Welsh
Panama Jazz Festival January 16th-18th 2014
 
The trip to play at the 2014 Panama Jazz Fest turned out amazingly well!  Michelle and I 
had 3  shows that were all well attended 
by very enthusiastic Panamanian crowds!  
Below is a shot from the second show held 
at a beautiful theater called The Ataneo!

We had a band of Panama's 
finest working with us. We always head down a few days early to get everybody well rehearsed!

Chale Icaza - Drums
Carlos Campos - Piano
Oliver Cantoral - Percussion
Luz Acosta - Special Guest Vocalist
Gerson Esteban Lazo - Bass

 

Thanks again to Patricia Zarate and Danilo Perez for having us!! 
Can't wait to see everyone again 
for the 2015 Festival!!



Here are a couple of articles written about Michelle and I in the local Panamanian Newspapers! 

 

This is a shot from after a Masterclass/Clinic that Michelle and I gave. I am with my good friend Hector who is a very promising young piano player.  This was his second year in a row at our clinic!  He is about 6 inches taller and 10 times better.  The young man is doing all the right things to succeed as a musician. 



This is a video of our version of "My Favorite Things" from our outdoor show at The City of Knowledge that was filmed for Panamanian TV.

Shea Welsh & Michelle Coltrane - Panama Jazz - Videos de Panama
Shea Welsh & Michelle Coltrane - Panama Jazz - Videos de Panama

Michelle Coltrane & Shea Welsh
Upcoming Shows & News
Band Of LA's Finest from the Live Video Recording at 
Jungle House Studios in Burbank CA:

 

Abe Lagrimas - Drums,  Shea, Michelle, 
Edwin Livingston - Bass, Cameron Graves - Keys

 

Michelle and I have also been busy in the studio where we recorded 5 songs live to video. We recorded 3 of 
our originals, "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Cove Island" and "Sancho T. Panza"  as well as our arrangement of 
"I Want To Know What Love Is" and our version of 
"My Favorite Things". This is an advance copy.  
Higher resolution versions are coming shortly and we'll let you know when they are up and viewable!
Wouldn't it be Nice M Coltrane revised 
Wouldn't It Be Nice by Coltrane/Welsh
 
We have a couple of nice shows coming up for you to catch.  
For the LA crowd, we'll be at our regular 4th Wednesday of the Month residency at Pip's on LaBrea and then on Thursday March 6th we are very excited to be flying up to play at one of the Bay Area's finest Jazz Clubs, Yoshi's in Oakland.  It was originally billed as a record release show and now it has morphed into a pre-release listening party as we are in the process of shopping the project to record labels. Hope to catch you at one of these events!
 
 
 
@ PIPS on La Brea
Wednesday, Feb. 26th
8:00pm - 10:30pm

Thurs., March 6th
@ Yoshi's in Oakland
8pm
 
For more info and tickets, 
please click here.
 Shea Welsh & Friends
**Diva Thursdays**
Every Thursday Night
8pm - 10:30pm

Every Thursday night we feature LA's hottest vocalists and musicians in an intimate 
setting with great wine and food!

 If you haven't yet, it's time to check it out!
 
 
Thurs., February 6th
 Carol Hatchett 
 
 
 
 
Thurs., February 13th
Melanie Taylor 
 
 
 
Thurs., February 20th
PJay Phillips
 
  
 
 
Thurs., February 27th
Dawn Bishop
    
 
Get more details for when your favorite 
Diva is singing on my FACEBOOK page!!

1356 S. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
(323) 954-7477
 
Call for reservations!!

 

NAMM SHOW
 
The National Association Of Music Merchandisers show happens every January in Anaheim. This year was Thursday the 23rd-Sunday the 26th. 
 All of the musical instrument manufacturing companies take over the Anaheim CA Convention Center to display and show off their new products. There were over 100,000 attendees each day this year!  
It is a great way to keep in touch with all of the companies that make the great gear I get to play!
 

NAMM SHOW 2014! Hanging with Roger Sadowsky,
 my east coast buddy, NYC guitar maker extraordinaire!
I own 4 of his guitars!
One better than the other!
Below is a shot of one of his guitars in action at this year's Panama Jazz Festival!
@USC Summer Guitar Seminar 2014
 
The 13th Annual USC Summer Guitar Seminar is right around the corner! After I graduated 
with a Masters Degree from The USC 
Thornton School of Music Studio/Jazz Guitar Department, they hired me back to design 
and direct this class.  The intensive 4 week 
seminar is designed to prepare high school 
guitarists for successful college and professional careers. We have a very high success rate of 
our graduates matriculating into USC,
 as well as other prestigious music programs 
such as New York University, 
The Berklee School of Music and 
The University of Miami.  



Here is a shot of our 2013 field trip to 
the Fender Guitar Factory in Corona, CA.

uscss2013

Here are 2 videos of our talented students in performance!
USC Summer Guitar Seminar Final Concert, Jazz, Rock and Beyond,Summer 2010
USC Summer Guitar Seminar Final Concert, Jazz, Rock and Beyond,Summer 2010
USC Summer Guitar Seminar
USC Summer Guitar Seminar "Jazz Rock and Beyond" 2010 Rock Concert
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