Segar Jazz Affair SMOOTH JAZZ concert with Jazz Pianist MADOCA & Her Band!

Segar Jazz Affair & Aubrey Entertainment present...

An evening of LIVE SMOOTH JAZZ with Madoca & Her Band

Sunday June 2nd @ Hotel Indigo Athens' Rialto Room

• Doors open @ 5:30pm, 2 sets (6:30-7:30pm, 7:45-8:45pm)
• 21 & up show
• Tickets are $15 adv (+tax/fees) - $20 at the door
• Venue is located on the bottom floor of Hotel Indigo Athens
• Parking is allowed in lot in front of Hotel Indigo (disregard sign - they won't tow on Sundays)
• Only bar service is offered in the Rialto Club (Food service is available in the lobby restaurant - Madison Bar & Bistro beginning at 5pm though)

Madoca™ Kawahara a.k.a. MADOCA™ [pronounced "ma du ka"] is a world-class pianist, keyboardist and composer. Her style is a fusion of Contemporary/ Classic Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin and Salsa, providing musical sustenance for your mind and soul.

Her latest release, Illusion of Love, is produced by Award winning producer, Bob Baldwin, and showcases the growth and maturity of this very talented Japanese native now living in Atlanta, GA. Her style is smooth, as evidenced in the title track, but can also gently dig in on a beautiful ballad, "Sentimentally Yours", and she holds her own in an acoustic piano setting as evidenced in "Picadillo", and "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise".

Madoca began studying Piano/Organ at the age of seven, played through her teenage years, and graduated from the Senzoku Music University in Kawasaki, Japan with a major in Composition and Piano. She had a 3-day live audition before landing her scholarship program at the Nemu Music, where she further studied jazz piano, jazz theory, ensemble, composition, and arrangement. Her teaching exploits included an Education Partnership Program from Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Madoca got her first taste of show business in 1993 when touring with Japanese national bands and also performing on NHK TV in Tokyo/ Osaka. She has performed with several American Jazz/R&B bands in Tokyo/Yokohama, Yokosuka, which included some navy base and NCO clubs appearances. In 1994, Madoca moved to Hong Kong where she performed on the world stage in Australia, France, United Kingdom, and United States of America with various Chinese major artists, including PolyGram recording artist Jacky Chueng and Sandy Lam. Her selection, "I Don't Cry Anymore" was the winner of a contest called Song Writer's Quest, a competition organized by the Composer and Authors Society of Hong Kong.

Prior to moving to the U.S., she has performed sideman work for several Asian pop stars. "Music is my Life" Madoca says, and she expresses her music with passion, expression. In 1998, Kawahara worked with The Prince Project, when he toured in Hong Kong with Jason Bryant (S.O.S. band). For a short period, they've traveled the world as a working unit.

In 2003, Madoca finally made the move to the U.S., where she settled in Atlanta, GA. She formed band called Madoca & Company, where she performed throughout the Atlanta area, including Centennial Olympic Park, Piedmont Park, Grant Park, The Infinite Energy Arena, and Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, The Fox Theater all in Atlanta, as well as the Showcase of Atlantis Music Conference, Centennial Olympic Park (WCLK event), and Japan Fest etc.

Recently, Madoca opened for Joe Sample (RIP), Herbie Hancock, and the Ramsey Lewis Tribute Concerts. She has also opened for Chris Botti, Rick Braun, Jonathan Butler, Richard Elliott, India Arie, Jean Carne, and Pamela Williams, to name a select few. Madoca™ has performed at the Michelob GOT JAZZ Concert, and has played at Philips Arena for the NBA Atlanta Hawks. Her musical influences include the aforementioned Hancock, Lewis and Sample, as well as Chick Corea, the Jeff Lorber Fusion, Jimmy Smith, George Duke (RIP), Donald Byrd (RIP), and Eddie Palmieri, yet, her style is uniquely her own. She has also worked with Eric Marienthal, Paul Young and All 4 One.

Her previous discs, Mysterious Ways, Amethyst, and her latest, Illusion of Love, are all available at iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. Her new single “Surrender” is catching fire across the country.

Madoca Kawahara is the real deal and deserves your immediate attention. Distributed by City Sketches Records (Via The Orchard / Sony Red Music digital platform).

Madoca's new single titled “I Feel You” (© 2021 Madoca Music) was released in October 2021!