Live Entertainment | Rooftop Party
This is a cocktail reception for clients and friends, in conjunction with DRI's Drug & Medical Conference.  To register, click here.

Thursday, May 14, 2009
7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Hotel Empire
44 W. 63rd Street
New York, NY 10023

RSVP by May 1, 2009
For more information, contact Robb Patryk.

MUSICAL GUESTS

Angela Johnson was reared on Motown backbeats, 70s groove bands, and gospel wails. A multi-talented artist, Angela has a knack for creating songs that infuse the classic elements of music’s yesteryear with a dynamic and contemporary brew distinctly her own. Her critically acclaimed solo albums, They Don’t Know (2002 Purpose) and Got To Let It Go (2005 Purpose), introduced Angela as a soothing soul singer with a stealthy, gut-punching alto and a sensitive songwriter of deceptively simple melodies that moved listeners from romantic sways to back-burning sweats. Her most recent offering, A Woman’s Touch (2008 Purpose), is a single-producer project that furthers Angela’s evolution as an erudite production talent and continues a legacy of female musicians/producers not seen since the pioneering days of Patrice Rushen and Angela Winbush. Boasting the crème de la crème of soul and R&B, from Rahsaan Patterson and Eric Roberson to Maysa and Julie Dexter, A Woman’s Touch is more than an indie soul project; it is an industry event unseen since the timeless producer albums of Quincy Jones and Norman Conners. When considered alongside a body of work that includes two solo masterpieces and two highly hailed group projects as the lead singer of the soul-funk band, Cooly’s Hot Box, Angela’s fifth studio release is a revealing testament to the time and commitment she has spent honing her multi-faceted skills to a spit-shined perfection.

Maya Azucena is often described as the "hardest working artist I know." Maya Azucena has planted the seeds for her burgeoning career by touring around the world. To date, she has shared stages or been on bills with legendary artists, veterans and newcomers from the worlds of R&B, Soul, Hip Hop, Jazz, and Rock. Artists such as Roberta Flack, Roy Ayers, Vernon Reid, Stephen Marley, Martin Luther, Jaguar Wright, Joss Stone, Leon Ware, Richard Bona, Bilal, Lupe Fiasco, Big Daddy Kane, the Isley Brothers, Gladys Knight, Anthony Hamilton, Platinum Pied Pipers, and John Legend comprise a partial list. In addition to criss-crossing the U.S. with riveting performances, she has toured cities in China, the Philippines, Canada, Italy, and England as well as Stockholm, Amsterdam, Rotterdam. In Croatia where Croatian superstar, Gibonni enlisted Maya's vocal talents for a track named "Andejo U Tebi" (''Angel In You''), that subsequently won two Croatian Grammy awards (or PORIN, as they are called). The critical acclaim for Maya has been worldwide and diverse in its acknowledgement of her undeniable talent.

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