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Finally it’s here… new date, new friends… King Bombó is the new music project of Telmary Diáz … (Écha!) ….and Alberto Alberto.  Born in January at Lula Lounge, the “quimbombó” was already very tasty.  It should be ripe and sabroso by these next dates.

The group seems to be becoming an ongoing party of talented friends.. a kind of “Toronto Abierto” mixed with “Interactivo en Canada“!

There is a recent article by Errol Nazareth of the CBC published in the Sun, click here to read.

Of course… it’s at Lula Lounge.

At the Lula date, featured musicians will include jazz and classical fusion pianist Glenda Escalante del Monte and Cuba’s most famous electric guitarist Elmer Ferrer.

Basing their repertoire on music from Telmary’s award winning CD ‘A Diario’
KingBombo Habana also cover material from groups such as Gema y Pavel,
Havana Abierta and Interactivo – groups that have been modernizing cuban
music, through the fusion of cuban genres such as timba and afro-Cuban with
the international trends of hip hop and funky jazz

KingBombo Habana is a revolving line-up of the best performers from
Toronto’s flourishing  latin music scene.

The 10 piece line-up also includes musicians such as drummer Frank Durand,
and bassist Riveron (Jane Bunnett) and percussionist Jaladan Ruiz from the
group Cafe Cubano.

You can check out the CBC Radio 2 recording of Telmary and Alberto debut
concert at Lula  Lounge on January 30th.

http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20090130tdiaz

For further information, hi-res photography etc please contact

Billy Bryans
416 887 8439

Alberto Alberto

One of the leading voices of the new generation of Cuban vocalists, Alberto
Alberto was born in Matanzas, Cuba on  November 11, 1972. He began his
musical career at the tender age of 5 and graduated from the vocal studies
program at the “Escuela de Superación Profesional Rafael Somavilla de
Matanzas” in 1992. He went on to perform and record with many of Cuba’s
finest musicians including: Manolito Simonet,  Irakere, and Chucho Valdés,

Since moving to Canada in 1999, Alberto Alberto has lead the wave of Cuban
musicians who have transformed Canada’s latin music scene. He has toured
internationally with Juno award winner and Grammy nominee Jane Bunnett, and
has recorded several albums with Juno award winning pianist Hilario Durán.
In 2006 and 2008, Alberto toured the United States with Cuban bandleader
‘Maraca’.

In 2007 Alberto joined award winning Cuban rapera Telmary for concert dates
in Canada and Spain,  and joined legendary bandleader Giraldo Piloto of
Klimax for his Canadian tour. “Traigo de Todo”, his first solo CD, recorded
in Canada and Cuba, was released in Canada in 2008., A ’singers singer’,
with great range and dazzling improvisational skills – Alberto Alberto
matches his considerable technique with an infectious personality and stage
presence – making him the total package of entertainer, composer and gifted
artist.

Telmary Diaz

Telma170 A jazz poet ‘rapera’ from Havana, Cuba with uncanny communication
skills,  Telmary embodies the ‘next wave’ of Cuban music that has emerged
from the island since 2000. Trained in both theater and film, Telmary has
won over fans all over the world with her unique blend of poetry, rapping
skills and total command of the stage.

Born in Havana, Cuba, Telmary’s first band was Free Hole Negro (1999), one
of Cuba’s first hip-hop groups that mixed rap and jazz music with
audiovisual performances.  In 2002 she joined Interactivo, a collaborative
project featuring the biggest names on the Havana alternative music scene
including singer songwriter Yusa, pianist Roberto Carcasses,
singer/songwriter William Vivanco, and sonero Francis del Rio.  Telmary’s
membership in Interactivo propelled her into the elite of Cuba’s music
scene, where she made guest appearances with Gema & Pavel, Pío Leyva, Issac
Delgado,  X Alfonso, and Los Van Van amongst others.

‘A Diario’, her debut album,featured appearances from Cuba rapper Kumar,
members of Los Van Van and Spain’s Ojos de Brujo. In May 2007 ‘A Diario’ was
awarded the Cuban Music Award for best hip-hop album. The album was released
in Europe, Japan and Colombia gaining rave reviews.

In Canada, Telmary has appeared at the Montreal Jazz Festival, Luminato in
Toronto, Harbourfront, at Jane Bunnett’s Global Diva Concert, and with Cuban
music icon Pedrito Calvo at Lula Lounge.

Telmary also took her acting career to a new level in 2007, appearing as one
of the principle actors in the feature film Alborada Carmesi, released in
Colombia in March of 2009. She recently appeared on Jane Bunnett’s Juno
award winning album ‘Voices’ and will be touring Canada with the artist in
the early part of 2009.

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