Wali Ali Band, Bob Baldwin (piano), Kevin Hill (bass), Tony Lewis (drums)

Wali Ali unites the intimacy of folk music with the improvisation of jazz and the irresistible rhythms of R&B, and he invites the listener to explore new interpretations of contemporary melodies.

Wali has played guitar with various musical artists including Taj Mahal, Norman Connors, Donny Hathaway, Bobbi Humphrey, Melvin Van Peebles, Noel Pointer, Lonnie Liston Smith, Peter Tosh, and Stanley Turrentine. He has scored for television, and he was bandleader for the Broadway musical “Mule Bone”. Wali is also the recipient of the ASCAP Songwriters Award.

Joining Wali Ali will be Bob Baldwin (Piano), Kevin Hill (Bass), and Tony Lewis (Drums).

$10 admission. For reservations, call 914-737-1701.

Who so would be a man must be a non-conformist. Nothing is at last sacred, but the integrity of your own mind. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friday, January 29 at 8 p.m.

Bean Runner Cafe

201 South Division Street

Peekskill, New York 10566

914-737-1701