The harmonic complexity of jazz is combined with the rhythms and groove of candombe. The Latin American candombe culture is finally taking root in Copenhagen. This is largely thanks to the music community Candombe DK, which has delivered two sold-out concerts with special Afro-Latino rhythms as its focal point. For Vinterjazz i Union they return - this time with new musical playmates from Uruguay and Brazil.
Manuel Contrera is a pianist and composer who hails from the homeland of candombe, Uruguay, but is currently based in Barcelona. He has accompanied a wide range of artists from his homeland, as well as international artists such as David Lebon, Loli Molina and the NDR Big Band from Hamburg.
Alan Da Silva is an Afro-Argentine composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist raised in Barcelona. Inspiration comes from a wide range of genres and artists, including MPB, West Indian music, Caribbean music and soul music.
Candombe is a South Ameri...
The harmonic complexity of jazz is combined with the rhythms and groove of candombe. The Latin American candombe culture is finally taking root in Copenhagen. This is largely thanks to the music community Candombe DK, which has delivered two sold-out concerts with special Afro-Latino rhythms as its focal point. For Vinterjazz i Union they return - this time with new musical playmates from Uruguay and Brazil.
Manuel Contrera is a pianist and composer who hails from the homeland of candombe, Uruguay, but is currently based in Barcelona. He has accompanied a wide range of artists from his homeland, as well as international artists such as David Lebon, Loli Molina and the NDR Big Band from Hamburg.
Alan Da Silva is an Afro-Argentine composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist raised in Barcelona. Inspiration comes from a wide range of genres and artists, including MPB, West Indian music, Caribbean music and soul music.
Candombe is a South American culture that originally originated in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is primarily related to drumming and has played a significant role in the culture of the Río de la Plata for the last two hundred years, and has been recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity....
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