Mariposa at City Vineyard

Inspired by their mutual devotion to jazz, world music and social justice, Hyuna Park and Myriam Phiro have created Mariposa, an all-female international jazz band with a mission. As a jazz collective, Mariposa brings together five musicians who passionately share their musical influences through a unique interpretation of jazz and international standards. This invitation to their musical journey is presented as a symbol of empowerment -- the butterfly (“mariposa” in Spanish) representing the “chaos” concept that “small incidents can produce larger effects.” Hyuna Park (piano and musical direction), Myriam Phiro (vocals and bandleader), Leonor Falcon (violin), Tina Lama (bass) and Mariana Ramirez (drums and percussion) have adopted a common tongue in a stylistic approach to jazz which combines North and South American rhythms and languages from four different countries, an international repertoire and an irresistible groove...

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Inspired by their mutual devotion to jazz, world music and social justice, Hyuna Park and Myriam Phiro have created Mariposa, an all-female international jazz band with a mission. As a jazz collective, Mariposa brings together five musicians who passionately share their musical influences through a unique interpretation of jazz and international standards. This invitation to their musical journey is presented as a symbol of empowerment -- the butterfly (“mariposa” in Spanish) representing the “chaos” concept that “small incidents can produce larger effects.” Hyuna Park (piano and musical direction), Myriam Phiro (vocals and bandleader), Leonor Falcon (violin), Tina Lama (bass) and Mariana Ramirez (drums and percussion) have adopted a common tongue in a stylistic approach to jazz which combines North and South American rhythms and languages from four different countries, an international repertoire and an irresistible groove. Check out their latest gig at City Vineyard in New York.

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