简介
This three song EP is the debut recording from Cocomama. Produced by Ricky Gonzalez, an amazingly talented pianist/producer who has recorded or performed with some of the greats in Latin music including Celia Cruz, Ray Barretto, Tito Puente and Tito Nieves, their new EP is a fresh mix of original Salsa and Timba. Cocomama is an international group of women based in New York City who are natives of such diverse places as Cuba, Israel, France, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Australia, Oregon and Wisconsin. They play “hard-hitting”, original Latin music deeply rooted in Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Inspired by their various musical and cultural backgrounds, their music draws upon jazz, World, Afro-Cuban, and South American traditions. Members of the band have played with such legendary artists as Machito, Dizzy Gillespie, Betty Carter, Sheila E., Celia Cruz, Ray Barretto, and Tito Puente. Formed in 2008, Cocomama has performed at Central Park, the United Nations, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cape May Jazz Festival, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Iridium Jazz Club, and other popular venues throughout New York City. The group is now attracting a national audience following performances at the Spoleto Music Festival in South Carolina and the Michigan Womyn’s Festival. To learn more about Cocomama go to: www.cocomamamusic.com
