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Ozomatli

Active since: 1995

Since its inception in 1995, innovation and creativity have defined Ozomatli. Hailing from Los Angeles, the group found a way to represent the city’s eclectic culture through music that appeals to the local community and the world beyond. Ozomatli’s success is exemplified in an impressive variety of genres from classic to modern Latino, urban, hip-hop and other world styles. The “Dioses del Baile,” or “Gods of Dance,” have created one of the most exciting, captivating and flat-out fun live shows touring today. They continue to harness their musical instincts by conceiving new concepts and forging new sounds that keep fans on their toes and the world dancing. The band is currently in the studio working on their latest recording: Ozo-fied Volume 1: A Century of Mexican Classics, an album of classic Mexican hits reimagined with a reggae feel

Joymask

Joymask is a 6-piece funk band that performs brass-heavy grooves to people in hats. It is a collective of musicians from Brighton, London and darker, more mysterious places (Hampshire). The band has just digitally released 'Hooligan', an album that gestures frantically at Tower of Power and Steely Dan, thrusts occasionally at The Meters and winks inappropriately at more modern elements like Mr Scruff and various hip hop.

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Nueva Manteca

History The founder of Nueva Manteca is Jan L. Hartong who started the band in 1983. In the 90′s, journalist Raul Rico of the authoritative Latin Beat Magazine, praised the group as “Europe’s finest in Latin Jazz”. Many have followed him over the years, and not without reason. The 8-piece group belongs to the top of the Latin scene as can be judged from USA radio playlists which regularly show a top ranking position for Nueva Manteca’s CD’s About the music Nueva Manteca creates a synergy between Cuban music and Jazz music “pur sang”. The group is not “just another good latin jazz band” as there are so many these last few years, they are unique in performance, style and repertoire

The Soul Rebels

The Soul Rebels are riding high into 2016 after recently touring four continents including Europe, Australia, debuting in China and Japan, selling out shows, collaborating live with artists spanning from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Marilyn Manson, Joey Bada$$, Big Freedia, Lettuce, Umphrey’s McGee, Robert Glasper, Kool & The Gang, Rakim, Slick Rick, The String Cheese Incident, Black Thought of The Roots, Pharoahe Monch and opening for Bruno Mars.

The Soul Rebels start off the year strong with a tour featuring special guest Talib Kweli, complimented by a three night residency at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl featuring special guests Big Freedia, Talib Kweli and other iconic artists.

Tango Extremo

Active since: November 1, 2002

Tango Extremo brings a distinctive flavour to the passion and persuasion of the Argentine Tango. Since its inception in 2003, the ensemble has made remarkable development. Since then, its five musicians have become synonymous with the group’s familiar sound in the Netherlands and abroad.. Incidentally, the group has performed in countries across the world, such as Argentina, China, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, as well as in Europe in countries such as Spain, Italy, Ireland and the UK. During the Buenos Aires Tango Festival in August 2009, Tango Extremo was the only non-Argentine ensemble at one of the most prestigious tango festivals in the world

Funky Knuckles

The inevitable result of a talent-soaked soul and jazz community, The Funky Knuckles are taking the sound of Dallas to an entirely different level. They have been together six years and have held a weekly residency since the beginning. The band is comprised of sidemen from some of the most respected acts in the music industry (Beyonce, Erykah Badu, Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, Talib Kweli, P. Diddy, Chris Dave, The Polyphonic Spree, etc.), yet possesses a sound distinctly separate from any of their individual projects. The Funky Knuckles move together musically as a school of fish, never complacent and always stretching the boundaries of improvisation and composition

Triosence

Triosence, Bernhard Schüler (piano) with Matthias Nowak (bass) and Stephan Emig (drums) has become one of the most successful jazz bands in Germany. Formed in 1999, Triosence has won numerous jazz competitions and national jazz awards such as winner of the national jazz competition “Jugend jazzt”, “1st Ostsee Jazz Festival Prize”, and a CD recording contract with the German national radio network, “Deutschlandfunk”. Their first CD, “First Enchantment” received fabulous critics in Germany as well as abroad and was nominated for the "Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik". The second CD "Away For A While" stayed in the German International Jazz Charts for over 6 Month

Cool Change Composer Collective

Cool Change Composer Collective (CCCC) was established January 2011 at a coffee house on Larchmont Ave in Los Angeles by Austrian Composer, now based in Los Angeles, Gernot Wolfgang, Bevan Manson, from New York also based in LA and Ed Neumeister who splits his time these days between Los Angeles, New York and Austria, where he teaches at the University of the Performing Arts. The three composers were already long time admirers of each others work and come from similar musical backgrounds, namely, as jazz musicians. What they also share is that they are all writing music for groups and musicians from classical backgrounds, especially chamber groups

Dandy Wellington and His Band

Inspired by the Big Band Era of Jazz, Dandy Wellington and his Band have taken the sounds of the 1930’s and 40’s and created a world of well dressed music. With a passion for obscure songs steeped in the Jazz tradition, Dandy Wellington has assembled a catalog of music that invokes an atmosphere of class. From the golden age of cinema, to the bounce of New Orleans, each song is hand selected and played to perfection by a band cut from the cloth of elegance.