Al Howard and the K23 Orchestra
K23 has won the San Diego Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Band three consecutive years (2003 – 2006). The K23 Orchestra has shared the stage with such talents as Ozomatli, Soundtribe Sector 9, Robert Walter’s 20th Congress, Slightly Stoopid, Fishbone, the Living Legends, Digable Planets, the Beat Junkies, Mikah 9, John Brown’s Body, 2Mex, Ralph Nader, Digital Underground, Brand Nubian and Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra. They have preformed at the best festivals on the west-coast including High Sierra, Xingolati, Reggae on the River, Earthdance, Harmony Fest and the Whole Earth in addition to Wakarusa. Alfred Howard has sat in with Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Umphrey’s Mcgee, Perry Ferrel, Digital Underground, Garaj Mahal, the Slip, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, ALO, the Breakfast and many others. He has been a member of multiple Everyone Orchestras. He performed at the 2003 Jane’s Addiction New Year’s Show, has given readings at SDSU and UCSD and has won the UCSD Poetry Slam. He has read his poetry to assemblies at Torrey Pines, Sunset, Valley Center and La Costa Canyon High Schools. He has recently read his poem “America” on the High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage as well as opening for Bobby Kennedy and Senator Barbara Boxer at the SD Bay Keepers Convention.
