Shareefah C. Abdullah: Bio

Shareefah C. Abdullah - Composer, Arranger, Producer

SHAREEFAH C. ABDULLAH is a composer, arranger, producer whose debut CD On A Musical Journey features Hip Contemporary Jazz, Latin Jazz and New Age-Funk fusions. Her music has been described as pure, sweet and smooth. She enjoys combining those elements with funky, Jazzy rhythms for a unique sound that provides positive energy.
Shareefah was three years old when she heard her Uncle Freddie playing songs from his R & B collection. From that day on she was hooked. Her mother recognized her interest in music and started Shareefah on piano lessons at age 10. As an adult she studied Jazz piano with Lucille Gaita and at Jazzmobile in Harlem, NY. Not only does she love composing but enjoys the production process as well, especially working with her son, studio engineer, Salaam Shabazz of Eargasm Productions.
Throughout her adult years, she garnered an appreciation for many musical genres and that is reflected on her album. Her musical influences include Latin Jazz vibraphonist Cal Tjader, world-funk group Mandrill, New Age harpist Andreas Vollenweider and composers/ musicians in the electronic genre, Lauren Rinder with W. Michael Lewis.
Shareefah's composition "Can't See Nothin' Wrong With That", on which her good friend and musical mentor Lucille is featured on electric piano, was included on the Oasis Jazz Sampler 10, a compilation CD featuring the best of the Jazz artists who were Oasis clients in 2003. Midnight Dance In Ibiza was used as background music on a recording by the late poet Sheik Abdul Karim Basit. Shareefah's music has been played on several FM, internet Jazz and New Age stations. Tracks from her album are often featured on the primarily discussion oriented program, The New World of Al Islam In America on WPAT.
This former organist, choir director and music teacher is currently working on tracks for her next album.

Lucille Gaita - Guest Artist

Pianist Lucille Gaita received a Bachelor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston. She has accompanied the Crystals, Lou Christie, Mary Wells, Little Anthony, the Drifters and many other artists in the Tri-State area. She has also played in back up bands with entertainers such as Jack Jones and Bob Hope. Lucille has done original projects in and around New York City, performed as musical director and played in "the pit" for many theatre productions.

Salaam Shabazz - Engineer

Salaam began dee-jaying when he was 12 and went "pro" by the age of 15. Two years later, he started producing local rap artists who wanted to relay positive messages through their music. Shortly thereafter, he began receiving accolades from constituents in the N.Y/N.J. area for his skills as a DJ and producer; he was known as "Scratch Master Tab". Salaam attended the Institute of Audio Research in New York City and briefly interned at Quad Studios in N.Y. before starting Eargasm Productions. He is currently set to engineer Shareefah's next project. is producing an up & coming Rap artist and mastering a project for a local singer-songwriter. One of his goals is to help change the negative images associated with Rap.