Tony Castañeda - leader, congas, bongo, percussion, Dave Stohler - Piano,
Henry Boehm - Bass, Alex Cuba - Timbales, Anders Svanoe - Saxophones, Charley Wagner - Trumpet,
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Influences
The Tony Castañeda Latin Jazz Sextet performs Latin jazz classics from the 40's to contemporary times as well as original music. Influences include the music of Chano Pozo, Mongo Santamaria, Carlos "Patato" Valdez, Benny More, Cal Tjader, Poncho Sanchez, Ruben Gonzales and of course, Tito Puente. The TCLJS uses a small group jazz approach with danceability in mind at all times. The Band's ability to please listening audiences as well as those who would prefer to cha-cha-cha is a testament to their sound and great love for Latin music. The band also relies on the original tunes most recently brought in by Dave and Anders. This music reflects the band's ability to cover both African diasporic groove structures as well as straight up Salsa, Bossa Nova and Cha-Cha and will be featured on their upcoming album do for release this spring.
Sounds Like
Mongo Santamaria, Eddie Palmieri, Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo
The Tony Castañeda Latin Jazz Sextet was founded in Madison, WI in 1998 and has been entertaining audiences throughout the Midwest with their renditions of classic and original Latin Jazz ever since. Voted Madison’s Favorite Jazz Band six years in a row by the "Isthmus Readers Poll" (2000-2006), and recipient of two “Madison Area Music Awards" a.k.a. "MAMAS" (2005-2006) as Madison’s best latin artist and best latin album (Viva el Cardinal) the Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Sextet continues to impress and entertain audiences wherever they play. The Tony Castañeda Latin Sextet Band has been a favorite at the Isthmus Jazz Festival, Live at Five and other local venues and festivals and has performed and demonstrated Latin music for a number of public schools in an effort to expose more people to latin music. The band’s tight sound has also been honed by over eight years worth of free weekly Sunday night gigs at the Cardinal Bar in Madison, WI.
The TCLJS has performed with some of the international stars in Latin jazz such as Grammy award winning trumpeter/percussionist Jerry Gonzalez of the Fort Apache Band, Grammy award winning Cuban Percussionist Roberto Viscaino of the Chucho Valdez Group, and Orlando "Maraca" Valle along with several members of his band. The band invited New York City vocalist Carolyn Leonhart of Steely Dan to join in their 2001 appearance at Madison’s Isthmus Jazz Festival. The band has also opened for and played with a number of famous Latin Jazz musicians including Tito Puente, conguero virtuoso Giovanni Hidalgo, Los Munequitos, bassist Johnny Benitez, John Santos and Omar Sosa, Poncho Sanchez, Los Lobos, the band War and most recently, piano legend Eddie Palmieri.
Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Sextet's Friend Space (Top 24)
Dearest TCLJS!!!! Love your sounds ! Awesome! Big hi to Dave! He taught me a few montunos a million years ago. I need to practice. :) Peace and Prosperity to you guys! Hope to catch you live sometime!
I played your cd in the Galway, in Paris, on one of my last days there and a beautiful Australian woman loved it...now your music is playing in Australia...The world is TCLatin Jazz's oyster. Take advantage!!
