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El Taller Latino Americano
The Latin American Workshop |
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Sunday, April 28 - 7 pm
THE AMAZON, THE ANDES AND THE COAST |
| Columbia is a place where the Amazon meets the Andes and
the Coast - each with its own special traditions and culture. Using the traditional instruments
such as the drums, gaitas (indigenous flutes), and woodwinds, La Cumbiamba performs indigenous
and traditional music, but infuse it with their own New York style. Rhythms include cumbia,
porro, gaita, puya, currulao, and abosao. |
La Cumbiamba N.Y. was created in the summer of 2000 with a group of musicians who
share an enthusiasm for investigating, performing and advancing musical expressions
emanating from the mix of African, Native Indian, and European cultural contributions
in the Americas.
Initially, La Cumbiamba N.Y. began performing a repertoire of cumbia related rhythms outdoors
in different public areas of New York City. Given this circumstance, La Cumbiamba N.Y
adopted its name from the cultural vocabulary of the north western caribean coast in South
America. In Colombia, ëcumbiambaí is a familiar word that
carries the meaning of an outdoors
celebration with live cumbia music. La Cumbiamba N.Y. evokes this lively atmosphere with
every performance, and has also extended them into different indoor stages throughout the
city and beyond.
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Recent public performances of La Cumbiamba N.Y include:
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116th. Street festival and Vieques Rally, August 4, 2001
Newyorican Poets Café December 6, 2001
Natives Roots Theater, October 20 and December 18, 2001
La Cabana, Rhode Island, December 15, 2001
El Chibcha, February 9, 2002
WFMU 91.1 FM., February 3, 2002
EZ Bar March 7 and 21, 2002
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Members include both Columbian born and New York born children of Columbian parents:
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Ihán Betancourt (alegre, harmonica, coros and musical director)
Wolfgang Barros (tambora, alegre, guache and coros)
Sergio Borrero (llamador, clarinet and coros)
Richard Córdoba (saxes and coros)
Sebastián Cruz (gaita macho, maracas and tambora)
Andreas Guarín (lead voice)
Martín Vejarano (gaita hembra, tambora and coros) |
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