Artists
who's who and who's doing what?CUBOP CITY BIG BAND
Line up
- Lucas van Merwijk (Percussion)
- country:Netherlands
- style(s):Latin Salsa
- label:tam tam records
- type:Band
- instrumentation:vocal
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The Cubop City Big Band is a smoking 20-piece salsa & latin jazz big band from The Netherlands led by drummer/percussionist Lucas van Merwijk. The band has gained recognition throughout the world with its swinging performances and recordings.
The orchestra has an international line up with musicians from Venezuela, USA, Panama, Puerto Rico, England, Germany and Holland.
Attending a concert of the Cubop City Big Band is like visiting a steamy, hot New York City Salsa Club.
In its 12 years existence the band produced 5 albums with tributes to Machito, Beny More and Arsenio Rodriguez. The Cubop City Big Band has worked together with a great variety of legendary Latin musicians on stage as well as in the studio.
It is the only working Latin big band in Europe and one of the best in the world.
Arsenio is the fourth Cubop City Big Band CD and follows in the tradition of the first productions: an ode to a Latin Jazz great. Veteran arranger and pianist Edy Martinez, from Colombian origin, partnered with Lucas van Merwijk during Martinez's extended stay in the Netherlands to deliver the unique and riveting renditions heard on Arsenio.
BIO
1995 Lucas van Merwijk starts CUBOP CITY BIG BAND
1995 CD recording 'the Machito Project 'CUBOP CITY BIG BAND
1996 Cubop City Big Band tour with Chocolate Armenteros
1996 North Sea Jazz festival Cubop City Big Band
1997 Cubop City Big Band recording 'More and More'
1997 Concerts Cubop City Big Band with Edy Martinez
1998 Tour Dutch Antilles with the Cubop City Big Band
1998 nr 2 Best latin Album in Latin Beat Magazine
1999 Album 'Live in the Hague' Cubop City Big Band on Tam Tam Records
1999 'Mission Impossible 'Tour Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Curacao & Aruba
2000 Concert with Luis Conte, Raul Rekov, Armando Peraza.
2001 Cubop City Big Band Torres y Salsa festival France
2002 Cubop City Big Band cd 'Arsenio' on Tam Tam Records
2002 Cubop City Big Band concerts with tressero Nelson Gonzales
2003 North Sea Jazz festival Cubop City Big Band
2004 Cubop City Big Band Theatre Tour 'The Mambo Kings' with Bob Fosko
2005 Theatre tour Cubop City Big Band 'Tribute to Afro Cuba' 10 year anniversay with Leonardo Amuedo
2005 Theatre tour Cubop City Big Band 'Latin Vocal Explosion' with Izaline Calister & Lilian Vieira
2006 Caribean tour Cubop City Big Band to Bonaire & Curacao
2006 North Sea Jazz festival Cubop City Big Band
2006 Live album'Latin Vocal Explosion' with Izaline Calister & Lilian Vieira
Line Up
Drums & Timbales: Lucas van Merwijk
Bongo: Gerardo Rosales
Conga: Nils Fischer
Piano: Marc Bischoff
Baby Bass & Electric Bass: Mick Paauwe
Trumpet: Wim Both
Trumpet: Ruud Breuls
Trumpet: Joe Rivera
Trumpet: Charlie Biggs
Trombone: David Rothschild
Trombone: Ilja Reijngoud
Trombone: Jan Oosting
Bass Trombone: Martin van den Berg
Alto Sax: Rolf Delfos
Alto Sax: Milan Bonger
Tenor Sax: Cyrille Oswald
Tenor Sax: Wouter Schueler
Baritone Sax & Flute: Gerrit Jan Binkhorst
Lead Vocals: Yma America
Lead Vocals: Miguel Montenegro
Coro: Marc Bischoff
Coro: Mick Paauwe
Sound Juan Bulu Viloria
Links
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CUBOP CITY BIG BAND
area:The Netherlands
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