Singer, guitarist, songwriter, percussionist Stefani Valadez offers a rich repertoire of soulful ,romantic, enchanting melodies, including songs from many nations. A third generation musician, Stefani has an international following of fans who have thrilled to her deep, haunting voice and the wide range of musical and ethnic lore she incorporates into her performances.

Ms Valadez has attracted some of the best world & jazz musicians in the business to form the Stefanie Valadez Ensemble.  The Ensemble is a four (and sometimes six) piece group of Los Angeles based musicians from diverse backgrounds who play World Music infused with Ladino, Turkish, Blues, Brasilian, R & B, American Folk, Jazz and Middle Eastern rhythms and melodies.  Ms Valadez’ repertoire is broad and the Ensemble’s multi-ethnic instrumentation creates a tapestry of sound both ancient and modern, spiritually uplifting and danceable. Their CDs and live performances have been variously described as joyous, high energy, haunting and passionate, taking people to a deep soulful place one moment and in the next has them tapping their feet and clapping or dancing in the aisles.

Electric Bass wizard, has performed with Oingo Boingo and the Pointer Sisters and countless others.

Saxes, Flutes and Ethnic Woodwinds.  He performed with Carol King for 14 years and has played and recorded with the Dave Matthews Band, James Taylor and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
email: Hardy.rich@gmail.com

Middle Eastern and World Percussion.  He performs with The Yuval Ron Ensemble, Nabil Azzam and MESTO and many other Eastern Musical Groups in Los Angeles
website: www.jamiepapishmusic.com

Turkish Saz( long neck lute).  He performs regularly in Turkey where he has gained recognition for his interpretations of Turkish Folk Poets and blends it with Latin and Jazz. He has 2 CDs onhis own label.
www.sazplayer.com

Sprouted in Texas, germinated in the Pacific
Northwest, rooted in Hawaii, and currently flowering in the City of Angels is composer and bassist Oliwa. Coming originally from an orchestral background and later getting into jazz, his current primary interests lie in dance inspiring rhythms from around the world.  He has performed with a variety of groups in venues such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), the world renowned Bimhouse (Amsterdam), the Palace Theater (Hawaii), and Zebulon (Brooklyn) as well as jazz and new music festival across the country.  In addition to playing with Stefani Valadez, Oliwa plays with the Industrial Jazz Group, the Kona Symphony, and leads his own group, The Pleasure Circus Band.

Dorothy Chandler Pavillion Holiday Show'07, LA,
Skirball Cultural Center
Bang-a Drum
Topanga Sacred Sound Festival
Sacred Music Festival LA.
Ojai Women’s Festival
UCLA  Daniel Pearl Music Days
Knitting Factory Hollywood
Whole Life Expo L.A.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Beyond Baroque
Hallelu’ Concert at Universal Ampitheater
Parliament of World Religions, Barcelona
Grand Performances at California Plaza
Traveling Jewish Theater, San Francisco

Club Tropical
Fais Dodo
House of Blues
Ashgrove
McCabe’s
Torre Rosa (Barcelona)
Marguerita Blu (Barcelona)
Rusty’s.
American Pie
BeBop Records
Acoustico at Farfalla’s
GianCarlo’s
The Daisy
Sierra Inn (June Lake)
The Patio (Boca Raton)