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LATIN JAZZ BAND official website - myspace page
..Conceived at SIR Studios in New York City on November 23rd, 1997 by Chilean-Cuban drummer and composer Alejandro “Alex” García, AfroMantra has been acclaimed for his masterful ability to combine rich harmonies with the powerful rhythms and flavors of North and Latin America. With a contemporary outlook, AfroMantra incorporates a wide variety of Jazz elements into its work, creating a palate that highlights the group’s stirring inspirations and spiritual creativity. The group skillfully balances original compositions, drawing from Cuban, American and South American traditions and influences. AfroMantra has been playing extensively throughout New York City area and the Northeast for the past seven years in several Jazz festivals, hitting such venues as El Taller, Latinoamericano, The Izzy Bar, Zinc Bar, 17 Main, Studio 54, Arka Lounge, Nell's, Nuyoricans Poets Café, Jazz Gallery, Satalla, Bubble Lounge and Town Hall Theater among others. They were also featured artists on Jazz at Noon, a popular New York City Jazz television show, on NBC Telemundo Network and CUNY TV. Additionally they performed at the Chenango Valley Music Festival with Grammy nominee and Master Cuban trombonist Juan Pablo Torres, San Jose Jazz Festival 2004, Festival Internacional de Santander 2006, in Spain, Latin Jazz USA Festival 2006 and Hell’s Kitchen Rhythm & Music Festival 2007. The band also appears in the books Caliente "Una historia del Jazz Latino” and “Carambola”, by critic and writer Luc Delannoy. This project serves as a testament to this young, yet progressive and innovative enclave of instrumentalist that enriches the soul and the human spirit with music that is dynamic and powerful, crafting beautiful solos and establishing a conversation whose versatility seems to have no limits. AfroMantra’s second release, Alignment, their previous self-entitled album, AfroMantra Latin Jazz Ensemble, and his latest CD, “Uplifting Spirit”, has received extensive air-play in the national radio station around the United States and Canada.
ALEX GARCIA'S AFROMANTRA "DRUM SOLO" AT FESTIVAL DE SANTANDER (SPAIN) ALEX GARCIA'S AFROMANTRA - SOPRANO SOLO
Alex Garcia's AFROMANTRA - UPLIFTING SPIRIT (2006) Exciting latest release from the groundbreaking NYC-based group AfroMantra, led by drummer/composer Alex Garcia Ole Mathisen (Sax) Pablo Vergara (Piano, Rhodes & Keyboards) Waldo Chavez (Bass) Aryam Vazquez (Perc) Alex Garcia (Drums & compositions) Guest musicians: Manuel Valera (Piano & Rhodes) Desmar Guevara (Piano) Jorge Fernando Rodriguez (Guitar) Jorge Castro (Sax) Jorge Bringas (Bass) Yordamis Megret (Vocals)
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