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cool breeze
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Since 1977, COOL BREEZE™ has been on the cutting edge of World Music, playing what they call "New Orleans Tropical", an inimitable potent blend of Caribbean, Latin, and African musics with a New Orleans sensibility and lyrics primarily in English. Three of the five founding members remain with the band today, and most of the 20 current members have been with the group since 1979 while the repertoire has blossomed to well over 100 original compositions.
As COOL BREEZE™ has matured, it has expanded to feature a classic male vocal quintet; a powerful and dynamic 6-piece horn section; and a lush 9-piece rhythm and percussion section. They conjure up infectious melodies, vivid lyrics marbled with the exceptionally well-turned phrase, and the type of wry observations about contemporary life present in only the best music in the world. Music that is the life's blood of society and culture, as well as serving as the bulletin board; the newspaper; the love letters; the foundation of ritual; and the relief from life's hardships.
As Tom Cheyney noted in The BEAT Magazine: "Few other globally influenced bands have blazed such a progressive path (as) tropical big-band COOL BREEZE™" ...
New Orleans Tropical; The first US CD by 20-piece World Music pioneers Cool Breeze.
As COOL BREEZE™ has matured, it has expanded to feature a classic male vocal quintet; a powerful and dynamic 6-piece horn section; and a lush 9-piece rhythm and percussion section. They conjure up infectious melodies, vivid lyrics marbled with the exceptionally well-turned phrase, and the type of wry observations about contemporary life present in only the best music in the world. Music that is the life's blood of society and culture, as well as serving as the bulletin board; the newspaper; the love letters; the foundation of ritual; and the relief from life's hardships.
As Tom Cheyney noted in The BEAT Magazine: "Few other globally influenced bands have blazed such a progressive path (as) tropical big-band COOL BREEZE™" ...
New Orleans Tropical; The first US CD by 20-piece World Music pioneers Cool Breeze.
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