Latin Jazz Brunch Live with Roberto Pla Big Band (Live) + DJ John Armstrong

CLF 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WEEKENDER!!! Fri Dec 01 to Sun Dec 03 (£5-15 Per event or Free Entry) - To celebrate 20 years of Chronic Love Foundation (CLF) we're throwing a mighty celebratory weekender in collaboration with Red Bull and Havana Club, featuring 24 acts performing at 9 events, over 3 days, at 2 stunning venues - deep in the heart of Peckham at The CLF Art Lounge and Roof Gardens + next door at the recently restored Old Waiting Room (OWR), Peckham Rye Station.

Sat Dec 02 (1pm-6pm / £12.50 Entry) - Day 2 kicks off in fine latin Stylee as LATIN JAZZ BRUNCH LIVE seriously turns up the tropical heat. Legendary Musical Maestro / Band leader and Timbale Don ROBERTO PLA and his 15 piece BIG BAND let positively let loose up on the roof alongside Latin and World Music selector supreme JOHN ARMSTRONG at THE CLF ART LOUNGE and ROOF GARDEN.

Expect to be shaken and well stirred by the Salsa-erfic sounds of a Big Band on fire. The CLF is turning 20 and we mean to celebrate hard. Totally tropical good times Incoming HOT!!!

ROBERTO PLA BIG BAND Featuring

On Vocals:
Graciela Rodriguez..
Jose A Cascaret and
Felix Cuba.

ROBERTO PLA BIG BAND (LIVE) Band on stage around 2pm, playing 2 live sets

Roberto Pla is the Colombian percussionist best known as the 'God-Father of Latin Music in the UK, for his contribution to live music particularly in Afro- influenced rhythms. His Latin Ensemble is a regular presence on the European Festival and TV scene.

In 1979 Roberto left Colombia for New York, where he became a busy salsa session percussionist. A year later the attractions of the European pop scene drew him to London, where he joined a jazz fusion band Cayenne and by 1982 he was touring the world with pop megastars Boney M. In 1984, he was one of the earliest members of the London School of Samba, the first samba school to be set up in the UK.

In 2017 the band celebrated their 30th anniversary, winning their first LUKAS award for 'Lifetime Achievement and contribution to the Latino Community in the UK'. They have headlined the 'Glasto Latino Stage at Glastonbury Festival and subsequently won their second LUKAS for 'Concert of the year' .

Recent major live highlights for Roberto Pla and the Latin Ensemble have been Brecon Jazz Festival, Expo Festival Lisbon, The Edinburgh Fringe, Canada Square Festival, Under the Stars Festival, Jazz at Boisdale and Ronnie Scotts Club.

DJ JOHN ARMSTRONG

An entertainment and copyright litigation lawyer by profession (now retired!), and an across-the-board music lover by passion, John started playing records in and around London in the late 70s, after a Eureka moment at one of the first New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festivals in the mid-70s, from which he returned with interviews from everyone from Allen Toussaint to Betty Carter (many of which were published in the now-defunct Jazz and Blues Review). His first dj residency was at the Belsize Park Town and Country Club (60st and northern), followed by Greek Street's Beat Route club (jump blues and 40s randb), and the Whisky-A-Gogo (before it became the Wag).

He was probably the first UK selector to present fully-focussed tropical dance music events, with 10-year weekly residencies (1984-1994) at the legendary Bass Clef Jazz Club in Hoxton Square, playing a mix of Afro, zouk, Brazilian beats, Konpas, reggae, dancehall, soul, soca, salsa, afro-cuban, hip hop and jazz - even Punjabi bhangra for a while.

Over the last 30 years, he's put together approximately 200 compilations of latin, afro, zouk, Brazilian music, soul, flamenco, Irish traditional music, and even rockabilly, Cajun, zydeco and rock and roll - making him one of the three or four most prolific compilers in the UK.

LATIN JAZZ BRUNCH LIVE
Event Runs: 1pm-7pm
Venue: The Old Waiting Room
Entry: £12.50
TIx: From The CLF Website,
RA and Skiddle
Tix Also OTD

Supported By: Red Bull and Havana Club

The CLF is 20!

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