May 15, 2008
Live Salsa w/ New Swing Sextet, Salsa dancing Seattle, Seattle salsa dance
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Live Salsa with the New Swing Sextet and DJ Henry Knowles
May 31st 2008
8:30p Lesson
9:30p-1:30a Dance
21+
$25 Adv
$TBA Day Of
Lesson: $5, plus cover
The New Swing Sextet:
A product of New York City and the excitement and turbulence of the sixties, the New Swing Sextet made its professional debut performing in the Singer Bowl at the last New York Worlds Fair in 1965. The band has been a popular and innovative exponent of Latin jazz, salsa and pop music for nearly four decades.
Composed of vocals, piano, vibes, bass and Latin percussion, the original New Swing broke up in the late seventies after successfully recording, touring and doing all the hot club dates that the New York metropolitan area had to offer. In recent years most of the groups core members have reunited and have been performing with Mambo Negro the highly popular Latin jazz ensemble, which performs regularly in and around the tri-state area. However, you can't buy or replace 40 years of history, and on special occasions the band performs as the New Swing. The New Swing offers an established and respected name with a sound from another era, which has been perfectly preserved and bottled for another generation to enjoy.
The band was part of a young crop (and new breed of aspiring Latin musicians) who grew up in the greater New York Metropolitan tri-state area with its rich ethnic mix and diverse inner-city culture, while at the same time growing up surrounded by the Latin music explosion happening in the region.
DJ Henry Knowles:
As the official disc jockey for the World Salsa Congress,
Henry Knowles is the DJs disc jockey, spinning that
tension-building beat and filling dancers with ánimo.
He is known to hold his own and understands how to
honor and inspire a Salsero on the dance floor.
Henry is the consummate professional with more than
25 years of experience catering to the serious Salsero.
Henry has performed as a disc jockey, master of ceremonies, sound engineer, video jockey and promoter working in major
nightclubs and venues around the world throughout his career span.
Over twenty years ago Henry became the official disc jockey for "Salsa in the Catskills."
His extensive travels include gigs throughout USA, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe and Middle East —even Asia. He believes his travels are also an opportunity to share his skills, talents and experience with aspiring disc jockeys. Admired as the "DJs DJ," Henry often holds workshops wherever he happens to be, sharing with his comrades how he works the floor and the latest and most effective mixing techniques.
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