DestinyMuhammad

Destiny Muhammad hails from Oakland, California. She is a recording and performing artist, bandleader, composer, and producer. Her genre Celtic to Coltrane™ is cool and eclectic with a feel of Jazz and storytelling to round out the sonic experience. Destiny opened for The Oakland East Bay Symphony and smooth jazz artist Gerald Albright, shared the stage with jazz masters Marcus Shelby, Omar Sosa, Ambrose Akisemuire, and Azar Lawrence. She headlined for Women in Jazz concert series, the AfroSolo Yerba Buena Gardens concert festival series, Sunday’s in the Redwoods concert series, Fest Sundiata, and Jazz Center in her Tribute to Alice Coltrane’s signature album Journey in Satchitdananda. She has done dance and music collaborations Dimensions Dance Theater Company, Dimensions Dance Theater Rites of Passage, Jetaun D’Armand and Dance Theater of The Gospel, Robert Henry Johnson, and Collette Eloi and El Wah Movement Dance Theater. Destiny is the principal harpist for the Eddie Gale Inner Peace Orchestra, the Oakland Community Orchestra and performs with The AWESOME Orchestra. The Destiny Muhammad Jazz Trio that follows in the footsteps of Jazz harp legends Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby, who recorded with Freddie Hubbard, Frank Wess, Bill Withers, and Stevie Wonder. The Destiny Muhammad Jazz Trio is a sleek and soulful ensemble designed to showcase Muhammad’s soaring vocals and transporting string work. Whether interpreting jazz standards or her original tunes, Muhammad turns every piece into a soulful adventure.

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