Turiya Mareya hosts a WorldBeat Jam session at CultureBeat performance Center in Ensenada

Jazz has been influenced greatly by the cultures of Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean all reflecting the African diaspora. Jazz has
been one of the major sources of global unity and there is a
continuous exciting fusion of world cultures keeping the music alive
and constantly growing.

On June 2010 Turiya Mareya will begin an ongoing Wednesday night WorldBeat Jam Session at The Cutture Beat Performance Center in
Ensenada which will feature some of Baja's great Jazz artists
,including vocalists and instrumentalists, performing in the
WorldBeat and Latin Jazz genres.

Also featured is Ivan Turjillo on Trumpet , known for his work in Ensenada, Los Angeles and San Diego he appears regularly with
Ensenada Jazz and Baja Jazz Project.

This provides an opportunity for the Youth and world music and Jazz communities of Ensenada to have an opportunity to experience playing
with a Latin band as well as experimenting with African and world
music influences.

CultureBeat Performance Center promotes and presents a cross cultural exchange etween traditional cultures of the world through music, art, dance
and education. Ensenada's newest Art Venue, CutlureBeat is the sister
site of WorldBeat Center in San Diego. The WorldBeat Jazz Department
will be presenting in the future performances by great US Jazz
artists such as Azar Lawrence as well as Cuban and Mexican artists.

TURIYA MAREYA
Turiya Mareya's music is based on World Music influences and draws on the trance inducing and spirit calling focus of African
and Indigenous music. She has shared the stage with such artists such
as Arturo Sandoval, David Murray, Eddie Palmieri, Poncho Sanchez and
Jane Bunnet. Since 2003 she has been touring and performing
internationally. She has performed at Venues and Festivals in Madrid,
Havana, Toronto, Vancouver, Juneau, Anchorage, Mexico City, Jalapa,
Tijuana and San Diego. She just returned from a Canadian tour where
she was performing with Cuban Artists Adonis Puentes and Gilberto
Moreaux. She lives in Rosarito Mexico.