Fiesta Latina (est. 2013)Fiesta Latina recreates the sizzling, scorching sounds of Latin America and the Caribbean with an uplifting sound which is inspiring and unifying, mixing salsa with other influences to bring you a fresh, funky and instant Latin house party experience. With its compact 1–4 piece line-up of vocals, piano, percussion and trumpet, Fiesta Latina distils a vibrant + stylish mix of salsa, funk, soul and samba, from Cuban classics and laid back Brazilian beats right through to the present day.
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529 (est. 2014)Love comes, love goes... but songs are forever. Stories about new illusions and broken hearts. Tears, laughter and passion.
529 is a London-based group. Our mission is to bring classic and contemporary jazz soul and popular music into the realm of voice and keys - simple yet sophisticated. While you work from nine to five, love goes from five to nine and that's where we are. www.529music.co.uk |
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Diáspora (est. 2009)Clave... To us the word goes beyond explanations and definitions. It means life, salsa, the food of our leisure time, the motion of intense rhythm, the emotion of 20,000 people simultaneously grooving to the natural sounds of life. It’s being played in beat, on key, on clave... It means to be on top of things, to be playing it right... Clave is history, it’s culture. African drums from far off places like Nigeria, Dahomey and Ghana married the Spanish guitar to bring us clave. The seeds were planted in the Caribbean and now their grandchild is Salsa...
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Nova Boss (est. 2009)
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Combining swinging samba rhythm and poise with jazz harmony and lyricism, Nova Boss sings about the sea, past romances, and the passing illusion of the carnival.
Emerging from the beaches of Rio in the late 1950s, Bossa Nova is a music of subtlety and sophistication — intimate, nostalgic, and effortlessly cool. Its melodies are breezy, its harmonies rich, and its introvert soul rooted in saudade - quiet longing. www.novaboss.co.uk |
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Rory (est. 2008)
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The jazz quartet, formed in November 2008 whilst studying at the Royal Northern College of Music, drew upon a wide range of influences from swing and bebop to Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz to Motown, soul and funk, with a heavy emphasis on improvisation and live, dynamic interaction.
Rory first discovered Latin jazz through the recordings of Cuban saxophonist / clarinettist Paquito D'Rivera, who has remained one of his strongest influences, alongside David Sanchez, Ed Calle, Gato Barbieri, Stan Getz and Jan Garbarek. The jazz quartet delved deep into the rich treasure trove of the Great American Songbook, interpreting and reinventing wide range of jazz standards by George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Rodgers & Hart, among others. www.rorymusic.co.uk/jazz |
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Phasma (est. 2017)Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and a life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that is good, just and beautiful, of which it is the invisible, but nevertheless dazzling, passionate, and eternal form.
Phasma is an ancient Latin word meaning "soul", "spectre", "spirit". A band delving deep into the Great American musical subconscious, Phasma brings out the best of soul, funk, rhythm and blues. Its 7-piece lineup (vocals, piano, bass, kit, percussion, sax/flute and trumpet) lends itself to a slick, sophisticated sound coloured by the unique concept of soul that arose out of the African experience in America. www.phasma.co.uk |
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