Bowery Ballroom

showview

Mon 9/22

16+

Doors 7pm

$15

http://www.myspace.com/justinnozuka
http://www.justinnozuka.com/
The maturity of Justin Nozuka's music, a soulful blend of R&B and pensive singer/songwriter folk that recalls both Nick Drake and Lauryn Hill, belies his tender years: Nozuka was only 18 when his debut album was released. The son of a Japanese father and American mother (actress Holly Sedgwick, who coincidentally happens to be Kyra Sedgwick's sister), Nozuka was born in New York City in 1988, the sixth of seven children. Nozuka's older brothers were musicians -- George Nozuka, three years Justin's senior, released his debut dance-pop album, Believe, in 2006 -- and after the family moved from New York City to Toronto, Ontario, after his parents' divorce, he began to explore music himself. Learning to play guitar from a classmate at boarding school, Nozuka began writing the songs that would make up his debut album when he was only 15.
--Stewart Mason

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=188049178
http://www.gabedixonband.com/
Originally starting out at the University of Miami's music department, vocalist and keyboardist Gabe Dixon got together fellow students Winston Harrison (bass), Chandler Webber (alto saxophone), and Jano Rix (drums) in 1998 to play a number of local coffeehouse shows under the moniker of the Gabe Dixon Band. With their fusion of jazz, funk, and classic rock that looks up to Sting, Stevie Wonder, and Dave Matthews Band, the band would eventually graduate from college, self-release their debut album, More Than It Would Seem, and relocate to New York City before the end of 2000. On A Rolling Ball appeared two years later. Warner Brothers released the EP Live at the World Cafe in 2005.
--Mike DaRonco, allmusic.com