Saturday December 1, 2007
Sugarhill Nightclub - Underground Atlanta

Party Starts @ 8 P.M. $25 Cover
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Atlanta’s LIVE Hot Ice Concert Series Reaches beyond Radio to Deliver; Holoday Soul Funk Festival. House band Urban Soul. Hosted by Jamal Jhmad, Cha Cha Jones and Ken Rye

Atlanta, GA – June 8, 2007 – The Hot Ice Concert Series, kicked off Spring 2007 by honoring The Godfather of the Atlanta soul scene, Ken Batie with a tribute concert in April. Continuing in honor of Batie’s no non-sense approach to featuring great music, the LIVE Hot Ice series announces it’s second show – “The House that Ken Built,” Saturday, June 30, 2007, 10 pm, at Sugarhill Nightclub in Underground Atlanta.

As a partnership between ATL S.O.U.L. and Jazzyside Entertainment, “The House that Ken Built,” will feature live covers and DJ mixes of dance music classics regularly heard during Ken’s infamous show on Atlanta’s WCLK radio (91.9 FM). Music from artists like Soul II Soul, Loose Ends, Incognito, Donnie Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Gil Scott Heron, ‘Lil Louis, the Jones Girls, and others, will be performed by an all-star list of vocalists, musicians and DJs including Julie Dexter, Kelsey Davis, Rhonda Thomas, Kai Martin, Mausiki Scales, Kieresha Roi, Heston, Michael Johnson, Alex Lattimore, DJ Kemit and DJ Kai Alce. To date, Hot Ice Live concerts have hosted the likes of soul jazz music icons like Roy Ayers, India.Arie, Marcus Miller, George Duke, Maysa Leak, Donnie, Anthony David, Vinx, Mike Phillips and Ken Ford.

Hosted by Jamal Ahad and Ken Rye

Music @ 10 p.m. $15 Cover.


Thanks so much for your support.

We look forward to another exciting jam to celebrate the life and accomplishments of WCLK jazz soul veteran Ken Batie.

For more information, call: (678) 898-5496.

Ken Batie
KEN BATIE (1960 - 2007) President of Jazzy Side Entertainment / Hoticeonline.com In 1987, Ken and Nat Quick developed a cutting-edge music show on WCLK-FM radio called "Hot Ice in the Afternoon." The showed featured a mix of classic jazz funk, acid jazz, neo soul, classics, house, latin and other captivating sounds in a unique DJ mix. Ken took the program to the next level when he developed the "Hot Ice Box" an interview segment featuring the likes of artists such as: Quincy Jones, Najee, Roy Ayers, David Sanborn, Incognito and Chaka Kahn just to name a few.

Outside of his permanent gig at Jazz 91.9 FM WCLK, Ken was always busy at various venues around town booking top local and national talent. In 1990, he hooked up with partner in crime Ken Rye where they expanded their cutting-edge music programming format to morning drive, afternoon drive, Firday nights and weekends. "Groove Gumbo" became the latest program in their arcenal to truly challenge the boundaries of everyday radio.

In 2005, Ken & Ken expanded their media and event marketing expertise to hoticeonline.com. Featuring 8 of Atlanta's hottest DJs, live music performances, international calendars and on-line music downloads/sales, hoticeonline.com seeks to provide an outlet for music genres and artists that are grossly under-represented by both commercial and non-commercial radio formats. Neo-soul, lounge, house, latin, funk, classic R&B, jazz and a plethora of other soulful sounds are put into the mix under a genre that they simply defined as Universal Groove. In addition, Ken & Ken hosted a series of shows around the country that feature the very best in live performances with the hottest DJs that they could find.

For more information, call (678) 898-5496. Labels and artists can submit music to: Jazzyside Entertainment P.O. Box 78422 Atlanta, GA 30357-2422