"Rose Ann Dimalanta, a.k.a rad., grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and
began playing piano at the age of 4. 1990 she completed her jazz studies at U.C.
Berkeley. The West Coast music scene quickly got hip to rad.'s latin jazz chops
and she was soon playing with legendary musicians like Pete Escovedo, Benny
Velarde (Cal Tjader), Orestes Vilato (Santana), Ray Obiedo and David Garibaldi
among others. Her move to Europe in 1991 marked the beginning of her solo
career. With the encouragement of her husband and producer Michael Kirsch
(co-founder of the Soulciety Record label), rad. became Rose Ann's solo project,
a funk show spiced with Latin flavors.
Albums The debut LP "radified" (1992) catapulted rad. into the spotlight. It's
hit single "Wishy" featured on the now classic "Soulciety Funky Family
Compilation I" stormed European dancefloor charts and received "Album of the
Month" awards in many prominent music publications throughout Europe. "Gotta Be"
(1994), the second release, was praised by critics, DJ's and fans alike. ItÂ’s
release in Japan put the track "Venus Drops" (featuring the Tower of Power
Horns) into the Japanese Billboard Radio charts. Guest appearances on "Gotta Be"
by Tower of Power, funk legend Roger Troutman (Zapp), England's Galliano posse,
and respected Jazz heavies like Howard Johnson (Miles Davis, Carla Bley)
broadened her musical acceptance beyond dance, r&b, and jazz audiences. Not long
after, New York label Instinct Records released the track "Time to Change" from
the first album, making it a local radio hit in the SF Bay Area, becoming the
most requested song on KBLX for several weeks and also winning her fans
throughout the East Coast and Canada. In 1996 Michael and rad. split from
Soulciety Records. Their return to California in 1997 brought the third CD on
their new record label 7 Bridges Recordings entitled "Higher Plane". The album
was recorded at the legendary Fantasy Studios and featuring an all-star cast
including David Garibaldi on drums, Bobby Vega (Sly Stone) on bass, and Mark
Russo (Yellowjackets) on saxophone. Her fourth studio album, Make Every Second
Count (2001) is a return to her rough funk sensibilties and features her current
live band that includes Ray Obiedo, David Garibaldi, Marc van Wageningen. The
live CD rad. - Live at the New Morning, Paris was recorded on the Europe tour of
fall of 2002 and was released in the beginning 2004.
rad. also joined Prince's NPG in summer of 2003 and stayed on for part of his
Musicology tour well into 2004.
Live: Known for delivering electrifying live performances with her band, rad.
repeatedly sold out London's Jazz Caf?and Paris' Hot Brass Club, and in the
early 90's shared the stage with such luminaries as Incognito, Maceo Parker,
Carleen Anderson, Raw Stylus, and ex-James Brown's right hand man Bobby Byrd. In
1995, she performed in San Francisco for the United Nations 50th Anniversary
Celebration-Festival and co-hosted the popular "Groove" show on Euro-VH1. rad.
toured Japan with the drummer Sheila E. which in 2002 led to Southern California
performances with Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Wendy & Lisa, Mick Fleetwood and
Grammy award winning gospel singer Yolanda Adams. Thanks to a recommendation
from NPG drummer John Blackwell, who listens to rad. since 1993, rad. joined
Prince's band in mid 2003 and toured with Prince & the NPG until spring 2004.
In summer of 2006 rad. was working as part of the MUSIC ACADEMY for a Prime Time
ABC Music TV Show in Hollywood, California. rad.'s new album "EAST BABE" will be
released in February 2007.
For more information please contact:
7 Bridges Recordings P.O. Box 13026, Berkeley, CA 94712, USA, 7bridges@radmusic.com
Fax: (206) 202-1930
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