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guitaristic music of The Gypsy Jazz Trio is woven from the threads of contemporary French gypsy swing. Their performances combine this melodic influence of jazz gitan, a music based on pure improvisition and spirit, over the tried and true swing jazz standards of the 30's and 40's. Pete Krebs, Jon Williams, and Michael Papillo bring disparate histories into their collaboration but meet on a level that creates a unique and spirited polyphony. The music of Gypsy Jazz Trio takes us to the gypsy camp to dance around the campfire with the same sense of freedom, abandon and vitality as the gypsies. Acoustic swing jazz (sometimes latin) at its best. .
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 BORIKUAS music, infects audiences with desire to sing,dance and celebrate
authentic Latin culture.
Before he moved to Portland fourteen years ago, Neftali
Rivera was a professional musician in his native, Puerto
Rico. He focus on the traditional music styles which are so immediately
familiar to all Puertorricans, such as the bombas and plenas heard
in communities with African roots to the danzas and aguinaldos heard
in Rivera's home town of Morovis.
The members of BORIKUAS are from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Percussionist Victor Pizarro comes from Loisa Aldea, Puerto Rico,
where he learned to play on the street corners. Vocalist,lead guitarist
, and cuatro player, Ruben Torres was formally trained in Puerto
Rico. Aquiles Montas, originally from Dominican Republic, lived
in Puerto Rico for several years. Javier Olva, percussionist, was
born in Cuba. To learn more, visit their .
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 Toshi
Onizuka folds Jazz, Rock, New Age, Classical, Middle Eastern,
and Asian influences into the complex rhythms of Flamenco to create
a sound that is solely his. Born
in Tokyo, Japan, in 1965, his first musical inspirations were Al
Di Meola and Django Reinhardt, but it wasn't until he discovered
the art of Paco de Lucia that Toshi devoted himself to studying
the music of the great Spanish guitarists. His distinctive sound
uniquely combines flat picking with dynamic percussive sounds made
on the surface of his guitar. It has evolved and grown in the sixteen
years since he began playing. Toshi spent five years in Spain where
he refined his style even further. He toured Spain and Switzerland
for two years with the internationally acclaimed Flamenco fusion
group Pata Negra.
His first solo CD, Toshi, an effort that featured many musicians
from Spain and Brazil, was released in 1997. Two years later he
appeared on the CD Born in the Air, a collaboration of fifteen acoustic
guitarists. Produced by Seigen Ono, the CD received an overwhelmingly
positive response from critics and audiences.
Writers have said "Toshi draws pictures with his sound"
and "the listener is mesmerized, transfixed, and caught by
the rhythms and the indefinable and talented mixture of his music."
Listeners often say his music inspires them and gives them a "floating
sensation."
Toshi's music isn't easily categorized and can't be limited to a
specific genre; he prefers to think of it as a truly international
sound that knows no borders and has no boundaries.
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 The Pete Krebs Trio ,featuring David Langenes and Keith Brush, play a melange of early Jazz, swing, gypsy, and latin music. Their work with counterparts the Stolen Sweets have brought them to Oregon Public Broadcasting, KMHD, The Portland Jazz Festival and Oregon Art Beat.
Checkout the website
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 John
Butler, a Fulbright Scholar in Music, is an experienced performer
in the fields of Jazz, Latin, New Music and Dance. He is equally
at home playing solo or with larger groups. John began his professional
career in Portland in 1975 and was active in the very busy jazz
scene at that time. He moved to N.Y. in 1981 and was there less
than a year before receiving an '85 gig tour of Holland and Belgium
with Dutch pianist Rene Van Helsdingen. Remaining in Holland until
1987 John recorded 2 L.P.s. At this time he performed at various
festivals and clubs in Holland Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Returning to N.Y. in 1988 John played regularly in the local club
scene as well as performing for the Young Audiences program in schools
around N.Y. While performing at New Music America Festival 1988
in Miami John met Peruvian dancer Luciana Proaño, which led
to regular performances in Peru as her musical director. In 1991
John received a Fulbright Grant to Peru where he performed solo
concerts and taught jazz workshops in the conservatories of Lima,
Cusco, Arequipa, Trujillo and Chiclayo. He also studied Afro-Peruvian
music with Carlos Hayre. In 1994 John returned to make his home
base in Portland from where he has continued to perform nationally
and internationally. For more information, . |
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 Greg
Wolfe's performing career spans over twenty-five years and
includes solo concerts, radio and television appearances, dance
and song accompaniment, and recording sessions. Wolfe has toured
extensively throughout North America with: Teo
Morca, Ensemble Español, Lola Montes Dance Company, Zorongo
Flamenco, and others. Internationally he has performed in Canada,
Mexico, Costa Rica, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Germany, and as an accompanist
performed with some of Spain's best dancers, such as: Manolete,
Manolo Marin, and Jose Galvan, as well as singers such as: Agujetas
and Manolo Leiva.
In 1983 he presented and directed his first flamenco theatre production,
for which he conceived the choreographic themes and performed his
original music. Since then he has produced several flamenco concerts
featuring his original compositions. He has also been the recipient
of grants from the government of Spain, the National Endowment for
the Arts, and Arts Midwest.
Wolfe is also principal guitarist and composer for the American~Spanish
Dance Festival, held in Chicago annually. One of the music groups
that Wolfe founded was 'Machete', a flamenco-fusion, playing his
compositions and arrangements, and in 1993 released his first album
which highlights his ability to blend a variety of influences and
musical styles.
In
2001, Wolfe returned to Spain to revisit Sevilla and Jerez de la
Frontera, known as the "cradle" of pure flamenco style.
He spent last year living and performing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
and currently resides, teaches, and performs in Portland, OR. |
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 Grupo
Condor is a Latin American Folk Music ensemble representing
traditional and contemporary styles os Spanish-speaking America.
They have tour all over United States ,Mexico, Canda and Europe
for more than 14 years. The group has been selected for the Young
Audiences of Oregon roster since 1993 and for the RACC roster since
1999. Condor has showcase for Arts Northwest, WAAA, and NACA. Condor
members are natives of Bolivia and Mexico. Condor play traditional
instruments from Latin America such as the Zamponas (panflutes),
Bombo (bass drum), and the charango ( Little istring guitar) originally
from the Andes.
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 Sambafeat With almost six years of playing together in various styles, the players of Sambafeat come together trying something new. In their repertoire spanning from 1960's brazi lian bossa nova to renovated groove oriented Latin American standards, these three work to find new pesentations of familiar. Jerome Monaco's vocals warm the lounge and brighten the ambience as pianist Steve Aman's montunos and bassist Anthony Wagner's tumbao spin a web of rhythmic intricacies from which Monaco's voice and guitar radiate.
Sambafeat experimetns with the various perussive elements of their three instruments to create a dynamic musical space. With rhythmic intrigue, funky outbursts, and subtle soundscapes their music soothes and entertains lounge sippers. Somewhere between jazz,latin, and modern groove lies the music of this fresh and capable trio.
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 The Tracy Kim Trio captures all the vital elements of gypsy jazz, which are passionate improvisations, complex romantic chord progressions, and incessant swing. Get ready for a musical journey as the trio will take you from the smoky bistros of pre-war France to the ballrooms of 1940's America to the breezy beaches of Brazil, all performed with a seamless flair and sense of swing. The trio consists of Tracy Kim on lead guitar, Dax Smith on upright bass, and Joseph Kim on rhythm guitar. |
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Hailing from Portland, Oregon, Danny Romero is widely regarded as a local treasure. Coming from a musical family, Danny began playing the guitar with various members of his large and musically oriented family at age 7 however, it was through the discovery of classical and Flamenco music at age 15 that Danny Romero discovered his true voice on the instrument. Having immersed himself fully in the music of J.S. Bach and Paco de Lucia, he began studies with a myriad of accomplished players throughout the Pacific NW. It was not long before Danny found himself playing in the Theatre, backing Flamenco dancers and playing with a NW favorite, "Pepe & the Bottle Blondes". His music has led him to the Montreal Jazz Festival, features with the Oregon Symphony and various concerts across North America and Europe. |
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 The harmonically rich style of feeling (in Spanish, filin) music is
Cuba’s inspired response to American blues and jazz. Playing on the
English word “feeling,” Cubans have aptly named this emotional genre.
Jessie Marquez and Mike Denny carry on the musical conversation
between genres and languages at the intersection of feeling, jazz,
blues and samba.
Singer, Jessie Marquez, has performed throughout Cuba by invitation
of the Cuban Ministry of Culture in the country’s premier festivals,
theaters, nightclubs, and on national television and radio.
Mike Denny has performed throughout the United States and Europe. He
is a professor of jazz studies at the University of Oregon and has
recordings out on Seattle’s Origin Arts label under his own name and
with keyboardist Barney McClure.
The duo’s recent CD release is called, “Get the Feeling.” |
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