John Damberg Latin Jazz Quintet at Uaa Fine Arts Building Recital Hall

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Feast your senses on the enchanting Brazilian and Afro-Cuban melodies of the John Damberg Latin Jazz Quintet. This concert will feature new compositions by noted Alaska composers John Damberg and Mark Manners and rarely performed music of Brazilian & Afro Cuban Latin Jazz giants Jovino Santos Neto, Andy Narell, & the Caribbean Jazz Project.

The John Damberg Latin Jazz Quintet strives to present fresh, new musical landscapes featuring the unique blend of marimba, steel drum, & vibes & the classical guitar jamming over exotic World Beat rhythmic grooves from the Brazilian Samba, Baion, Choro, & Bossa Nova to Afro-Cuban Funky Mambo, Afro, & Cha Cha Cha created by the quintet’s energetic rhythm section composed of Latin percussion, drum set, & bass.