An exciting and truly new sound is coming out of Chicago. Cuban-born composer / director and percussionist Waldo Ocaña, brings a contemporary body of work to life with authentic Afro-Cuban rhythms and concepts in the form of a Timba orchestra. Songs of love, life, and dreams are made accessible to a broad spectrum of listeners and dancers alike through lyrics sung in English.
Instead of traditional horns for the mambo sections, the arrangements call for singers, harmonizing beautiful melodies that dance over the searing rhythms of Cuba and the New World to produce the unique, luscious, and inviting sounds of CUBAN ESSENCE. |
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Timba
[Teem’- bah] n.
Cuban Essence plays, among other afro-cuban rhythms, timba. Timba is the Cuban counterpart of Salsa. The incorporation of several different styles and geners including Latin Jazz, Pop, Funk and Hip hop.
Though Timba is considered to be a form of popular music, the technical mastery of Timba is only possible through highly trained musicians who have solid theoretical bachgrounds in Classical music, Jazz, Traditional Cuban music, as well as other international generes. |
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