An Evening in his Own Lane:
Maurice Tani returns to The Sound Room, with vocalist Pam Brandon
Friday, May 16, 2025
7:30pm
The Sound Room
3022 Broadway, Oakland, CA (510) 708-9691
https://www.soundroom.org
Little Village recording artist Maurice Tani, returns to The Sound Room, Oakland, Friday, May 16 with vocalist Pam Brandon
A poet with a guitar and smokin’ hot band!! Maurice Tani is a songslinger working his own lane. Known for his wry-to-romantic writing, agile guitar work and expressive singing, Tani's style is a broad spectrum tincture of influences from jazz, blues, classic country and the Great American Songbook. This is storytelling. A sort of cinema for the blind, shot alternately in grainy black and white noir or vivid technicolor with a wide angle lens. “The Sound Room, with it's jazz club vibe, is a perfect venue for what I do. I love playing this place. It's an intimate, focused experience for the audience and artist.”
Pam Brandon
Joining Tani this time will be his long-time vocal sparring partner, Englishwoman Pam Brandon. Multi-instrumentalist Brandon is one of the Bay Area’s most versatile singers. Fronting groups in jazz, country, rock, western swing, Americana, bluegrass, Pam has been Tani’s #1 go-to singer for his battle-of-the-sexes duets and other songs requiring a strong shot of the feminine mystique. The pair have been collaborating for well over a decade, performing and recording, starting with a set of material they called “The Dirty Duets”. During the global pandemic quarantine, Tani & Brandon produced a series of video singles with other talented musician friends. Find them on YouTube.
Besides Brandon, the band will feature pianist Henry Salvia, bassist Greg Kehret and drummer Timothy Orr.
Reviews
“Whether he’s delivering a finely crafted stanza that cuts like a lovingly sharpened shiv or cracking wise while introducing a bandmate, singer-songwriter Maurice Tani is an alt-country artist who possesses exquisite timing.” - Andrew Gilbert, Jazzscribe
“Spent all yesterday afternoon listening to Maurice's All In! CD. Truly world class stuff -- material, performance, production. It reeks of the even, sure hands of folks who have been doing this shit for quite awhile.” - Joel Selvin, Pop Music Critic/Author
“Maurice Tani has hit on a style that appears to have no end in sight, and his audience is in for plenty of infusive delights and maybe even a few chills. The man has poetry in him.” - Bill Bentley, Americana Highways
Tickets at Maurice Tani Group
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