Hi,
I'm a full-time musician, Berklee graduate, and bandleader of 3 small Latin groups:
1. The "CAMELIA LATIN-JAZZ BAND": consists of a TRIO (3 musicians) and a QUARTET (4 musicians), and it plays instrumental (no singing) jazz standards but with Latin rhythms, which we identify as salsa-jazz, merengue-jazz, bachata-jazz, cumbia-jazz, and bolero-jazz. It's more appropriate as a "non-boring" type of background music.
2. The "GRUPO CAMELIA Y SU JAZZ LATINO" is the Spanish version of the Latin jazz band and also consists of 2 sizes: a TRIO and a QUARTET. It takes popular Spanish songs and converts them into Latin jazz arrangements, by adding jazz solos. It would be more appropriate as background music at an event where the majority are Latinos.
3. The "CAMELIA LATIN DANCE BAND" comes in 3 sizes: TRIO, QUARTET, or QUINTET (5 musicians). It specializes in Latin oldies and classic songs in the merengue, salsa, bachata, cumbia, and bolero styles, and has vocals (singing). It's very appropriate for lively or danceable occasions.
If you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Thank you,
Roderick Camelia.
Bandleader
Camelia Latin-jazz Band
Camelia y su jazz Latino (Spanish version)
Camelia Latin Dance Band.
