A few years ago, vocalist/guitarist Deborah Winters booked a few performances that featured guitarist Cedricke Dennis and percussionist Ian Dogole. Magic happened. The group brought the funk. Dennis & Dogole forged a rhythmically charged backdrop to Winters’ original compositions and to the group’s interpretations of jazz standards and rock/pop classics. Mongo Santamaria’s “Afro Blue” was rearranged for African talking drum and funkified guitar with Winters soaring over the top of the fray. Jimi Hendrix’s “Up from the Sky” featured Mitch Mitchell-inspired Afro-Peruvian cajon with brushes in tandem with restrained yet ecstatic guitar forays that likely would have delighted the master and vocals that leapt into the stratosphere.

On Saturday evening, March 14, this trio will reemerge for the first time in years as a collaborative venture that showcases all three distinctive “voices” in a setting that is always conducive to magic – the Munay Farms sanctuary in north Petaluma. Dogole, Winters and Dennis will perform their original pieces and once again summon the spirits of Hendrix, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell and other luminaries in an impassioned and energized program that will lift you out of your seats and leave you breathless.

To order tickets, please visit http://www.ayniprojects.com/component/eventbooking/?task=view_event&event_id=64&Itemid=67. Your ticket purchase includes a glass of wine, something savory and something sweet. The last concert was standing room only and we had to turn people away, so make sure to get your tickets ASAP and tell your friends that the an unforgettable musical happening is coming to north Petaluma.