Member Since: 23/01/2008
Band Website: You're lookin' at it
Band Members: Leonel Rojas Estevez (lead vocalist, congas, bombo, clave, director, founder), Roy Coon (alto, tenor saxophone, clave, chorus, horn maestro), Joshua Collier (bombo, guiro, chorus, conga), David Gilden (trumpet), Fernando Flores (bells, clave), Malika (saxophone)*GUEST APPEARANCES BY* Martin Perna (co-founder, vocals, shekere, congas, clave), Matt Turner (congas), Joe Woullard (baritone sax), Sevylla del Mazo (congas), Andres Lopera (trombone), Derek Hansen (snare, conga), Adam Rosario (congas), Robin Moore (campanas, vocals, congas), Sidra Lawrence (sartenes, bata)
Influences: Las comparsas cubanas de los siglos, Tropazancos Cubensi (a contemporary comparsa working in downtown Habana), Resistencia Cubana, Innovation, Tradition, Carnival, Street Music, Dizzy Gillespie, La Havana Vieja, ATX, Yoruba ancestors, Yoruba religious song, Duke Ellington, Bebo Valdez, Perez Prado, Mongo SantamarÃa, Chico O'Farrill, Frank "Machito" Grillo, Busking, Nicolás Guillen, El Monte, Barton Springs, Booty Shaking, Los Santos, Africa, Muñequitos de Matanzas, El Tule, Wino Vino, Ocote Soul Sounds, Antibalas, Pancho Sanchez, CUBA, Latin Jazz, Sun Ra, The Orishas, John Colrtane, the East Side and more
Sounds Like: CONGA! Afro-Cuban clave, GETTING DOWN, Comparsa (the original Conga music), Latin Jazz, Rumba, Yoruba Cantos, the sound of many voices praying at once, Son, Cha-cha-cha, Sabrosura, Horns blowing sweet jazz and traditional comparsa melodies over complex polyrhythms led by the all important clave. Extra points for clapping along with the CLAVE.
Record Label: N/A
Type of Label: Unsigned