Sue Miller and her Charanga del Norte
LOOK BACK IN CHARANGA
Artist: Sue Miller and her Charanga del Norte
Album: Look Back in Charanga
Cat: CDN 00CD10
Release: 13 May 2010
CD on sale from: http://www.passiondiscs.co.uk
Track Listing
- Mambo
- El Bodeguero #1
- Richard Egües on the Danzón and the Chachachá
- El Bodeguero #2
- Lola Catula #1
- Melquiades Fundora on the Charanga
- Sabroso como el Guarapo
- Isora Club
- Lola Catula #2
LIVE IN THE UK
13 MAY – Seven Arts Centre, Leeds
30 JULY – Grimsby Townhall (Arts Festival)
CONTACT
s.miller@charangasue.com
07957 244 167
www.charangasue.com
https://www.charangasue.com/charanga-del-norte/
‘Look Back in Charanga’ is the sequel to ‘Our Mam in Havana’:
Carrying on with the puns Look Back in Charanga pays homage to all the greats of Cuban popular music, in particular to the legendary Richard Egües from Orquesta Aragón.
Bandleader and charanga flute improviser Sue Miller studied flute improvisation with Richard Egües in Havana in 2000 and 2001 and has since worked with some of Cuba’s finest traditional charanga players. This recording pays homage to the great charanga flute players and musicians past and present who have developed the Danzón, Mambo, Chachachá and the Pachanga, namely: Richard Egües, Israel López ‘Cachao’, Antonio Arcaño, Belisario López, José Fajardo, Melquiades Fundora, Pancho Bravo, Johnny Pacheco, Eddy Zervigon, Eduardo Rubio, Nestor Torres and Joaquín Oliveros.
The Band:
Flute and Vocals: Sue Miller;
Viola: Nick Williams
Violins: Jon Lindh, Sharleen Samuels and Katarzyna Chruscicka
Cello: Andy Wardale
Piano: Simon Siddol and Mark Donlon
Bass: Ruth Bitelli
Timbales: Matty Shallcross
Güiro: Y Josephine
Congas and Extra Percussion: Jack McCarthy
“Leeds-based Charanga del Norte were an ensemble of Latin-loving northerners that included a cellist from the Liverpool Philharmonic. Their blend of European classical music and African rhythms sparkled in the afternoon sunshine, buoyed by founder Sue Miller’s ubiquitous flute.”
Jane Cornwell, Evening Standard – on Charanga del Norte’s concert with Orquesta Aragón in Victoria Park, London, 21 June 2009