KUA'AINA SANTA MONICA'S NEWEST BURGER PALACE TO INAUGURATE MONTHLY JAZZ NIGHT BEGINNING JANUARY 25TH AND FEB. 14TH FEATURING SANTA MONICA SAXOPHONIST-FLUTIST WENDELL MEW'S QUARTET.

THESE WILL BE CD RELEASE PARTIES FOR MEW'S NEW CD "BIPOLAR BEAUTY".

VOTED THE BEST IN BURGERS BY THE ZAGAT SURVEY FOR 10 YEARS STRAIGHT, KUA'AINA WITH BRANCHES IN OAHU, 9 BRANCHES IN JAPAN, INCLUDING TOKYO DISNEYLAND AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS IN OSAKA COMES TO THE MAINLAND IN SANTA MONICA AND INAUGURATES A MONTHLY JAZZ NIGHT FEATURING SANTA MONICA'S OWN SAXOPHONIST-FLUTIST WENDELL MEW AND H IS QUARTET.

JANUARY 25TH AND FEBRUARTY 14TH VALENTINE'S DAY WILL BE CD RELEASE PARTIES FOR MEW'S NEW CD, "BIPOLAR BEAUTY". DIAGNOSED BIPOLAR IN LATE 2002, MEW WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 2 MONTHS AT THE VA HOSPITAL IN WEST L.A.. HE WAS DISCHARGED WITH FLYING COLORS AND APPEARED ON TV AND PRODUCED SEVERAL CD'S IMMEDIATELY, INCLUDING HIS NEWEST "BIPOLAR BEAUTY " WHICH IS DEDICATED TO HIS FAMILY FOR THE LOVE THEY SHOWED HIM DURING HIS 3 YEARS OF DEPRESSION WHEN HE COULDN'T PLAY A NOTE. MEW'S MANIA WAS TRIGGERED BY HUSSEIN AND BUSH IN AUGUST WHEN HE BEGAN EMAILING EVERYONE THAT THOSE NUTS AND THE CORPORATE EXCESSES WERE KICKING OFF THE DOWFALL OF CIVILIZATION. IT IS ALSO DEDICATED TO THE UCLA DOCTORS AND THE STAFF OF 2S AT THE VA HOSPITAL FOR THE SUPPORT AND CARE THEY GAVE HIM AND CONTINUE TO GIVE HIM.

THE CD FEATURES STANDARDS SUCH AS "LAST TIME WHEN WE WERE YOUNG", "MY FUNNY VALENTINE", "CEORA", "DEAR LORD", "SONG MY LADY SINGS", "XMAS SONG", "FAVORITE THINGS", "DON'T YOU KNOW I CARE", "I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU", "BLOODCOUNT", "RAINWALTZ", "BUTTERFLY LOVERS", "SAKURA", AND "WAVE". THE CD ALSO BOASTS A TRACK RECORDED LIVE AT BIRDLAND IN L.A.'S LITTLE TOKYO WITH THE YASUKO QUARTET. YASUKO WHO'S SMALLER THAN TOSHIKO AKYIOSHI EXEMPLIES INFLUENCES RANGING FROM ART TATUM, OSCAR PETERSON TO HERBIE HANCOCK AND BILL EVANS.

MEW ALSO HAS TRACKS HE'S NOT SELLING OF COURSE WITH SOME OVER DUBBING HE DID TO NORAH JONES'S "COME AWAY WITH ME" AND BARBARA MORRISON'S "WHEN DID YOU LEAVE HEAVEN".

THE MUSIC BEGINS AT 8:00 PM 119 BROADWAY THREE BLOCKS FROM SANTA MONICA'S FAMOUS 3RD STREET PROMENADE.

FIVE DOLLARS COVER WHICH INCLUDES A FREE BEER OR MIXED DRINK.

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT 310-394-0100 OR FOR BOOKINGS AND CD'S wendellmew@netzero.net