Los Duran

**LOS DURAN LIVE AT LA VE LEE!

Los Duran takes it to LA on Thursday October 4 at renowned jazz club La Ve Lee. Two sets of music start off at 8:30pm and again at 10:30pm. Reservations are recommended. Check out the website for more details. http://www.laveleejazzclub.com/

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Musically, Gerard "Gerry" Duran began his adventures early on, learning a few chords on an old piano from a close family friend before he was even in high school. His first performance was "Angel Baby", which he performed with piano and vocals in front of the entire student body. Gerry quickly became a renaissance man, learning and loving every instrument he came into contact with. Everything in his life became about honing out his craft. Even one of his girlfriends at the time (pre-Terri) was known to whine, "Gerry, all you ever want to do is practice piano." Of course, she learned quickly that yes, that is all he wanted to do, so she became history.

Gerry's influences come from all directions and genres of music. From The Band to Jeff Beck to the Staple Singers to Jaco to Hendrix to Johnny Cash to Johnny Guitar Watson to Donald Fagan to Joni Mitchell to Taj Mahal to Rage Against the Machine, if it's good music, Gerry listens to it. He has been a band leader and a band member for the last 20+ years, making a name for himself in the So-Cal area. Some call him "the godfather of soul" and some just call him funky, but everyone who experiences his music goes away knowing their perspective on how music should be has changed forever.

After playing almost every instrument under the sun in every different kind of venue, Gerry decided it was time to finally get some of his music down into a record so he could share his wonderful gifts with the rest of the world. Knowing only the best would do, he teamed up with a number of talented musicians to lay down some tracks of original and cover material. Gerry rounded up an all star cast to record his music, including Reeves Gabrels, Albert Wing, Andrew Jaimez, Dig Lewis, Sean Cruse, Frank Ortega, Gary Wing, & Richard Tyznik. Reeves Gabrels, legendary guitarist of Bowie fame, participates in all four albums, lending his style and flare without mercy on its lucky listeners. His creative contributions are easily appreciated throughout Los Duran's albums. Albert Wing is most well known as a session reed man, featured with such artists from Diana Ross to Frank Zappa. Andrew Jaimez on drums is from a punk background, most notably from Fear, who along with Black Flag and the Circle Jerks, helped define the sound and style of L.A. hardcore punk.

Here on this website, you will find 4 albums from Los Duran. These compelling LPs will move you through a musical and emotional journey from start to finish. Volume 1 is a rock adventure, digging deep into your soul and making you remember why you fell in love with music in the first place. Volume 2 is slightly less intense in nature, almost pop-rock, but never gets annoying or cliched. Volume 3 is basically a jazz album that had a rock makeover. And Spirited Tales (known as Volume 4 or "The Brown Album") really is the culmination of all of these mini-journeys and brings home the message that all you need is love.

Gerry's music with Los Duran emerges as rock music that has done its homework. The disparate musical influences that Gerry has had throughout his musical career come alive in his music and somehow blend together harmoniously. His political messages are loud and strong when they have to be, revealing themselves as powerful struggles that we all have to deal with and be made aware of. I would highly suggest these Los Duran albums to anyone who is a student of human nature and has a love for anything musical. You will not be disappointed. And if you think you are starting to lose the magic of any song, just turn it up. Everything sounds better loud.