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Rumbankete at San Jose Jazz Summer Fest at Plaza De César Chávez
Courtesy of Massimo Chisessi | Posted on June 4, 2018
Where
Plaza De César Chávez
San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
170 S Market St
San Jose, CA
Map
When
Sat, August 11, 2018
8:30 pm
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Musicians
Fermin Sifontes
vocalsAbout
Rumbankete is one of the very rare stateside exponents of Timba, which SJZ Latin and world coordinator Betto Arcos describes as a “…coming together of funk, jazz, improvisation and traditional Cuban musical styles like Rumba.” The well known website www.timba.com declared that the band “reigns supreme in the greater Los Angeles area.”
Founded in 2004, the Los Angeles-based large format band (10 plus members) features two veterans of the original Timba scene, which emerged from Cuba in the late 80s. Co-lead vocalists and composers Gonzalo “Chalo” Chomat and Iris Cepeda grew up in Havana and the central Cuban province of Sancti Spíritus, respectively, before relocating to Southern California. In Los Angeles, they were able to connect with like-minded musicians and shared their first-hand knowledge of Timba and the pioneering musical scene that it developed in....