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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Los Dukes\u00a0is a new 9 piece band arranged and directed by Gabriela Anders, featuring songs from the Duke Ellington\u2019s catalog done in wildly distinctive Latin American styles.\u00a0A Latina\u2019s tribute to the music of Duke Ellington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Gabriela Anders\u00a0is one of the most accomplished and appealing contemporary vocalists creating today. Her debut album on Warner Jazz, “Wanting,\u201d enjoyed much success and critical praise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Her new band, <strong>Los Dukes<\/strong>,\u00a0pays loving tribute to the elegant GENIUS of Duke Ellington and includes some of the best Latin Jazz players on the New York scene.<\/p>\n<div id=\"i73cl9a5\" class=\"txtNew\" data-packed=\"true\">\n<p class=\"font_8\">Los Dukes is an explosive, artistic, riotously fun post-macho latin-jazz experience featuring New York\u00a0City’s baddest gauchos.\u00a0Los Dukes\u00a0rocks the groove from all corners of Latin America from North to South and beyond<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1101\" src=\"http:\/\/gabrielaanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/LOS-DUKES-300x119.jpg\" alt=\"LOS DUKES\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gabrielaanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/LOS-DUKES-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gabrielaanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/LOS-DUKES-768x306.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gabrielaanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/LOS-DUKES-1024x408.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Who’s in the band\/recording?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"font_8\">\u200b<strong>Bobby Sanabria<\/strong>: 7 times Grammy nominated artist: drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, recording artist, producer, conductor, educator, activist, multi-cultural warrior. He has played and recorded with artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puentes, Arturo Sandoval, Mario Bauza.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Orestes Abrantes<\/strong> on percussion: Originally from Cuba, Oreste has performed with Tito Puente, Eddie Montalvo, Bobby Sanabria and Willy Torres.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Edward Perez<\/strong> on bass: Hailed by Jazz Times magazine for his \u201cgreat dexterity,\u201d bassist and composer Edward Perez has performed with jazz greats such as Paquito D\u2019Rivera, Lee Konitz, Mark Turner, Lionel Loueke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><b>John Walsh <\/b>on trumpet: John is an American trumpet player has performed and recorded with the best Latin jazz orchestras in the States. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><b>Mat Jodrell<\/b> on Trumpet: Born in Australia, Mat Jodrell is one of the leading voices on the trumpet today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Silvano\u00a0Monasterios<\/strong>\u00a0on piano: Composer and producer originally from Venezuela. He has worked with Ira Sullivan, Larry Coryell,\u00a0Paquito D’Rivera, Dave Valentin, Arturo Sandoval, Nestor Torres, David Lee Roth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Alex Brown<\/strong> on Rhodes: one of the great new young piano players in the jazz scene today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Chris Washburne<\/strong> on trombone: Chris\u00a0has been hailed as “One of the best trombonists in salsa…” by The New York Times and \u201cone of the most important trombonist performing today\u201d by JazzChicago magazine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ole Mathisen<\/strong> on tenor sax: Originally from Norway Ole is one of the most inspiring and original sax players in the jazz scene today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1100\" src=\"http:\/\/gabrielaanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/042_GAb55jcs_2_6_15-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"042_GAb55jcs_2_6_15\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gabrielaanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/042_GAb55jcs_2_6_15-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gabrielaanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/042_GAb55jcs_2_6_15.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"i73cl9a7\" class=\"txtNew\" data-packed=\"true\">\n<h4 class=\"font_5\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">A New York Story:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How did\u00a0Los Dukes\u00a0start?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"font_8\">\u201cScott Ellard, owner of the 55 bar in New York, asked if I was interested in doing a Latin Jazz night at the club. I put a band together and we started doing standards, \u201cQuimbara,\u201d \u201cToro Mata,\u201d boleros, cha chas. It sounded good. After the first show I was in a taxi coming back to the East Village and \u201cAin\u2019t Got Nothing But The Blues\u201d was playing on the radio.\u00a0I guess because I had all those latin rhythms floating in my head I started to hear the song with a Latin beat. As soon as I got home I did an acapella arrangement in protools. I later transcribed my vocal parts for the band\u2019s instrumentation with Sibelius, a software completely new to me. I brought that first arrangement to the next rehearsal and was surprised that it sounded good! I started sifting through all the Ellington I could find in my collection and on youtube, thinking of how to present those great songs with all these Latin rhythms I was considering. I kept writing arrangements and as the months went by the gigs continued and we started to have a sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>\u00a0Is it difficult for\u00a0a woman musician\u00a0to lead an all-male band?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">\u201cI was a bit insecure at first as an arranger – not really from a gender perspective but from lack of experience – but I soon accepted that there would be a period of try, try, learn, then try some more. Each arrangement got better and better. It was thrilling! The guys were super supportive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">\u00a0There aren\u2019t many role models out there right now other than Maria Schneider, but I started in the business when I was quite young and I\u2019ve always been something of a \u2018woman in a man\u2019s world\u2019 as many of us have. I\u2019m comfortable with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>What kind of rhythms do you explore in Los Dukes?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">\u201cAs many rhythms from Latin America as we can; the idea is that each song represents a tribute from a specific Latin American culture to the genius of Ellington. \u201cIt Don\u2019t Mean A Thing\u201d is a Cuban salsa,\u00a0 \u201cA Train\u201d is a Jamaican reggae, \u201cCaravan,\u201d an Argentinian tango and so forth. We do \u201cAin\u2019t Got Nothing But The Blues\u201d as a Puerto Rican cha cha! All these rhythms are so very different from each other. It\u2019s a really, really fun band. I love this music.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1102\" src=\"http:\/\/gabrielaanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/321_GAb55jcs_2_11_15-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"321_GAb55jcs_2_11_15 (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gabrielaanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/321_GAb55jcs_2_11_15-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gabrielaanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/321_GAb55jcs_2_11_15-1.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Additional information about Gabriela Anders ‘Los Dukes’\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recorded at <strong>Avatar<\/strong> studios NYC, <em>Systems2<\/em> Brooklyn NY and <strong>Moma<\/strong> Buenos Aries.\u00a0Mixed by Fernando Martinez.\u00a0<strong>Front CD photo<\/strong>: Justin Bettman.\u00a0<strong>Make up\/Hair<\/strong>: Liam Dunn.\u00a0<strong>Art work:<\/strong> Will Wakefield<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Gabriela Anders’ Los Dukes now available@<a href=\"https:\/\/gabrielaanders.bandcamp.com\">Bandcamp.com<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabriela Anders’ Los Dukes now available@Bandcamp.com Los Dukes\u00a0is a new 9 piece band arranged and directed by Gabriela Anders, featuring songs from the Duke Ellington\u2019s catalog done in wildly distinctive Latin American styles.\u00a0A Latina\u2019s tribute to the music of Duke Ellington. 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