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El Rey Shangó Superior Orchestra

El Rey Shangó Superior Orchestra brings generations together around a musical heritage that still runs strong. Led by percussionist and bandleader Rolando Lara, some twenty Cuban music students and professionals share the stage for a sweeping concert that covers the whole timeline of Afro-Cuban music, from 1895 to today.

Rumba, danzón, cha-cha-chá, mambo, son, salsa, timba and Latin jazz are all here, each era given room to breathe, in arrangements that sound both rooted and current. It’s swing, history and improvisation, and above all music that keeps living through the exchange between young and experienced voices.

An evening where music becomes knowledge, knowledge becomes joy, and the joy goes straight out into the room.

LINEUP

Rolando Lara – congas, batás
Raúl Lara – bongos, campana, backing vocals
Raciel Garcés – lead vocals, güiro
Vivian Perez – piano, backing vocals
Daniel Estrada – electric bass, backing vocals
Míchel Ortiz – timbales, backing vocals
Klas Nilsson – trumpet, backing vocals
Mikael Högdahl – saxophone, backing vocals
+ Students from Lerums kulturskola