Cubop City Big Band – Paradiso 1999!
The good ol’ times with Cubop City in Amsterdam!
Continue readingKandela is out!
It’s has been an exciting couple of weeks of writing, recording, mixing and performing the new repertoire. The first reviews are in and they seem to get it: all the love and dedication (and did I mention nightly hours? ;)) that we put into this album. I hope you like it as much as I […]
Continue readingSalsa, Sunsets & Smoking!
Summer 2012! First time in my life I spend summer at the beautiful baltic sea in Germany. A relaxing blend of middle-of-nowhere-lifestyle, Latin Music, mojitos and definitely the best sunsets in the northern hemisphere! Oh, and eh, did I mention that I started smoking again? You bet!! But this time it’s trout, salmon and halibut. […]
Continue readingKiev with Lilian
Kiev was not only the city of the final of the European football championchips but also the host of a beautiful world music festival: Kraina Mriy festival. I performed there with Lilian Viera and her ‘Samba Soul band’. It was a blast! Wonderful festival, great people and wow, what a band! Lilian Viera – vocals […]
Continue readingThe Beatriz Aguiar in mexico
In may I had the honor to join Beatriz’ band on a trip to Mexico-City. We performed at the ‘Festival de Ollin Kan’. Beatriz is an Uruguayan singer who writes and sings her own songs based on south-american folclore rhythms. Please check out her new album ‘Nomade‘!
Continue readingCubop – otro mundo – Uruguay
It was only one show (for now) but boy it was a blast! In january I was writing the arrangements for a new show with the Cubop City Big Band lead by Lucas van Merwijk. In previous editions of the Otro Mundo-series the CCBB had interpreted music from Venezuela and Colombia. This year it is […]
Continue readingNew Album | Doble Jugada
I produced a new album of my Salsa project “Doble Jugada”. You can get your own copy for only $4,50 here! Doble Jugada is a Salsa project based in the Netherlands. Fabian, Nando and myself, we are creating our music completely by ourself. From the composition and arrangement to the recording, mixing and mastering. Everything […]
Continue readingVan Merwijks Music Machine feat. Manou Gallo
Our tour with Manou Gallo (bass), Lucas van Merwijk (drums), Ed Verhoeff (guitar) and Juan ‘Bulu’ Viloria (percussion) was really fantastic! We played our last show yesterday for an enthusiastic, dancing crowd at Podium Mozaïk in Amsterdam. Thanks to everybody who came out to support live music! We loved it! See some reactions of the […]
Continue readingTour in india
Just back from a great week in India. I performed with Izaline Calister, Yerman Aponte and Enrique Firpi at the bluefrog (Mumbai), bFlat (Bangalore) and the Congo Square Festival (Calcutta) Thanks to everybody who came out to see us! It was really nice to meet you.
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