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El Congo

Trumpet/Keyboard/Percussion/Composer

About Me

Daniel Allen was born in Cuba . With 9 years old he begin studying trumpet in the Music School in Holguin (eva), after 4 years in the Music Conservatory( Holguin) and then In Havana in the Music University (ISA) …there he got the chance to meet Herbie Hancock, Nicholas Payton ,Danilo Perez, Kenny Baron ( in the international Jazz Festival). Donald Harrison invite him to study in the school where he was teaching in New Orleans but because Visa complications he decided to go to Europe where he share the stage with many Artist like : Eath Wind and Fire, Lauren Hill ,Zap Mama, Dave Brubeck, los Van Van, Raul Paz, UB 40, Sargento Garcia, Jimi Tenor, Max Herre, Morgan Heritage, Sly & Robbie, Jean Paul , Marilyn Mason, Buju Banton , Eric Clapton and many others……Since winter 2002 start playing with PATRICE and the Shashamani Band ,touring around Eurpe in differents Radio shows, MTV videos and the Tops Europeans Festivals like ; Rock am ring , Rock im Park, Sommerjam, Sunsplash, St. Gallen-Roskilde, Spain- PellePelle , Paris- Elysee-Montmartre , Brussells/Botanique, FR – Solidays, CH Gurten-festival in Bern. Giessen-MTV Campus Invasion , A-Lustenau Festival OpenAir am Alten Rhein, Italy-Osoppo–Rototom Sunsplash , Portugal-Sudoeste Festival, FR- Antibes Festival, A-Pielachtal- Nuke Festival , CH-Zurich-Palais Xtra, Fr-festival Roots Reggae in Faverges, FR – Toulouse, FR – Montpellier-Le Rockstore Salle des fetes de Ramonville ,FR - Braspart festival Britanny, Hamburg Stadtpark- Summer Beats , Fr. Festival Nancy Jazz Pulsation ,Chiemsee-Reggae-Summer, Berlin – Popdeurope, CH – Bern, Open Air Frauenfeld and many others…..Cd production with: Patrice , Brothers Keepers, Ono, Laura Lopez, and many others..

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Member Since: 6/13/2006
Band Members: Myspace Contact Tables
Influences:un Blues

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Type of Label: Indie