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The Jazz Tribe

The Jazz Tribe consists of seasoned players who each have been plying their craft for between 30 and 50 years. This is straight-ahead jazz at its finest, from the 50s through the 80s. Repertoire is not the typical covers and originals. Material by a wide variety of artists as well as originals by the musicians themselves. During the course of the evening, The Jazz Tribe will play something the please every jazz fan! Available for club dates, weddings, special events, corporate functions.

The Jazz Tribe: Everlasting

Read "Everlasting" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
March 11, 2010

The vogue for Latin jazz began in the 1940s when Dizzy Gillespie hired Cuban percussionist Chano Pozo to play in his big band. At the time, most critics dismissed it as a passing fad. However, percussionist Ray Mantilla, part of a “goodwill ensemble" Gillespie took on a tour of Castro's Cuba in 1977, is today elder statesman of a still thriving genre. With Kansas City saxophonist Bobby Watson, Mantilla fronts The Jazz Tribe, a sextet successfully blending jazz with Cuban ...

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