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Sue Miller – Cuban Flute Improviser, Writer & Academic

New Charanga del Norte photos on Flickr

Just put some new photos up in our Flickr gallery – check them out!

Photos of Charanga del Norte Live at Leeds May 2010

Here are some photos of the band taken at Seven Arts Centre in May 2010

New on-stream track Lola Catula

Check out the new track Lola Catula #2 on the recordings page – just added today!

Look Back in Charanga – Press Release

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
CD on sale from: http://www.passiondiscs.co.uk

Gig Preview in the Yorkshire Evening Post 6 May 2010

Charanga del Norte are previewed in the Yorkshire Evening Post on 6 May 2006

Spiral Earth Article on Charanga del Norte’s CD launch

07/05/2010
Sue Miller and her Charanga del Norte

Sue Miller and her Charanga del Norte release a new album Look Back in Charanga on 13 May.
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 [...]

Next Leeds Gig Charanga del Norte Thursday 13 May

A rare chance to catch Charanga del Norte playing in Leeds! We launch our new CD ‘Look Back in Charanga’ at ‘Seven’ on Thursday 13 May, performing music from both our recent albums ‘Our Mam in Havana’ and ‘Look Back in Charanga’ and also featuring a number for flute and dance solo where Guillermo matches his steps to my flute inspiraciones…tickets from Seven and Jumbo Records

Sue’s Performance CV

Performances in Havana: March and April 2009:

I guested with various veteran bands such as Charanga de Oro, Orquesta Sublime and Estrellas Cubanas as part of the International Danzón Festival. I also gave an invited lecture in Spanish on the history of Charanga de Norte and on my research into Cuban Charanga at the [...]

Charanga del Norte at the Barbican

Charanga del Norte Paradise Gardens June 2009

We played an hour’s set before Changui de Gunatanamo and Orquesta  Aragón on June 21 2009, booked by the Barbican for the Cuba50 events