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Sacramento Talent Magazine

Wendi Maxwell

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Wendi Maxwell
Wendi Maxwell, jazz vocalist and band leader, created the Trés Hot Jazz Band in 2008, working with students from University of the Pacific’s jazz program.
Maxwell paired students with area jazz musicians, creating an exciting blend of youth and experience. Today the band includes younger musicians as well as mature professionals.

Paul Tumason

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Paul Tumason
Paul owns and operates Paul Tumason Portraits which he opened in San Jose in 1972. At the start, he did a variety of photographic assignments including weddings, but since 1980, he has concentrated on classical studio portraiture.

Gabriela Castro

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Gabriela Castro
Gabriela Castro was born in Palo Alto, California, on December 26, 1994.

Sapo Guapo

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Sapo Guapo
SAPO GUAPO - is a melting pot of cultural diversity. Each member of the band brings forth a unique and stylistic musical enhancement to the group that is the epitome of “SALSA.”
Their goal is to enlighten, and educate their audiences of all the different Latin cultures.

Ernie Watts

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Ernie Watts
Two-time Grammy Award winner Ernie Watts is one of the most versatile and prolific saxophone players in music.
It has been more than fifty years since he first picked up a saxophone, and from age sixteen on he has been playing professionally, initially while still attending school.

Linda Gelfman

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Linda Gelfman
Linda believes that her creation is her identity and the reason for her to exist in this world. When she is working on her art is when she feels most complete.
The sculptures and drawings she makes originate from her emotions.

Lynn Petz

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Lynn Petz
Lynn’s desire to be creative goes way back to her childhood, when she was painting by numbers and making her own doll clothes.
She started experimenting with watercolors in high school, and still enjoys it very much.
Her father was an old time prospector, and she spent most of

The Railflowers

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
The Railflowers
This captivating trio of sisters weave a folky Americana with guitar, banjo, mandolin and a bit of the eggshaker.

Jess Braun

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Jess Braun
Jess is a Dream Rock Songstress originally from Richmond, Virginia.

Roy Brown

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Roy Brown
Roy Brown was born in Sacramento, California and was exposed to jazz music at the age of 5 by his parents who were big jazz fans.

John Yoyogi Fortes

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
John Yoyogi Fortes
John Yoyogi Fortes studied painting at California State University, Fresno.
His paintings have been exhibited in California, Nevada, Chicago, New York, Venezuela and Norway, and are held in numerous private collections, as well as, the Asian American Art Centre in New York, the Nevada Museu

Rogelio Manzo

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Rogelio Manzo
In most works, Manzo places the figures in the foreground with rarely a sense of an environment. Thus, the viewer is forced to focus on the fragmented visages and figures that are painted with an expressionistic fervor.

Judy JJ Jacobs

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Judy JJ Jacobs
After nearly 35 years in the real estate industry, Judy decided it was time to live her passion and follow her dream of becoming a full-time artist.
Today she is painting, fusing glass or creating art nearly every single day, and loving this new life she has created for herself!

Jeanmarie Nutt

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Jeanmarie Nutt
Since retiring a few years ago, Jeanmarie Nutt has pursued her interest in making art – an interest she had set aside for so many years while making a living for herself.
She has taken advantage of the community college system and have received wonderful instruction in drawing, printmaking, color theory, design, sculpture, ceramics, and most recently, fiber arts.

Roseville Community Concert Band

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Roseville Community Concert Band
The Roseville Community Concert Band, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is an all volunteer symphonic band that performs throughout the greater Roseville and South Placer communities.

Riley Grace

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Riley Grace
Music… There’s nothing in this world that allows Riley Grace to release everything she feels into it like music does. It has no judgments or expectations, no hidden agendas, no unrealistic visions of who she’s supposed to be.

Deborah E

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Deborah E
Deborah E, often referred, fondly by her fans, as the “Lady D”, brings her love of Jazz to life in her newest project, Albumette.
Deborah E is like a smooth and sultry summer night on Bourbon Street. Classy with a dash of sass, proof that the jazz greats have not been sacrificed to processed pop.

Najee

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Najee
Najee is a master storyteller.

Jack Ketch

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Jack Ketch
In just three years, Sacramento, CA based metal band Jack Ketch has managed to already release one demo and two full length albums.
Their debut album In Articulo Mortis hit the masses in the Fall of 2009, following up with a reinvented sound in their late 2010 release entitled Bringers Of The Dawn.

Stout Rebellion

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Stout Rebellion
Cranking out an eclectic blend of contemporary party songs and traditional drinking songs, Stout Rebellion is the perfect band when the situation calls for celebration.
Their upbeat folk-rock style combined with their high-energy performances get audiences clapping and dancing and singing along.