Maguare

Singer Paola Marquez from Bogota Colombia is graduated this year from the Conservatorium of Ghent. For years she has been working with jazz, bossanova and latin bands. Now she decided to go back to the roots of Afro-Colombian music focusing on cumbia and afro-colombian rhythms. The rhythm section of Maguaré consists of traditional percussionist Fanor Blanco, Javier Cabrera and Core Pareja, playing the tambora, tambor alegre, llamador, maracas, …Backed up by a section of five horns, double bass, accordeon, piano and organ, Maguaré plays a mix of Afro-Colombian beats in the sprit of Toto de La Momposina and the '60s dancehall cumbia of Lucho Bermudez, Lito Barrientos, ...