HIGHLIGHT

September 4 - 10

 

The Cubop City Big Band

The Cubop City Big Band is a smoking 20 piece salsa and Latin big band from the Netherlands led by drummer/percussionist Lucas van Merwijk. The band was founded in 1995 and named after the New York club " Cubop City" where such legends as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie used to perform in the nineteen forties and fifties.
The orchestra has an international line up with musicians from Venezuela, USA, Panama, Puerto Rico, England, Germany and Holland.

In it's existence the band produced 6 albums with tributes to Machito, Beny Moré and Arsenio Rodriguez.
The band had several hits at radio stations in Latin America and the U.S.A. Their cd Moré & More was number 2 on the New York Latin Beat magazine's Best Latin Album of 1998.
Cubop is the only working Latin Big band in Europe and one of the best in the world!

The Cubop City Big Band is on tour in Latin America and on September 7th they will perform at The Rif Fort with the supporting act of Los Compadres.

 

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