AFROGUMBO
Alexey Marti, percussions | Jesse McBride, piano | Miles Berry, sax | Jason Stewart, bass | Gerald Watkins, drums
Latin jazz from Cuba, Africa and New Orleans
Composed of extraordinary musicians from the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, the Afrogumbo lineup revolves around percussionist, composer and bandleader Alexey Marti and mixes the musical traditions of Cuba and the bata spiritual percussion of West Africa with influences from the typical trad Jazz, second line, blues and funk from New Orleans thus creating a personal and distinctive approach to the Latin Jazz genre.