The Luis Muñoz Quartet ft. Lois Mahalia ~ NIGHT ONE

($20-$30 tickets | 7pm & 9pm sets) Join us in the Century Room with two powerhouse award winners Lois Mahalia and Luis Muñoz!

**Lois Mahalia**

Lois Mahalia was born in British Guayana. She began singing and performing on stage at the age of five with her brothers. When she was thirteen she moved to the US and continued singing in churches with her musical family. She has done extensive work as a session artist and has performed, recorded, and toured with artists such as Kenny Loggins, Joe Sample (of the Jazz Crusaders), Michael McDonald, Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers, Norma Gimble, and Joe Walsh of the Eagles. She has been touring with The New Luis Muñoz Quartet since 2019, and is the featured singerr in Mr. Munoz’s last two CD’s: *The Infinite Dream 2019,* named among The Ten Best Records of the Year in Jazziz Magazine, recieving 3 ACAM Award nominations, including for Jazz Record of the Year.

**Luis Muñoz**

Luis Muñoz is a composer, producer, arranger, and percussionist from Costa Rica. He has performed in some of the best Jazz Festivals and theaters in the US and abroad, including The Litchfield Jazz Festival, The Queen Mary Jazz Festival, THe National Opera House in Costa Rica, The Moss Theater (Santa Monica), and the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara, CA.

He has realeased 10 CDs of award-winning original compositions. His 2015 CD “*VOZ” (*Claudia Acuña, Magos Herrera, and Téka) was called “a perfect album- five stars” by the Latin Jazz Network, it was included in the Best CDs of the Year by Jazz Magazine. *VOZ* won two ACAM Awards (Association of Composers and Musical Authors) in Latin America, including Jazz CD of the Year.