“Soul Intro with Zo!”
Live on Heart & Soul, SiriusXM – Channel 48
Interview with Cayman Kelly + Live In-Studio Performance
May 14, 2015
Zo! – Piano
Deborah Bond – Vocals
Jon Laine – Drums
Zach Cutler – Guitar
Kush El-Amin – Bass
Tag Archives: Jon Laine
Visuals from the Zo! featuring Carmen Rodgers | New Year’s Eve at Hayti Heritage in Durham, NC – (12.31.14)
Visuals from…
Zo!
featuring Carmen Rodgers
at Hayti Heritage in Durham, NC
December 31, 2014
Personnel:
Zo! – Keys & Shit Talking
Carmen Rodgers – Lead Saingin’
Phonte – Special Guest Saingin’ & NYE Toast
Tom Browne – Guest Trumpet & Rap on “Funkin’ For Jamaica”
Zach Cutler – Electric Six-String
Darion Alexander – The Low End Theory
LaDarrel “Saxappeal” Johnson – Take a guess…
Jon Laine – The Kit
Photos courtesy of Artige Photography, The Art of Cool Project and Cathy Foreman
Favorite Moments of 2014: Bass Battle in Richmond
After a tiny bit of trash talking throughout the show, my bass player Darion Alexander and I finally decided to go ahead and engage in a heated battle of the low-end, stringed instruments on stage at my show in Richmond, VA back on August 23rd with Carmen Rodgers. With Jon Laine on drums providing the rhythmic backdrop we needed, I came off of the keys briefly after accepting the challenge and we went in. Here’s a clip of what transpired…
Video shot by James Harris
The ManMade Tour hits Durham for New Year’s Eve!!
ManMade Tour returns to Durham, NC for NYE!
Zo!
featuring Carmen Rodgers
with
Surprise Special Guests
Wednesday, December 31, 2014 – Durham, NC
(ManMade Tour)
Hayti Heritage
804 Old Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27701 | (919) 683-1709
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Visuals from the Zo! featuring Carmen Rodgers at the 2nd Annual Pink Alive Concert for Breast Cancer Awareness in NYC – (10.28.14)
Visuals from…
Zo!
featuring Carmen Rodgers
at Joe’s Pub in New York City, NY
October 28, 2014
Personnel:
Zo! – Grand Pie-Anna
Carmen Rodgers – Lead Saingin’
Eric Roberson – Guest Saingin’ on “We Are On The Move”
Zach Cutler – Gee-tar
Dennis Turner – The 6-string Low End Theory
Jon Laine – Skins
Pics from Richmond, VA Show – 08.03.13 …Photos by The Cheats Movement
Richmond, VA provided us with a helluva good time captured by The Cheats Movement, here are some shots from that night.
Personnel: Myself on keys (as well as shit talking on the mic), Deborah Bond on vocals, AB on vocals, Zach Cutler on guitar, Jon Laine on drums, and Dennis Turner on bass
Pics from Durham, NC Show – 07.25.13 …Photos by Meri Hyöky Photography
Shouts to Meri Hyöky Photography for these pics from Thursday’s show at Casbah in Durham, NC. We had a BALL.
Personnel included: Myself on keys, Deborah Bond on vocals, Zach Cutler on guitar, Jon Laine on drums, Dennis Turner on bass, Phonte on vocals, and Jeanne Jolly on vocals.
Inauguration Celebration with Zo! featuring Deborah Bond @ Montserrat House – Washington, D.C. – January 20, 2013
Based on the 1967 film “To Sir, With Love” starring Sidney Poitier, we celebrate and honor President Barack Obama with a creative twist.
Join us for a night of revelry that includes food, djs, live music performances and inauguration-inspired cocktails, all done with a 1960’s mod twist.
Attire: Attendees are encouraged to come in their best 1960’s mod-inspired evening look.
DJ sets:
John Murph
DJ Stylus
Jahsonic
Live performances:
Kiyem Ade
Ne’a Posey
Zo! feat. Deborah Bond
Space is limited. Advance purchase and early arrival,
highly encouraged.
Montserrat House, 2016 9th St. NW, Washington D.C. 20001 | Sunday, January 20, 2013 | 8p-12a
2012 in Pictures
“…Give it up for Lorenzo Ferguson a/k/a Zo!, y’all!!” © Phonte in LA • Photo by Kris Perry (Oct. 2012)
2012 has been another helluva year. I got to do some traveling and play shows in LA, NYC, DC, Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, St. Louis, Bethesda, MD, Greensboro, NC, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Columbia MD, Boston, Virginia Beach, Raleigh, Vienna, VA, Memphis, Indianapolis, San Francisco, and Phoenix …..and Durham, NC for this coming New Year’s Eve. I completed my first year as a full-time musician after the school I taught music at closed last year – I was then able to continue teaching by conducting individual piano lessons and workshop to groups of young ones. I began endorsing Moog Music, received another standing ovation during a performance back home in Detroit, and got the bulk of the recording finished for my newest album ManMade. Sy Smith and I did some touring this year playing big solo shows at DC’s Blues Alley and NYC’s Blue Note and received big performance props from Sheila E while I was back on the road with The Foreign Exchange who wrapped up performances for an album we have been touring for two years, Authenticity. I hit my ten-year anniversary of releasing music as well. Outside of all that, it was a fairly quiet twelve months……….
…Looking forward to 2013. Enjoy the photos!!
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- Me and Phonte laying VERY early recordings for ‘ManMade’ (Jan. 2012)
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- The LA crowd • Photo by Kris Perry (Jan. 2012)
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- Looks like I liked something I heard • Photo by Kris Perry (Jan. 2012)
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- Sy and I on the keys • Photo by Kris Perry (Jan. 2012)
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- Zo! + Sy Smith • Photo by Marcel Friday (Jan. 2012)
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- Sy in deep concentration • Photo by Marcel Friday (Jan. 2012)
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- Enjoying myself… • Photo by Marcel Friday (Jan. 2012)
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- Me in LA • Photo by Marcel Friday (Jan. 2012)
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- Keyboard duet featuring Zo! + Sy Smith • Photo by Marcel Friday (Jan. 2012)
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- Group picture after the LA show • Photo by Kris Perry (Jan. 2012)
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- Miki Howard, Me and Sy Smith in LA • Photo by Kris Perry (Jan. 2012)
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- Amtrak to NYC (Jan. 2012)
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- View from my hotel room in NYC (Jan. 2012)
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- “Don’t ever underestimate the power of your mind…” © Sy Smith via ‘SunStorm’ (Jan. 2012)
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- Dookie rope chains + Yellow Curl bottles = The 80’s.. Me and Phonte in D.C. • Photo by Victoria Ford (Jan. 2012)
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- Zo! and Tigallo Hate the 90’s @ Axel F. 80’s Party/Performance in D.C. • Photo by Victoria Ford (Jan. 2012)
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- Nicolay, Butta of SoulBounce.com & I in D.C. (Feb. 2012)
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- Chicago Arrival, (02.09.12)
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- The Nord Stage Eighty-Eight… Weapon of choice for Chicago. (Feb. 2012)
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- Zo! + Sy Smith in Chicago • Photo by Warren Skipper (Feb. 2012)
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- Zo! + Sy Smith in Chicago • Photo by Kimberly Vandever (Feb. 2012)
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- Zo! + Sy Smith in Chicago • Photo by Kimberly Vandever (Feb. 2012)
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- Zo! + Sy SmIth in Detroit (Feb. 2012)
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- Zo! + Sy Smith in Detroit. (Feb. 2012)
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- Zo! at Jazz and Jokes in Nashville • Photo by Shamicka Bush (Feb 2012)
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- Zo! + Sy Smith = The Superman and Wonder Woman of Indie Soul… LOL Photo by Chadd Hardy (Feb. 2012)
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- The St. Louis Arch – View from my hotel’s lobby… (Feb. 2012)
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- Me with Cameron and Cameron after my workshop and tour of Westview Middle School in St. Louis… 02.13.12
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- The “ZoTif”
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- Recording for D.C.’s own, Kokayi • Photos by Kokayi (April 2012)
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- Me and Sy at Ben’s Next Door in D.C. (April 2012)
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- Sy Smith and I in D.C. • Photo by Julius Prince (Apr. 2012)
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- Phonte, Big K.R.I.T. and 9th Wonder for the “Life Of Kings” video shoot right before I jumped my ass in front of the camera. (April 2012)
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- +FE Prayer in Greensboro, NC (April 2012)
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- +FE in Greensboro, NC (April 2012)
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- Face Off!! in NYC • Photo by Sean J Rhinehart (May 2012)
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- Sy Smith • Photo by Sean J. Rhinehart (May 2012)
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- In NYC • Photo by Sean J. Rhinehart (May 2012)
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- Sy in NYC • Photo by Sean J. Rhinehart (May 2012)
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- Sy and I in NYC (May 2012)
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- Me on keys and Monet on flute • Photo by Sean J Rhinehart (May 2012)
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- Rockin’ the hell out with the Bubba Gump lip • Photo by Sean J. Rhinehart (May 2012)
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- +FE Music… Stocked up in Moods Music – Atlanta (May 2012)
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- Apache Café setup in Atlanta (May 2012)
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- Sy Smith + Zo! @ Apache Café in Atlanta • Photo by Angie Keilhauer (May 2012)
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- Sy Smith + Zo! @ Apache Café in Atlanta (May 2012)
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- Me and Sy Smith ain’t here for you other sucka ass crews!! (May 2012)
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- The set-up at Quixotic in Dallas and me and Sy’s show. (May 2012)
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- Taking a walk in Downtown Houston (May 2012)
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- Sy Smith + Zo! @ Fitzgerald’s in Houston (May 2012)
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- Sy Smith + Zo! @ Fitzgerald’s in Houston (May 2012)
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- Sy Smith @ Fitzgerald’s in Houston (May 2012)
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- Sy Smith + Zo! @ Fitzgerald’s in Houston (May 2012)
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- Sy Smith @ Fitzgerald’s in Houston (May 2012)
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- Zo! @ Fitzgerald’s in Houston (May 2012)
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- My View at the Capital Jazz Fest (June 2012)
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- Performing with +FE at the Capital Jazz Fest (June 2012)
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- Zo! @ the Capital Jazz Fest (June 2012)
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- Zo! @ the Capital Jazz Fest (June 2012)
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- Stage Shot @ Capital Jazz Fest (June 2012)
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- +FE Crew with Anthony Anderson after our Jazz Fest performance (June 2012)
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- Looking out on the empty venue in Brooklyn at +FE’s soundcheck. (June 2012)
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- +FE in Brooklyn! (June 2012)
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- My view from the stage in Boston for +FE’s show. (June 2012)
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- +FE Shutting it down in Raleigh, NC (June 2012)
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- +FE in Black and White in Raleigh (June 2012)
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- Didn’t get to go to visit Moog while we were in Asheville, but I did get to endorse them this year. (June 2012)
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- Stage setup at The Emerald Lounge for +FE’s show in Asheville, NC (June 2012)
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- Zach, Biscuit, Sy and I rehearsing for Blues Alley (June 2012)
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- Blues Alley Marquee • Photo by Lauren Persons (June 2012)
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- Ready to go at Blues Alley in DC. (June 2012)
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- Me and Sy just before hitting the stage for the first show at Blues Alley in DC. (June 2012)
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- Zo! • Photo by Lauren Persons (June 2012)
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- Zo! • Photo by Lauren Persons (June 2012)
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- Zo! • Photo by Lauren Persons (June 2012)
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- Sy Smith • Photo by Lauren Persons (June 2012)
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- Zo! • Photo by Lauren Persons (June 2012)
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- Sy Smith • Photo by Lauren Persons (June 2012)
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- Zo! • Photo by Lauren Persons (June 2012)
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- Laughing HARD at somebody • Photo by Lauren Persons (June 2012)
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- Sy Smith • Photo by Lauren Persons (June 2012)
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- Fatin “10” Horton and I… Three days straight in the studio, June 2012
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- Tim Scott Jr. laying drums down for the ‘ManMade’ album. (Aug. 2012)
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- Me, Sheila E. and Sy Smith in D.C. (08.30.12)
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- Zach Cutler, Jon Laine, Sy and I rehearsing for the Blue Note (Sept 2012)
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- Turn your cell phones off… Me and Sy are ready to tear the Blue Note stage down. (Sept. 2012)
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- Behind our hotel… The Detroit Riverwalk, September 2012
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- On keys for The Foreign Exchange at Detroit’s Chene Park • Photo by Crystal Bailey (Sept. 2012)
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- Phonte, Me, Deborah, Kush and Sy in Detroit • Photo by Drake Phifer (Sept. 2012)
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- On the way to Memphis (Sept. 2012)
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- Grover Stewart, Scott McGreer, Sy, Me and Chadd Hardy after our show in Indianapolis (Sept. 2012)
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- Up to no good in Inglewood… (Oct. 2012)
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- Soundcheck at The Key Club in LA (Oct. 2012)
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- Detroit goes with me on the road (Oct. 2012)
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- Key Club in LA Crowd • Photo by Kris Perry (Oct. 2012)
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- +FE in LA’s Key Club • Photo by Kris Perry (Oct. 2012)
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- “…Give it up for Lorenzo Ferguson a/k/a Zo!, y’all!!” © Phonte in LA • Photo by Kris Perry (Oct. 2012)
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- +FE in LA • Photo by Kris Perry (Oct. 2012)
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- So much shit, I don’t know which one to choose!! (Oct. 2012)
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- Driving to Phoenix (Oct. 2012)
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- HAD to go swimming in Phoenix (Oct. 2012)
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- The +FE Family in Phoenix after wrapping up the ‘Authenticity’ Tour, October 2012
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- Sy Smith, Me and Phonte recording in N.C. (11.07.12)
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- Two of my most treasured T-shirts. One of a kind.
D.C. Dilla Tribute @ Liv… Starring Ma Dukes Yancey, Illa J & Phife Dawg (from 07.08.09)
This past Wednesday we had a tribute concert and fundraiser honoring the memory of the late GREAT Jay Dee a/k/a James “J. Dilla” Yancey at Club Liv in Washington D.C. Those headlining the bill included his younger brother John “Illa J” Yancey, longtime collaborator and former A Tribe Called Quest member Phife Dawg, and Dilla’s mother Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey.
This was actually the 4th event done in D.C. in honor of Dilla and the first that I have been a part of. The band for the night…
Jon Laine – Drums
Dennis Turner – Bass
Brock Smith – Guitar
Nila Kay – Guitar
Dre King – Keys
Zo! – Keys
Alison Carney & J-Hill – Vocals
The results? Honoring the music of Dilla Dawg, raising money for the Lupus Foundation, and providing some good live music and a damn good time…
Here are some video clips shot from that night… I’ll add more as I find them.
Highlight Video
Phife Dawg performing “Check Tha Rhime”
Me and Phife Dawg after the show