Crowden is proud to present an afternoon of exuberant and genre-defying music by the award-winning performers in Vitamin Em on May 1, 4pm!
Formed in 2015 by Grammy-nominated and award-winning musicians from around the Bay Area, Vitamin Em celebrates jazz, funk, R&B, soul, and fiddle music with verve and enthusiasm. The band is serious about having fun, and its members, steeped in an abundance of musical traditions—jazz, funk, blues, Klezmer, indie, rock, Balkan, fiddle, classical—bring a wealth of experience, creativity, and fearless improvisation to each performance. This group of strings, accordion, bassoon, and percussion gets DOWN!
For their 2017 debut CD Shake it Up, Vitamin Em put their creative spin on the music of Tower of Power, Blood Sweat and Tears, Väsen, and Duke Ellington along with their own hip-hop and contemporary music-inspired originals. This band is about sharing with audiences a fun-loving spontaneity and exhilaration for the groove. Vitamin Em has appeared around the Bay Area as featured artists with: Mason Bates and Mercury Soul; Berkeley Symphony & Friends; Pt. Richmond Jazz. Members can also be found performing with the Hot Club of San Francisco, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, The Brothers Comatose, Randy Brecker, the Klezmatics, at SF Jazz or in the pit of Hamilton and the San Francisco Ballet.
As always at Crowden, children under 18 attend free.