East Side Funk

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CD RECORDING "LOVE JOY GROOVE” 2017 Fresh instrumental music with roots in San Jose, CA's East Side. Elements of old school funk, jazz, and R&B. SAN JOSE, CA -- East Side Funk (ESF) represents the return of noted keyboardist Bobby Valderrama to the SF Bay Area jazz music scene. In the 1970's and 1980's, the San Francisco Bay Area was bursting with new music and innovative sounds. The experimental 70's ignited revolutions in pop culture and the arts, and music was no exception. In the Bay Area, icons like Tower of Power and Santana became role models for a generation of young musicians and fans, particularly those in working class, minority neighborhoods. As Valderrama explains, “In my corner of the Bay Area was a section of San Jose called the ‘East Side’. I grew up with Black, White, Latino, Filipino, Hawaiian, Japanese, and Portuguese friends, and the one thing that brought us…