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Sonando Latin Jazz Quintet - An Afro-Caribbean Tribute to Stevie Wonder

The exciting ensemble Sonando offers a unique and fiery blend of contemporary Jazz and Afro-Caribbean traditions. They fuse Jazz with Afro-Caribbean rhythms, Afro-Cuban folklore and Brazilian jazz flavors. On stage the group traverses a musical landscape from improvisational contemporary jazz to rumba and timba-esque dance grooves.

For their October Jazz at Pearl's rhythm-fest, Sonando will perform "InnervisÂones," their intriguing tribute to the music of Stevie Wonder. Mixing the rhythmic intricacy of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian styles with the brilliance of Stevie Wonder's chord progressions and melodic ideas, through "InnervisÂones," Sonando provides a night of crackling, fun-filled music: contagious sound sure to please Jazz, Latin and R&B connoisseurs alike.

"[T]heir debut CD [7 Steps to 850]. . . just happens to be a work of intensity and vision..." -Bruce Polin, descarga.com

The world-class musicians of Sonadno, saxophonist & flutist Darren Smith, pianist Bob Crawford, bassist Sam Bevan, drummer David Flores and conga player Patricio Angulo, have been together since Angulo established the band in 1999.

Over the past seven years, Sonando has thrilled audiences at a wide variety of venues in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Yoshi's, Jazz at Pearl's, the San Jose Jazz Festival, the North Beach Jazz Festival, The Jazz School, Cafe Claude, the Jupiter, and the Top of the Mark, among many others. They were for years a fixture at the 850 Montgomery (Cigar Bar) in San Francisco.