Sunday Serenades: Matinee Performances with Timeless Charm. From the smooth sounds of jazz to the grandeur of Classical Crossovers and Broadway classics, this series invites you to enjoy an afternoon of elegant and exhilarating music.
Charlie Halloranโs Tropicales bring a 1950's Caribbean hotel party to life with torrid horns, tropical rhythms and infectious grooves. With a nod to New Orleansโ history as the northernmost port of the Caribbean, the Tropicales perform music from Trinidad and Venezuela, Martinique and Guadeloupe, and other destinations along the archipelago. Scorching tropicalia, and classic New Orleans jams. Biguines and boleros, calypsos and cumbias. Songs that get stuck in your head. Guaranteed to melt the ice in your drink. ...
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Sunday Serenades: Matinee Performances with Timeless Charm. From the smooth sounds of jazz to the grandeur of Classical Crossovers and Broadway classics, this series invites you to enjoy an afternoon of elegant and exhilarating music.
Charlie Halloranโs Tropicales bring a 1950's Caribbean hotel party to life with torrid horns, tropical rhythms and infectious grooves. With a nod to New Orleansโ history as the northernmost port of the Caribbean, the Tropicales perform music from Trinidad and Venezuela, Martinique and Guadeloupe, and other destinations along the archipelago. Scorching tropicalia, and classic New Orleans jams. Biguines and boleros, calypsos and cumbias. Songs that get stuck in your head. Guaranteed to melt the ice in your drink.
The Tropicales released Jump Up in August of 2024 through NuTone Recordings featuring guest vocalists Cyrille Aimee, Quiana Lynell, and Drew Gonsalves on material ranging from classic New Orleans R&B, to traditional calypsos, cumbias, biguines, and boleros. The 2024 Jump Up tour includes dates in Key West, New York City, New Haven, Cape Cod, Asbury Park, the Exit Zero Jazz Festival and of course New Orleans.
Their album Shake The Rum was released to vinyl in 2022 on Hi-Tide Recordings to rave reviews, alongside performances at Jazz Fest, French Quarter Fest, Hi-Tide Summer Holiday in Asbury Park, and a run of shows in New York City.
Halloran also released the Alcoa Sessions in late 2021, imagining the music on board the Alcoa Steamship cruises running from New Orleans through the Caribbean from 1949-1959. Mixing traditional New Orleans Jazz, 1950s R&B, and music from Trinidad, Venezuela and Martinique. The Alcoa Sessions has been nominated for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year by OffBeat Magazine.
The group released a Christmas album in December of 2019 that was released on vinyl on NuTone Recordings in 2023, plus an album recorded straight to 78 RPM acetate disc in 2017. Their next album Jump Up is slated for a vinyl release in April 2024 from the NuTone label.
The Tropicales have been filling clubs in New Orleans since 2018, so grab a daiquiri, turn up your soundsystem, hit the dance floor, and join this subtropical party in sunny New Orleans.
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