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GRUPO CUMBE
Sound Culture Presents NOMADIC WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL APRIL 1st through 30th Celebrating 1 year of cultural music programming Happy Birthday Sound Culture!
April 24th 2010 GRUPO CUMBÂ Cumbia Dance Party! Debut and launch of Sound Culture commissioned musical project. 10pm | 9pm doors $8 Adv. | $10 Door Las Tablas - 2942 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL
In celebration of Colombia's Bicentennial, Sound Culture commissions Chicago's best local latin and Colombian musicians to re-arrange and perform Colombian Cumbia classics. ÂThis internationally celebrated musical form born on the carribian coast of colombia. ÂRepresents The marriage of African, Spanish, and Indigenous influences.
This new group fuses traditional afro Colombian percussion, with elements of big band style Cumbia and jazz made famous by artists like Lucho Bermudez and the Discos Fuentes record label catalog. Incorporated are call & response vocals, raw traditional percussion courtesy of the Alegre, Tambora, Llamador & Maraca, bottom heavy electric bass lines, Gaita flutes, latin piano and jazz trumpet.
The group consists of the founding memebers of the Chicago Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble and Ngoma Alegre, the midwest's only Afro Colombian persussion ensemble. Victor Garcia on Trumpet, Darwin Noguera on Piano, Josh Ramos on Bass, Leo Suarez on afro colombian persussion/Gaita Flutes, Natalie Oliveri on vocals and minor percussion, and Jose Natal on colombian percussion and congas.
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LocationLas Tablas
2942 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL
United States
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Minimum Age: 21 |
Kid Friendly: No |
Dog Friendly: No |
Non-Smoking: No |
Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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