MINGO'S VORTEX TRIBE is a dazzling array of intricate melodies interspersed with harmony and rhythm. Vortex Tribe is a world-beat/jazz fusion project, with keyboards, percussion, bass and horns. Each piece is composed of grooving genres which change to provide an eclectic and sophisticated aura to the sounds. Vortex Tribe is a new, original and exciting sound of instrumental acid fusion jazz.
MINGO Lewis has a career spanning more than 45 years (so far!), percussionist Mingo Lewis has played with some of music's greatest names, including Chick Corea (and Return to Forever), Al DiMeola, Santana, and the Tubes. He has performed live and/or recorded with hundreds of musicians such as Third World, Miles Davis, Todd Rundgren, and Billy Joel. He has recorded over 100 records, many of which were Grammy winners.
"Playing a conga is like being a magician. You can't even see the shape of the hands change to make these different sounds, but all of a sudden you're hearing four, five, even six different tones out of one drum. That's what is beautiful about a drum." --Mingo Lewis
DEBORAH Yates was accepted into her first symphony orchestra at the age of 13. From the age of 16, she was touring Europe with symphonic orchestras as the piccoloist. She was a featured performer at the Brandenburgh Hall in Vienna, Austria, for the President of Austria, and had the honor of a performing as a soloist in Carnegie Hall. Deborah branched out into jazz and latin playing throughout Britain and the Bay Area. She performed weekly at Jagz at the Station in Ascot, England as well as the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The TRIBE began in 2005 when Deborah moved to the Bay Area from Europe and put together her own Latin Jazz band. While auditioning a new keyboard player, another musician, MINGO Lewis, was in the rehearsal studio. She lost the keyboard player to Mingo but developed a strong musical relationship with him instead. The following year, Mingo and Deborah put together a musical project, VORTEX TRIBE.
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