Maestro “Papa C.” Curtis knows the power music has to bring people together.

For years, Curtis and his family — his wife, Nola, and five children, Zahara, Nile, Isis, Kiki and Phoenix — have entertained the Bay Area as the locally renowned band The Curtis Family C-notes, mesmerizing audiences with a wholesome, genre-bending sound of jazz, blues, funk, R&B, folk and gospel music.  They’ve performed at events both spectacular — such as a halftime show for the Golden State Warriors this past February — and historic, including the inaugurations of San Francisco Mayor London Breed and California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis.

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