Juan Benavides, guitar, cajon, guacharaca, and composer;
Robin Tolleson, drums;
Jake Wolf, bass.
Special guests (CD):
Duncan Wickel, violin;
Kima Moore, cajon, jaleos;
Billy Seawell, tabla.
Special guests (live):
Juan Camillo, Juan Luis Merced, Juan David Narvaez, River Guerguerian, percussion;
Shayne Heather, bass;
Jim Kohn, woodwinds;
August Hoerr, accordion.
Sounds Like
Flamenco in a blender with funk, jazz and world beats.
Cabo Verde (The Green Cape) has been an Asheville sensation ever since the arrival of Colombia-born guitarist/composer/artist Juan Benavides on the scene in 2002. In Cabo Verde, Benavides' musical vision of modern flamenco, funk and jazz has thrilled audiences at festivals and nightspots, and featured many of the area's finest musicians and dancers.
In its trio form, with drummer Robin Tolleson and bassist Jake Wolf, the CV sound is raw and direct, with a jazzy playfullness as well. This sound is available on a new CD titled "Shade Grown," released at BoBo Gallery in Asheville on March 13, 2008.
Cabo Verde has performed at Artisphere International Festival of Music and Arts, Lexington Avenue Arts & Fun Fest, Fiesta Latina, Greenville Main Street Jazz, Lake Eden Arts Festival, Anderson's Jazz on the Square, Instruments of Peace 2, The Orange Peel, The Grey Eagle, Stella Blue, The Handlebar, The Pour House (Charleston), The World Grotto, Preservation Pub, Emerald Lounge, Blue Spiral Gallery, Zambra, Tressa's, Z Lounge, Cafe Soleil, Stir Fry Cafe, Barley's in Asheville and Spindale, BoBo Gallery, and West First.
The band sounds great Robin. Sorry I missed you at Smokey Joe's, we were out of town. I hope we can make some music in the near future. I miss you guys.
HI thnx for the add & friendship ! Think it’s nice to be connected with musicians all over the world !!! Took some time to listen to your music and it sounds really GREAT ...COOL STUFF ….just love it !! Greetz from D E E Z E L (Belgium) and lots of luck in every thing you do!! If you can find the time check out my music too (thnx)
I've been recently informed from an inside source that they are planning on holdin a LARGE SCALE LOCAL JAZZ SHOWCASE!! They asked me to acquire all of the local jazz artists e-mail(s) and address(es).
SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT OUT OF THE LARGEST JAZZ EVENT IN THE AREA, YOU WILL NEED TO ACT QUICKLY.
send info as a private message, not a comment(for your privacy)
THANKS, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE EXCITING!!!!
ps. spread the word to anyone else that needs to be involved
thanks for the add... great meeting up with you @ the party, Juan. looking forward to hearing more of your music and seeing the art that is yet to come.
We'd love to have a recording of yours in our play list rotation. If your interested, send a mp3 (or as many as you'd like) to ashevillejazzmp3@excite.com
Also ashevillejazz will not under any circumstances profit from your music. We simply want to assist in connecting local jazz musicans, venues, and fans. And above all, let the people know just how much good jazz is avaible in this area.
