Category: Artist Focus

Artist Focus: Mark

21/2/2019

In the run-up to Burgandy Williams ft. live band Phasma at PizzaExpress Live Live on 1-2 March, we're running an artist focus on the players joining us for the night.

A versatile bassist with an eclectic musical background, Mark's training includes time spent as Durham Cathedral chorister, Uppingham School music scholar and student at London's Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. With a particular love for blending soul, hip hop & jazz, he's the resident bassist at the Rib Room in Jumeirah Carlton Tower (Belgravia).

Artist Focus: Soso

18/2/2019

In the run-up to Burgandy Williams ft. live band Phasma at PizzaExpress Live on 1-2 March, we're running an artist focus on the players joining us for the night.

Soso Lakatos is an inspirational piano player, keyboardist and synth specialist, well-versed in all genres especially jazz and funk. Having grown up in Hungary, Soso hails from a musical family and has also played with Diáspora, Fiesta Latina, Rory and Tiger Music Entertainmentas well as touring with several bands appearing at venues and festivals throughout Europe.

Artist Focus: Tamas

14/2/2019

In the run-up to Burgandy Williams ft. live band Phasma at PizzaExpress Live on 1-2 March, we're running an artist focus on the players joining us for the night.

Tamas Teszary is a talented and versatile percussionist, pianist and vibraphonist. Current roles include lead composer and vibraphonist in The Tamas Teszary Quartet, vibraphone in Duo Theory (classic jazz stripped to the bone), Trio Theory (built on the heritage of the jazz greats) and drums in The Rhythm Swing Quintet.

An accomplished improviser on both kit and vibes, recent performances at the Southbank Centre featured original compositions from debut album Bopcore, alongside re-imaginings of classic tracks.

www.tamasteszary.com

Diáspora welcomes back lead vocalist Pablo Raya!

22/2/2018

Diáspora is thrilled to welcome back salsa maverick Pablo Raya returning to deliver lead vocals on Diáspora's upcoming dance album. Many of you will remember Pablo's electric cameo performance with the 12-piece in @An Evening in Cuba at London's The Jazz Cafe last year.

Born in Montilla, Córdoba where he started singing at the age of five, Pablo is a singer, actor, dancer and performance artist. "High School Musical" produced by Stage Entertainment, was his first experience in show business. After his performance, the giant Disney Channel signed him, becoming part of the company’s TV productions and image of the channel in Spain.

His credits include “ and “Ay Carmela!” on musical theatre, and also international productions such as the teen phenomenon "Casi Angeles" for Argentine television, or the lead role in the science fiction feature film "Ozoner" directed by John Waterfall and co-produced for New York Film Academy.

Pablo has lived and worked in Madrid, New York and London and is very excited about making appearance on some lead numbers with the band.

Fiesta Latina welcomes new vocalist Daniela Gallini

24/1/2018

Fiesta Latina is thrilled to welcome new vocalist all the way from Chile: Daniela Gallini Chevesich!

Daniela's repertoire spans from Old World Habana Vieja (Old Havana); the romantic lilts of Buena Vista Social Club and Celia Cruz, through the eclectic dance beats of Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan and Juan Luis Guerra, all the way to the contemporary Cuban street sounds of Gente De Zona and Issac Delgado... Grab a bottle of rum and get down to some Latin rhythms. ¡Sabor!

www.fiesta-latina.co.uk
Fiesta Latina: The Instant Latin House Party
Daniela / Rory / Harry

Diáspora welcomes 2 new vocalists!!

1/1/2018

Diáspora is thrilled and excited to announce two talented artists joining its lineup to deliver lead vocals on the band's upcoming albums to be recorded this year. Diáspora has always championed a strong vocal following and 2018 is no exception. Salsera María Romero continues band's strong Latin roots, while Ana Teresa takes the vibe south of the border and into Brazil.

María Romero

María continues to fuel Diáspora's fiery flavours of Cuban salsa and Latin influences from son, rumba, mambo and cha-cha-chá to merengue, reggaeton, songo and timba and everything in between, in the band's upcoming dance album, taking cues from Guaguancó and Gozadera. ¡Sabrosura!

María is a professionally trained Spanish singer based in London. She recently graduated with distinction from a MMUS in music performance in London. María, who has been studying and performing music since the age of 9, is a tasteful and versatile singer with a very wide vocal range. She is an experienced performer who has sung styles ranging from soul and jazz to traditional Spanish music, genres which make up her background and often influence her performances. She has also experience singing Latin music both live and in the studio, an environment where she particularly enjoys working.

Ana Teresa Correia

Ana Teresa adds cool cuts from the tropics to Diáspora's Latino fire. Specialising in the myriad of styles emerging from Brazil from Rio's Samba and laid back Bossa Nova to Bahia's Baião and Samba-Reggae, in an album blending Brazilian influences with jazz, funk and saudade.

Ana is a Portuguese singer and a graduated Masters in Popular Music Performance. A versatile vocalist with a wide vocal range, Ana has worked as a lead vocalist, backing vocalist integrating duos, full bands or even choirs with experience in studio recording and live performances. Specialising in soul, pop and funk music, Ana had also studied Jazz where Improvisation became an important approach to several musical styles including Bossa Nova.

Both vocalists trained together at ICMP - Institute Of Contemporary Music School in London. Ana Teresa adds Brazilian cool to María's Latino fire.

Artist Focus: Olly

16/12/2016

In the run up to A Celebration of Cuban Music at The Jazz Cafe featuring Diáspora 12-piece + Fiesta Latina on 27th December, we're running an artist focus on the players joining us for the night.

Olly is one of the founding members of Diáspora having played tenor and soprano saxophones, alto saxophone and flute with the band since 2009. Originally from London, Olly studied jazz at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and shortly afterwards met Rory Duffy in Manchester where he was teaching German and French. Since relocating to London, Olly has continued to excel in improvisational styles and contributed some soulful sax solos for Diáspora's upcoming album. In his spare time, Olly enjoys travelling, in particular ski trips to the Alps and Canada.

Artist Focus: George

15/12/2016

In the run up to A Celebration of Cuban Music at The Jazz Cafe featuring Diáspora 12-piece + Fiesta Latina on 27th December, we're running an artist focus on the players joining us for the night.

George, originally from Huddersfield, studied jazz trombone at the Trinity Laban and subsequently lived and worked in London freelancing with various orchestras and ensembles including Riot Jazz and Matt Roberts Big Band which included appearances at EFG London Jazz Festival andThe Spice of Life - Soho. Currently based in Leeds, George combines a busy performing and teaching schedule up and down the country, and marathon running in his spare time!

Artist Focus: Tom

13/12/2016

In the run up to A Celebration of Cuban Music at The Jazz Cafe ft. Diáspora 12-piece + Fiesta Latina on 27th December, we're running an artist focus on the players joining us for the night.

A small child’s imagination is easily captivated, and for Tom it was the sonorous colours of the brass on the many CDs that his parents used to play that got him excited every time. With an ancestry of brass-banders it was in the blood, and seeing bands playing around Frampton Cotterell was what made him say, “when I grow up, I want to play the trumpet."

Accolades include National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain OFFICIAL, Wells Cathedral School, The Company Music Theatre and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama which culminated in his final recital: Brandenburg to Broadway. A true all-rounder, he has performed extensively on numerous denominations of the trumpet, with barely a single genre forgotten, contributed to the lead lines in the upcoming Diáspora album. To add to his portfolio, Tom is an avid classical singer, performing professionally around London in choirs and as a soloist.

www.tomharrisontrumpet.co.uk

Artist Focus: Harry

12/12/2016

In the run up to A Celebration of Cuban Music at The Jazz Cafe ft. Diáspora 12-piece + Fiesta Latina on 27th December, we're running an artist focus on the players joining us for the night.

Diáspora's bonguero, Hector "Harry" Hincapie, from Colombia, has Latin rhythms in his blood. He worked for 10 years as lead percussionist for Paloqsea, a Latin American theatre company in Barcelona performing annually in Latinoamericando in Milan. In addition, he has worked with the Tutalis theatre company on the Cavais de Menorca Production and has worked as a music teacher. Since relocating from Barcelona to London, Harry produces and plays kit for Tiger Music Entertainment, one of the UK’s hottest emerging professional party bands, and will be opening the night playing cajon with Fiesta Latina.

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Artist Focus: Mark

Artist Focus: Soso

Artist Focus: Tamas

Diáspora welcomes back lead vocalist Pablo Raya!

Fiesta Latina welcomes new vocalist Daniela Gallini

Diáspora welcomes 2 new vocalists!!

María Romero

Ana Teresa Correia

Artist Focus: Olly

Artist Focus: George

Artist Focus: Tom

Artist Focus: Harry

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