I’ll be directing the Leeds University School of Music Cuban Music Big Band in a concert at Clothworkers Hall, Leeds University School of Music on Friday 12 March. Its part of the rush hour concert series and starts at 6pm – more info at University of Leeds concerts
Do come along and enjoy some Mambo, Chachachá, [...]
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 [...]
Rumberos Presents
A Tribute To Eddie Palmieri & La Perfecta!
Friday 5th February 2010 @ The Wardrobe, St Peter’s Square, Leeds LS9 8AH
09.30am until 02.30am – £8/£6 NUS
Featuring the Rumberos Allstars live onstage!
Salsa dance class with Miss Nicky LG (The Salsaholics)
DJs Lubi, Fabio Bahia & Silvao aka La Combinacion Perfecta DJs!
Launching in [...]
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
We played the Civic in Barnsley on 7 November 2009 – here’s some video from the gig:
We had a great gig at the Civic last weekend – here are some photos – videos to follow soon…
Charanga del Norte perform at the Civic, Barnsley on Saturday 7 November
Barnsley Civic theatre website
Guillermo Davis, Charanga del Norte’s dancer from Guantanamo will be giving a dance class before the concert on the 7 November and here he is in action at a recent performance with Charanga del Norte at the Lakes Alive Festival in [...]
The Cuban Big Band: Seven, Leeds – 12th July 2009
Sue Miller has brought a lot of joy to Leeds in her time with bands like Charanga Del Norte, and her latest featuring 20+ able musicians, The Cuban Big Band. Our friend Ana Luisa, from Chile, is one of the 4 singers and we try to [...]