Jose Conde's Nu Latin Groove

Date:: Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Times:: 9:00 pm to 12:00 am
Place: Drom - 85 Avenue A (bet 5 St & 6 St) NY, NY 10009
Category:: Concerts
Price:: $ 12

Additional Information

With heavy emphasis on rhythm and atmospheric world groove acoustic and electric mutations as a backdrop for Jose Conde's sweet honey vocals and poetic stories, the "nu Latin Groove band arrives with a big smoothe and infectious groove. Conde’s new song based, funkified, pan Latin project evolves from his critically acclaimed work with the more Cuba centric band Ola Fresca, which means that live shows twist and turn in exciting ways favorable for the adventurous dancer and music fan. The band includes world beat drummer Gintas Janusonis, Brazilian multi percussionist Ze Mauricio, Cuban conga master Roman Diaz , Cuban groove bassist Jorge Bringas, guitarist Rafael Gomez, and Jose Conde on voice, guitar, and keys.

Conde has a new solo album in the works which he is co producing with drummer Gintas Janusonis with a release expected in the winter of 2010. In the last couple years Conde has performed in notable venues such as Chicago World Music Fest, Montreal Jazz Festival, NY Central Park Summerstage, Bocafest in Veracruz Mexico, Green Apple Festival Miami, Santa Monica Twilight Dance Series, Kennedy Center DC, NY Global Rhythm Festival, New Orleans Voodoo Festival, and was also musical director, songwriter and singer for Baby Loves Salsa on Rope a Dope Records/Sony. In two critically acclaimed albums, Ay! Que Rico- 2004 (PiPiKi/Universal) and the award winning, (R)Evolucion (Mr. Bongo Records UK)- 2007, Conde traversed Puerto Rican bomba to Haitian compas, Cuban son to New Orleans swamp "funk creating a sound which has been hailed the world over as a "brilliant and thrilling" (Billboard) "smorgasbord of sounds that keeps listeners in a diasporic daze" (Trace). Five Jose Conde songs from both his Ay! Que Rico and (R)Evolucion albums have been featured in international compilations on Putumayo and Rough Guide Records.

Website Links –
www.olafresca.com

www.myspace.com/josecondemusic