Katy’s Vintage Latin Ensemble

Traditional Vintage Style Latin Ensemble in London

Katy’s Latin Band

Katy’s Latin Ensemble is a versatile Duo, Trio or Quartet consisting of Vocals, Double Bass, Guitar and Drums. Their sound is born out of the individual members’ musical styles and cultural roots and their love of 40’s Jazz and Rock-n-Roll, 50’s Mambo and Rockabilly and 60’s Bossa-Nova and Cool Jazz. Ideal for Classy and Chilled out Background Music.

Audio

Summer is Here

Sadness

My Funny Valentine

Katys London Vintage Latin Band — Latin Jazz and Bossanova Live Band

The music centres around the breathtakingly magnificent voice of Ms Prado. She uses her Classical Operatic training in divinely subtle ways to re-invent and improvise classics such as ‘Fever’, ‘Babalu’ and ‘Caravan’, also delivering remarkable original songs echoing the traditions of her native Chile.

South American Vintage Band with Singer — Professional Latin Singer

Repertoire

Latin Grooves:

Sway
Fever by La Lupe
El Cuarto DE Tula
Black Magic Woman
Corcovado
Agua de beber
Sabor A Mi
La Foule
Caravan
El Dia Que Me Quieras
Quizas
O que Sera / Tu Verras
Song For MY Father
desafinado
Alfonsina y el Mar
Ce est si bon

Jazz:

All Of Me
Cry Me a River
My Funny Valentine
Fly Me To The Moon
My Foolish Heart

Popular

Spooky by Dusty Springfield
I rather go blind – Etta james
This is a man`s world – James Brown
Tainted Love
Happy – Pharrell

Originals:

Always my darling
Cha cha la Negra
Summer is Here

Testimonials

“Phenomenal performance by Katy and really great energy from the band kept us grooving all night, highly recommended!”

Mary

Bride

Class, style and a fantastic sound! We received many comments on how awesome the band were for our Xmas party, see you next year!”

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EE

“Katy and the band delivered the perfect atmosphere for our event with their classy performance, fiery rhythms and stunning vocals. We received great feedback from our clients, gracias!”

Marine

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Cultural Origins of Latin Jazz begin with Cuba, New York City in particular, the States and Brazil.

Following rhythms and styles of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian music, blended with percussion, giving a balanced fusion of European and African sound.

Latin Jazz was a result of a long process of nteraction between American and Cuban music styles intertwined together to form 20th Century New Orleans’ early Jazz, that had a distinctive syncopated (accents transitioned to weaker beats) rhythmic character.

The city’s well renowned pianist and composer at the time, Jelly Roll Morton, referred to the Latin influence on Jazz as a “Spanish Tinge”.

The Cuban Habanera Rhythm was very quickly adopted by American Musicians (a syncopated four beat pattern) and could be heard in many of their compositions; especially the popular 1914’s St Louis Blues by W. C. Handy.

Sounds of American Jazz eventually spread through to the Caribbean simultaneously as Latin American melodies and dance rhythms made their way to North America Regions.

Across the entire region, both musicians and bands became more versed with the musical languages, where larger bands soon expanded their own repertoire into congas and rumbas, two types of Afro-Cuban dance music.

Drummers of Afro-Cuban style music played a fundamental role in developing Latin Jazz from the late 1940s through to the 1960s, as it gave the genre its visibly inexhaustible stream of rhythmic patterns, phrasings, and styles all through the means of percussion.

As time progressed, by the early 21st century,Latin Jazz gained popularity and critical acclaim as well as became one of the most dynamic and diverse components of the Jazz World.