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Cuban Popular Music
Celebrating songs of the people from small towns around Cuba, with vibrant instrumentation and timeless stories set to syncopated rhythms.

Party Time
Music that makes people dance in the Caribbean also makes them dance in foggy San Francisco.
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This particular piece comes from the town of La Maya in the province of Santiago de Cuba.





High Energy
Embracing life and self expression, we let our songs create waves on the dance floor, and celebrate the good time feeling of Cuban Charanga and the grand dance orchestras of the island.

Music of the People
Cuban Popular Music, or “Música Popular Cubana”, are the songs created by people in Cuba for people listen to in their day to day life, on the radio, in cafes, parties and street concerts.

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Family of Music
We love San Francisco, and make a point to share our music at the best-attended local spots, such as Blondie's in the Mission District.
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We have lots of folks on stage, in the tradition of the great dance orchestras of Cuba. All rehearsing and working very hard to make all rhythms fit and flow with each other.

Sound of the Community
Including our community is key to our musical values. We often invite guests, friends and strangers to sit in with us and share in the creation of live music.
The musicians get on stage and engage in a Jam Session - having a musical conversation, in Cuban style, about rhythm, melody and stories. ​





All That (Tropical) Jazz
We keep exploring how North American Jazz interacts with the Cuban rhythms and traditions.​
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Sometimes we go the route of Urban Chill Jazz, and sometimes we let the horn traditions of New Orleans melt with the Carribean rhyhms of Cuba.

Feel like dancing (again)
We play songs that nobody else does, at least in California, to our knowledge.
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This upbeat piece is the oldest song in the book, from about 1860's, a genre born in the town of Baracoa, province of Guantanamo Cuba.

