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Oriente Lopez

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"Mas Alla del Horizonte", "El Molino" / Viajes en un Nuevo Mundo NYC, 2005.

"Wait" / Bridges Through Time - The Graduate Center, NYC 2008

"Sabor Intelectual" SOB's Club, NYC 2006.

"Choteito" - With El Negro & Patitucci. The Manhattan Center, NYC 2002

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Member Since: 12/15/2006
Band Website: orientelopez.com
Band Members: "Bate Bola" plays with the resonant interactions between Brazilian and Cuban music.
ORIENTE LOPEZ was born in Havana, Cuba.
Collaborations with Silvio Rodriguez, Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Chucho Valdés, Fito Páez, Pablo Milanés, Paul Simon, Paquito D’Rivera, Marc Anthony, Ruben Blades, Regina Carter, Charlie Haden and Gonzalo Rubalcaba.
ITAIGUARA is an electric Bass player, acoustic Guitar player and bandleader from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
He has performed/recorded with: SONY, BMG, LUX, Malandro Records, ClaveBop, Paulo Braga, Randy Brecker, Paul Winter, Paquito D'Rivera, Robin Eubanks, Dave Kikoski, Emilio Santiago, Elba Ramalho, Guilherme Arantes, Bebel Gilberto, Romero Lubambo, Jay Ashby, Hugo Fattoruso, Nelson Faria, Cliff Korman)
MAURICIO ZOTTARELLI is an award winning percussionist/drummer and bandleader born in Santos, SP, Brazil.
His collaborations include works with: Dig Trio, Prasanna, Cláudio Roditi, Rosa Passos, Dom Salvador, Cidinho Teixeira group, Gustavo Assis Brasil, Marc Rossi Group, Hiromi, Hendrik Meurkens, among many others.
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"Bate Bola" é um grupo que explora as riquissimas interações entre a música brasileira e cubana.
Oriente Lopez é pianista, flautista, compositor e arranjador nascido em Havana, Cuba.
Colaborou com varios músicos de renome mundial, dentre eles Silvio Rodriguez, Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Chucho Valdés, Arturo Sandoval, Fito Páez, Pablo Milanés, Paul Simon, Paquito D’Rivera, Marc Anthony, Ruben Blades, Regina Carter, Charlie Haden e Gonzalo Rubalcaba.
Itaiguara, baixista, violonista e compositor, nasceu no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Faz, em media, mais de 300 apresentacoes por ano nos Estados Unidos e Europa com músicos de calibre mundial, incluindo Paulo Braga, Randy Brecker, Paul Winter, Paquito D'Rivera, Robin Eubanks, Dave Kikoski, Emilio Santiago, Elba Ramalho, Guilherme Arantes, Bebel Gilberto, Romero Lubambo, Jay Ashby, Hugo Fattoruso e Nelson Faria, e junto a diversas gravadoras como SONY, BMG, LUX, Malandro Records e ClaveBop.
Mauricio Zottarelli é um baterista e percussionista nascido em São Paulo, Brasil.
Aclamado pela critica e publico, ganhou o premio de melhor baterista no "2005 Emergenza International Festival - Boston finals"
Tocou com Cláudio Roditi, Rosa Passos, Dom Salvador, Cidinho Teixeira group, Gustavo Assis Brasil, Marc Rossi Group, Hiromi, Hendrik Meurkens, Dig Trio e Prasanna, dentre muitos outros.

Influences: Bach, Lecuona, Jobim, Mozart, Tchaikowsky, Chick Corea, Debussy, Maynard Ferguson, Hermeto Pascoal, D. Ellington, Don Grolnick, Peter Gabriel, Heitor Villalobos, Pat Metheny, Leonard Bernstein, Maurice Ravel, Osvaldo Farres, Wayne Shorter, Stephen Sonheim, Egberto Gismonti, Bola de Nieve, Jaco Pastorius, S. Prokofiev, Beny More, Brecker Brothers, Cervantes, T. Monk, Sting, M. Saumell, MPB, Singers Unlimited, Irakere, Quincy Jones, Djavan, Formell y Van Van, Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Cole Porter, Gonzalito Rubalcaba, Paul Bley, Pixinguinha, Earth Wind & Fire, Manuel de Falla, Sindo Garay, Stevie Wonder and beyond.
Sounds Like: Cuban Music, Latin Jazz, Brazilian Music.
Type of Label: None

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Well... my CD "Orientations" is not for sale at Macy's, but you can get it @ CD.baby.com
Posted by Oriente Lopez on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:54:00 PST