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Since Carel Kraayenhof created Sexteto Canyengue in 1988, they became one of the trendsetting tango representatives in Europe. Thanks to the respect and help from the famous tangueros like Astor Piazolla and Osvaldo Pugliese, the love for the Argentines and their tango and the passion to make this music, Sexteto Canyengue is respected all over the world. With the six members of Sexteto Canyengue, dancers and special guests from Argentina the unique sounds of an orquesta tipica - the big band tango tradition from the 40-ties - comes alive. The passion for the tango from all the musicians in one...

Nacho Sotomayor was born in Villanueva del Arzobispo (Jaén, Spain) in 1966. During two decades he combined the experimentation in the area of digital computing and electronic musical treatments with his studies of Philosophy and Arts. All this led to the grouping of the project “Intro” together with his brother Francisco Sotomayor. In the 90’s they published four albums (Visiones, 1994; Edén 1996; Melismas, 1998; Dies Irae, 2000). The small, rocky island “Es Vedrá” (close to Ibiza) helped him to concieve the project “La Roca” (Vol. 1,2,3,4 and 5), of which during half a decade every year a new album...

Lincoln Mayorga (born 28 March 1937) is an American pianist, arranger, conductor and composer who has worked in rock and roll, pop, jazz and classical music. Mayorga was born in Los Angeles, California, attended Hollywood High School, and trained as a classical pianist. He began working as arranger and accompanist to his high-school friends in the Four Preps, contributing one of the two piano parts on their 1958 hit "Big Man" and being known as "the fifth Prep".[1] The group's producer, Lou Busch, helped Mayorga get a ragtime album issued in 1958, which was released under the pseudonym "Brooke Pemberton".[2]...

Sexteto Habanero In the early 20th Century, three Cuban musicians created the Oriental Trío to play folklore music from the western part of the island. The trio later added members, changed its name to Sexteto Habanero, and was the first and most influential son player, a vivid Afro-Hispanic fusion of musical styles. The son is made up of two stylistic levels. The first level (of African origin) is the rumba rhythm over which a variety of percussionists improvise. The second level (of Spanish origin) is provided by combination of three-stringed guitars known as the tres and an improvised bass. The...