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31/10/2009

Thanks to everyone who came down to support us at Matt & Phreds Jazz Club in Manchester. I've never seen the club so maxxed out! We had the audience dancing on the tables, clapping in clave and singing along.

Highlights included the Santana anthem 'Primavera', Sarita's Spanish rapping on 'La Vida es un Carnaval' and the Tito Puente medley on Ran Kan Kan / Oye Como Va - with the audience all singing along.

By the end of it, they were screaming for more - we had to do 2 encores; the Pete Rodriguez boogaloo classic 'I Like It', culminating in a freestyle jam (or marmalade!) on the Sergio Mendes standard 'Mais Que Nada'.

Check back here soon for more gigs from this outstanding band of crazy gringos.
Rorito x

Thanks to everyone who came down to support us at Matt & Phreds Jazz Club in Manchester.

31/10/2009

Thanks to everyone who came down to support us at Matt & Phreds Jazz Club in Manchester. I've never seen the club so maxxed out! We had the audience dancing on the tables, clapping in clave and singing along.
Highlights included the Santana anthem 'Primavera', Sarita's Spanish rapping on 'La Vida es un Carnaval' and the Tito Puente medley on Ran Kan Kan / Oye Como Va - with the audience all singing along.
By the end of it, they were screaming for more - we had to do 2 encores; the Pete Rodriguez boogaloo classic 'I Like It', culminating in a freestyle jam (or marmalade!) on the Sergio Mendes standard 'Mais Que Nada'.
Check back here soon for more gigs from this outstanding band of crazy gringos.
Rorito x

Diáspora @ Matt & Phred's 1

30/10/2009

“Diáspora are a hugely talented and energetic band who blew the roof off Matt & Phred's on their first ever gig at the club. The band of 12 musicians has a great natural fusion and the ease in which they commanded the stage was a joy to behold. This is a band we will definitely be booking again and again.”
Claire Turner, Matt & Phreds Jazz Club, October, 2009