The Afro Cubano Latin Jazz Connection
With this project, you can experience the influences and contributions of the Yoruba, Bantu, Ewe-Fon and Mandinga peoples of West Africa combined with the impressions of Hispanic culture which includes energetic, danceable Salsa, Bolero, Mambo, Cha Cha cha and Bossa Nova rhythms. becomes a melting pot of African and European harmonies, melodies, rhythms and musical instruments.
The group plays a variety of selections that include Latin dance rhythms, adding Colombian cumbias, Puerto Rican plenas, and even Argentine tangos to Cuban and Dominican beats. Together with the spirited and charismatic Cuban singer, Pina Lopez, and along with the African-American improvisational art form (so-called Jazz), this group shares with the audience the hot & spicy rhythms, lyrics and sounds of this music which has, since the 1960’s, been known as Salsa ("Hot Sauce").
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