Nils Fischer & Timbazo "¡Gracias Joe Cuba!" featuring Brian Lynch & José "Pepe" Espinosa
11 July 2008 | Hudson | 00:30 - 01:45 |
Line-up:
Alberto Caicedo, Fabian "Horacán" Nordarse, Nando Vanin (vocals); Marc Bischoff (backing vocals, piano); Bart Platteau (flute, vibraphone); Brian Lynch, Joe Rivera (trumpet); Santiago Cañada, David Rothschild (trombone); Leslie Lopez (bass); Lucas van Merwijk (drums); Wigbert Martina (bongos, campanas); Nils Fischer (congas); José ''Pepe'' Espinosa (timbales).
About Nils Fischer & Timbazo "¡Gracias Joe Cuba!" featuring Brian Lynch & José "Pepe" Espinosa
Nils Fischer's earliest memories are of his father who would
practice the guitar for a short while every day before a
performance. Fischer himself was learning to play the piano but
when his sister came home one day with a Paquito D'Rivera record -
a recording with Daniel Ponce on congas - his life changed forever:
he would and had to be a percussionist. Fischer was born in Bremen
and graduated with distinction in 1996 from the Rotterdam
Conservatory, but long before that he had been playing in
well-known Dutch bands like Nueva Manteca and the Cubop City Big
Band. Last year he released the album Nils Fischer & Timbazo
"Gracias Joe Cuba!", a tribute to the influential conga player José
Calderón alias Joe Cuba. Cuba's music sounded surprisingly
different because the vibraphone had such an important role in his
percussion group. Timbazo's star soloist Brian Lynch won a Grammy
in 2007 for Best Latin Jazz Album and percussionist José "Pepe"
Espinosa has been Fischer's great idol for many years.