Timbason la Original
Latin Band in Richmond, VA
Why hire Timbason la Original?
The newest and most controversial music out of Cuba, Timba is like salsa on steroids. It incorporates influences from Brazilian music, R&B, hip-hop and salsa. Note the different roles the piano and bass play. Just two samples do not do justice to this anything-goes genre. Son is a style of popular dance music that originated in the Oriente province of Cuba. It is the foundation of modern salsa. There are several hybrids of Son, including Son-montuno, Afro-son and Guajira-son. There are two examples here: one very traditional, and one more modern.
Ultimate dance band for ballroom dancer birthday party.
Timbason created the ultimate salsa, latin dance music for our birthday party dance at Social Graces Ballroom studio last night. Incredibly exciting to see a large group of trained dancers get the ultimate music challenge to show their stuff. The party in Virginia was transported to exotic Latin fantasy lands with this incredible group. As the official birthday girl, all I can say is, let's do it again! Professional, fun group who went the extra mile to make my surprise party a blast. It's one thing to train in the latin dances but it's a dream come true to put it to the test with this authentic, high grade music performed live right in front of you with my friends. Thank you!!!!!
Hired by: Stephanie L.
- Expertise
- Communication
- Professionalism
- Priced Fairly
- Adaptability
Event Date: July 28th, 2012
Event: Birthday Party in Berryville, Virginia
Services provided: Salsa Band
Excellent Band!!!
Our school had a Cinco de Mayo fundraiser and decided to incorporate live latin entertainment and we chose Timbason and are so glad we did. There variety of salsa, merengue, latin jazz was outstanding and was a great hit at our event. Both Jose Lorenzo, the owner of the band, and his female vocalist, Laura Soza, were very accomodating with us throughout the evening when we needed to mix in our live auction segment between their musical segments (which did not work well but no fault of Timbason!) but I can tell you when they sang it was well worth the wait for the attendee's. I plan on booking them for another non-profit which I am on their board and would highly recommend them to anyone that would like to have latin musical variety by a very talented band. In addition to Jose and Laura, the rest of the band was equally as great. Keep up the great work Timbason!!
Hired by: Erik
- Expertise
- Communication
- Professionalism
- Priced Fairly
- Adaptability
Event Date: May 5th, 2012
Event: Fundraiser in Chantilly, Virginia
Services provided: Cuban Entertainment, Latin Band, Latin Jazz Band, Salsa Band, Samba Band
About
Jose Lorenzo Renya has always been a risk-taker. As a teenager in Cuba in 1994 he was nearly arrested for painting anti-government murals in Havana. That same night, he and his cousin decided to leave Cuba by swimming for 3 days straight to Guantanamo Bay. Jose was 17 at the time, and he had big dreams of coming to America. After coming ashore at gunpoint, and eleven days of interrogation, he was finally allowed to come to the U.S. as an asylum seeker.
More then a decade later, Jose is living the dream. As founder and lead singer of one of the most respected Cuban bands in the Virginia-Washington, DC region, Jose is changing the musical landscape with his band Timbason.
Timbason covers both the traditional and new sounds coming out of Cuba. Like salsa on steroids, it incorporates traditional salsa with modern Timba music popular in Cuban dance clubs today, creating a truly Cuban sound that is more authentic than most Cuban-American bands, and also more up-to-date.
“Cuban music is hard to play,” says Jose. “You really have to grow up surrounded by it, or you have to have studied it quite a bit. There are basic recipes: mambo, cha-cha, salsa, son, boleros, all of which can be butchered in a cheesy Doris-Day way. Or you can get the real spine-tingling effect of a dozen instruments playing layer after layer on a basic rhythm of a Guaguanco (Cumba – cun-cun – Cumba-cun-cun), until the room rocks.”
I'm like an old man,” Jose says, laughing. “I don't smoke. I rarely drink. My only vice is black coffee.”
Not surprisingly, Jose works as the band's booking agent and manager, and the work was tough, especially in the beginning. Connecting audiences in Richmond, Virginia to the sounds of a mambo was tricky work, especially when Latin clubs were so scarce. But times are changing, and the people have caught on.
“What I see now when I play is groups of people dancing and having fun, and that's it. It's not really important that I'm singing in Spanish, or if they're American or not. If you can transmit your energy through the music, you're speaking a universal language. Besides, Cuban music is really just beautiful music.”
Timbason takes its name from Son, the most influential form of Latin music in the late 1800s, and Timba, a Cuban version of America's soul and funk. The newest and most controversial music out of Cuba, Timba is like salsa on steroids. It incorporates Brazilian music, R&B, hip-hop, Latin jazz, and Cuban salsa. Son, on the other hand, is a style of dance music that originated in the Oriente province of Cuba. It is the foundation of modern salsa. Timbason combines all of this in a unique hybrid of modern Cuban music that is more up-to-date and more in tune with the real music that Cubans listen to today.
Personnel
Timbason La original: Jose Lorenzo
Influences
Cuban and New Orleans music, also cubans Groups like, Los Van Van, Elio Reve, Son 14, Manolito y Su trabuco, PuPy y lo que son Son , Paulito FG, Buena Vista Social Club, Marc Anthony, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tito Nieves etc.
What to Expect
Typical Gig Duration: 45 - 150 minutes
Timbason covers both the traditional and new sounds coming out of Cuba. Like salsa on steroids, it incorporates traditional salsa with modern Timba music popular in Cuban dance clubs today, creating a truly Cuban sound that is more authentic than most Cuban-American bands, and also more up-to-date.
Timbason La Original is mix of Cuban jazz, Latin, salsa,Timba, Cha cha Cha , Mambo, Rumba, fusion and World music,
Stage/Setup Requirements:
2 Electrical Outlets
Drinks for Musicians
Lighting
Snacks occasionally
Additional Notes:
We Have all the Details For Lighting, Staging ,Sound and Rider Info,
Set/Song/Sequence List:
We Work with Different Set List Depend of the Event, From Background Music, Very Energetic Music, Original, Covers As Requests etc
Available for Your
Anniversary Party, Awards Night, Bachelor Party, Band Member Wanted, Bar/Lounge, Birthday Party, Casino, Casting Call, Christmas Party, Club/Nightclub, Competition, Concert Venue, Cruise, Fair, Festival, Graduation, Private Party, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Cocktail Hour, Wedding Reception
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