Grupo Greg Ribot Latin Cumbia Quintet

Original Latin American music including Cumbias, Rumba, Afoxe, Brazilian, Bomba & more. Instruments include siku, quinna, flute, saxes, clarinet, guitar, charango, bass, congas/percussion &

drums.

& The Greg Ribot Ensemble

Music & Dance of South America and North America -Tango & Folklore of Argentina. Award winning dancers. Musicians also present traditional Andean and other South American genres

including zambas, milongas, chacareras and bailecitos. Also Available as duo.

Band Bios: Greg Ribot - Siku, Quena, Flute, Saxes, Clarinet, Composer/Arranger/Bandleader – From New Jersey, Greg has produced three critically acclaimed CDs – “Cumbia y Mas”, “Cumbia del Norte” and “El Flete de Mi Canto”. He can also be heard on “Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Positizos”, “Shoe String Symphonettes”, and Sean Lennon – “Into the Sun”. He has performed a solo tour of Japan, and in the U.S. at WADO (radio), RCN (T.V.), The Thalia Spanish Theatre, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, The Knitting Factory, The Brooklyn Museum, Music for Montauk, The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Rutgers University, Fairleigh Dickinson University and more. His music has also been used on many movie soundtracks. Francisco “Pancho” Navarro - Guitar, Charango, Composer/Arranger – From Mendoza, Argentina, Francisco lived in Chile and Mexico, before coming to New York. He has performed and recorded with Willie Colon, Celia Cruz, Ray Baretto, Johnny Pacheco, Victgor Wail, Miguel Aceves Mejias, Cuco Sanchez, Lola Bertran and many others. All of the guitars in the film Frida were performed by Francisco. This film won the Golden Globe Award for it’s music and it also won an Oscar. Francisco can also be heard on several anthologies available through the World Music Institute and on the soundtracks of the The Mambo Kings and Flawless. He also has performed at The Brooklyn Museum, The Knitting Factory, The Thalia Spanish Theatre, The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Rutgers University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, etc. Andy Eulau – Bass, is much in demand for work with the likes of Ray Baretto, the BMI Jazz Orchestra, Gene Bertoncini, Kevin Norton, Bobby Sanabria, Syotos, Nuyorkestra, Seamus Blake, Leon Parker, Bill Mays, Freddie Bryant, Maryanne McPartland, and numerous others. He can be heard on numerous recordings, including three by Anthony Braxton. Vince Cherico – Drums, Percussion, has toured and recorded with Ray Baretto, Tito Puente, Hilton Ruiz, Dave Samuels, Angela Bofill, Ray Bryant, Kenny Burrell, The Caribbean Jazz Project, Mandara, Repertorio Espanol Theatre, Mongo Santamaria, Carlos “Patato” Valdes, Michael Phillip Mossman, Steve Kahn, Ray Vega, Gabriella Anders, The Shirelles, The Mamas and Papas, Paquito de Rivera, and many more. Annette A Aguilar – Percussion, has worked with Cal Tjader, Stevie Wonder, Darlene Love, The Grateful Dead, several orchestras and Broadway shows. She has toured nationally and internationally, leads her own group “Stringbeans”, and has produced their CD “Special Friends”. She is interviewed in the book “She’s a Rebel”, a history of women in Rock’n Roll, prefaced by Yoko Ono.

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Biographies

Laura & Pedro - Los Pampas

Laura and Pedro Escudero have been dancing together as Los Pampas since 1983. These versatile dancers have performed on tours throughout the United States specializing in tango and milonga and the folkloric dances of Latin America. In 1988 they participated in a four-month tour of Spain with the “Tango Revue” of Argentina, under the musical direction of Armando Calo. Since 1988, they have toured with the New Xavier Cugat Orchestra and, in October 1990, 1992, and 1994, toured Japan with that company. In the New York tri-state area, they have performed at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Mohonk Performing Arts Festival, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival, Midsummer Night Swing, with the NJ Pops Orchestra and numerous museums and Latin American festivals. Laura and Pedro teach privately in New York. As choreographers they collaborated with the multi-media production of “Carlos Gardel Retro Nuevo”, which premiered June 15, 1991, at the Montreal Spectrum Theatre. In the summers of 1990 through 1994, Pedro artistically directed and choreographed the production of “Tango & Folklore Argentino” at the Thalia Spanish Theatre. They present different dance styles of Argentina. In 1990, they formed the dance company Ballet Los Pampas, dedicated to keeping alive the popular culture of Argentina and Latin America.

Greg Ribot

Siku, Quena, Flute, Saxes, Clarinet, Composer/Arranger/Bandleader – From New Jersey, Greg has produced two critically acclaimed CDs – “Cumbia del Norte” and “El Flete de Mi Canto”. He can also be heard on “Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Positizos”, “Shoe String Symphonettes”, and Sean Lennon – “Into the Sun”. He has performed a solo tour of Japan, and in the U.S. at WADO (radio), RCN (T.V.), The Thalia Spanish Theatre, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, The Knitting Factory, The Brooklyn Museum, Rutgers University and more. His music has also been used on many movie soundtracks.

Francisco Navarro Guitar, Charango, Composer/Arranger – From Mendoza, Argentina, Francisco has performed and recorded with Willie Colon, Celia Cruz, Ray Baretto, Johnny Pacheco, Victgor Wail, Miguel Aceves Mejias, Cuco Sanchez, Lola Bertran and many others. He can be heard on several anthologies available through the World Music Institute and on the soundtracks of The Mambo Kings and Flawless. He also has performed at The Brooklyn Museum, The Knitting Factory, The Thalia Spanish Theatre, Rutgers University, etc. S.C. Entertainment, 360 West 22nd St., Suite 9A, NY, NY 10011, (212) 929-0630

The Monthly Aspectarian dedicated to awakening consciousness Music by PJ Birosik Greg Ribot & Cumbia del Norte THE INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY (Cathexis Records 888-635-6392) Want some fun music for your next patio party? Try cumbia! Originating on the Atlantic Coast of Colombia, this musical style has roots that dig deep into the fertile, creative soil of West African, Spanish and indigenous traditions. Over time, it has grown and flowered into a happy, dance-y sound that flaunts its mambo heritage proudly like a flounced skirt. On THE INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY, Ribot and company "conspire" to make music that tickles the ear with its supremely funky sound and a wide variety of multi-cultural colors expressed through a tasty hybrid of folkloric (siku, quena, charango) and contemporary (clarinet, trumpet, vibes) instruments. By mixing catchy, quirky melodies drawn from Andean, Argentine, Caribbean and Brazilian styles with popular cumbia rhythms, the boys in the band issue an irresistible invitation to celebrate whatever, whenever! These irresistible tunes are guaranteed to set feet to tapping for a long time to come.