PASSION! GROOVE! ROOTS!
sweet melodies, funky riffs and tasty grooves!
AFRIKA GENTE (pronounced "hen-tay") evolved from a Latin jazz and folk dance band to a collaborative of excellent, multi-generational players, with Afro-Latin jazz Diaspora.
Our "folk" repertoire includes drumming, dancing, singing and folkloric instruments.
The collaborative crosses genres into dance, spoken word poetry, theater and visual arts.
REPERTOIRE
Raw Codfish
Cachao's Descarga
Afro-Blue
Satin Doll
Mack the Knife
A Train
Girl From Ipanema
Black Nile
Blue Bossa
Day by Day
Summertime
Them There Eyes
Beyond the Sea
Jamaica Farewell
It Don't Mean a Thing
Featured Performances
- Linden Ponds Assisted Living, Hingham
- Epoch Assisted Living, Newton
- Unquity House, Milton
- Winter Valley, Milton
- Goddard House, Brookline
REPERTOIRE
Listen to Music Samples
Afro Blue
Brazilian Dorian Dream
Raw Codfish
Nuyorican Nights
Cachao's Descarga
Capullito de Aleli
Maria Cervantes
Sandunga Mofongo
Here Comes the King
Mambo Influenciado
Ran Kan Kan
Vamos P'al Monte
Linda Chicana
Mambo Inn
Wave
Old Lady Walk a Mile and a Half
O'Nosso Amor
Cuban Descarga
Band Performances
- House of Blues
- Jamaica Plain Open Studios
- Jamaica Plain World's Fair
- Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center
- Massachusetts State House
- Mayor's Office "Hub On Wheels" fundraiser
- Middle East Club
- Ryles Nightclub and Restaurant
- Sociedad Latino
- Spontaneous Celebrations'
- ~Tropical Fiesta &
- ~Wake up the Earth Festival
- Waltham River Festival
- Hibernian Hall
- Roslindale Farmers Market
- Taste of Roslindale
- Circle the City - Boston
- Waltham Farmers Market
- Sustainability Guild
- Cleary Sq. Traffic Jam
- Urban Edge Annual Meeting
- Missions for Children Gala
- Hyde Sq. Task Force
- BB&N School
- Camp Harborview
- Casa Nueva Vida
COLLABORATORS - across genres
COLLABORATIONS
AFRIKA GENTE "VINTAGE"
...brings back the magical music from golden era of jazz and Latin, performed especially for seniors - featuring vocalist Fulani Haynes.
Event Producer & Teaching Artist
Performance, Education, Health
Cultural Studies, Drums and Dance
Cornell Coley, M. Ed.