Yaw Amponsah - West African Ashanti Drums and Djembe; Tony Grasso - Trumpet; Viren Kamdar - Cajon, Congas; Marc Miller - Bass
Influences
Cachao, Mango Santamaria, the Machito Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie, Coltrane, Bauza, The Litres of Cheer, Poncho Sanchez, Eddie Palmieri, War, Tito Puente, Orchestra Boabab, Chucho Valdez, Tony Smiley, Charlie Parker, Tomatito, Fugazi, Duke Ellington, Elvin Jones, Ray Barreto, The Rez Quartet, Jorge Pardo, Ghazal, Cannonball Adderly, Miles
African and Carribean inspired Rhythms with Percussionists Viren Kamdar playing a Flamenco Cajon and Congas and Yaw Amponsah Leading with West African Ashanti drums and Djembe. Trumpet improvisations on Jazz Standards Lead by the Highly Stylized Tony Grasso. Double Bass bridges the Latin and Jazz styles in the unique groove driven Manghis Khan Quartet.
