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(902)532-7704
With his latest album beautifully entitled Azul, Montreal-based Colombian-born composer and multi-instrumentalist Roberto López, along with his virtuoso friends, leads us to a unique encounter between the wind ensembles of Colombia’s Caribbean coast and North-American Jazz Big Bands.
On Azul, Roberto López puts his own twist of funk and jazz on traditional pieces written by great Colombian composers (Lucho Bermúdez, José Barros, Pablo Florez), as well as his most recent instrumental compositions. Afro-Colombian rhythms carry us on this enchanting journey, making us move to the beats of the porro, the cumbia as well as the paseo, the champeta, mapalé and the chandé.
Artfully performed, the instrumental pieces on Azul are brought to life by percussive woodwinds and brass instruments, retro guitars, and syncopated percussion, all inspired by the wind ensembles of Colombia’s Caribbean coast. The result is captivating: an exclusively instrumental album that is as groovy as it is brilliant and honestly delightful.
Azul is the third album released by Roberto López (Artiste Révélation Radio-Canada Musique 2010-2011, nominee at the JUNO AWARDS 2011, at the GAMIQ Awards and at the Canadian Folk Music Awards 2010). Along with his other group, the Roberto López Project, he has released his first two albums that were vocally oriented: Soy Panamericano in 2009 and Qué Pasa? in 2006.
With Roberto López (guitar, tiple and ukulele) at its head, The Afro-Colombian Jazz Orchestra can count on the talents of Jean-Sébastien Leblanc (clarinet), Joel Miller (tenor sax and clarinet), David Carbonneau (trumpet), David Grott (trombone), Fraser Hollins (upright bass), Massimo Sansalone (drums) and Kullak Viger-Rojas (alegre, congas and tambora). Christopher Smith (bombardino) and Bruno Lamarche (clarinet) are also featured on the album as musical guests.
“This combo hearkens back to an era when jazz bands (in Colombia, America or wherever) played for dancers and listeners at the same time. You can file this one under jazz or world music, but just don’t miss it – it’s one of the best things I’ve heard all year.”
gm@kingstheatre.ca
(902)532-7704
With his latest album beautifully entitled Azul, Montreal-based Colombian-born composer and multi-instrumentalist Roberto López, along with his virtuoso friends, leads us to a unique encounter between the wind ensembles of Colombia’s Caribbean coast and North-American Jazz Big Bands.
On Azul, Roberto López puts his own twist of funk and jazz on traditional pieces written by great Colombian composers (Lucho Bermúdez, José Barros, Pablo Florez), as well as his most recent instrumental compositions. Afro-Colombian rhythms carry us on this enchanting journey, making us move to the beats of the porro, the cumbia as well as the paseo, the champeta, mapalé and the chandé.
Artfully performed, the instrumental pieces on Azul are brought to life by percussive woodwinds and brass instruments, retro guitars, and syncopated percussion, all inspired by the wind ensembles of Colombia’s Caribbean coast. The result is captivating: an exclusively instrumental album that is as groovy as it is brilliant and honestly delightful.
Azul is the third album released by Roberto López (Artiste Révélation Radio-Canada Musique 2010-2011, nominee at the JUNO AWARDS 2011, at the GAMIQ Awards and at the Canadian Folk Music Awards 2010). Along with his other group, the Roberto López Project, he has released his first two albums that were vocally oriented: Soy Panamericano in 2009 and Qué Pasa? in 2006.
With Roberto López (guitar, tiple and ukulele) at its head, The Afro-Colombian Jazz Orchestra can count on the talents of Jean-Sébastien Leblanc (clarinet), Joel Miller (tenor sax and clarinet), David Carbonneau (trumpet), David Grott (trombone), Fraser Hollins (upright bass), Massimo Sansalone (drums) and Kullak Viger-Rojas (alegre, congas and tambora). Christopher Smith (bombardino) and Bruno Lamarche (clarinet) are also featured on the album as musical guests.
“This combo hearkens back to an era when jazz bands (in Colombia, America or wherever) played for dancers and listeners at the same time. You can file this one under jazz or world music, but just don’t miss it – it’s one of the best things I’ve heard all year.”
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(902)532-7704 or online.
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Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
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