A tropical wave breaks on the beaches of Chicago! Brazilian, Caribbean and Latin music presented with a festival of fun and excitement. Tropicale™ plays to wildly enthusiastic audiences with its percussive rhythms, sparkling horns, steel drums, vocalists and great piano. From classic Latin and Brazilian composers, to hot Latin dance music, a touch of Jimmy Buffett and some rock & roll for the gringos, too. Tropicale is a fresh mix poured straight from musical director Marshall Vente's blender!
Also, availavle with the Samba I Dance ensemble: hot, sexy dancers direct from Brazil complete with costumes from Carnival in Rio!
"Folks have been raving for years about Marshall Vente's particularly satisfying brand of Latin-American influenced jazz" - Arts Midwest
"Tropicale is one of Chicago's finest Latin groups." - Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune
"Marshall Vente loves a party!" - Fred Bouchard, Bossa Magazine
"Your orchestra was amazing and the tropical touch helped make the evening sizzle with excitement" - DuPage Children's Museum Gala 2002
"Starting of the show were Marshall Vente and Tropicale from Chicago, who captivated the audience with their music. The momentum was never lost. Tropicale's wild rhythms, fantastic solos on bongos,guitar, keyboards and drums alternated with top vocals and exciting Cuban dance performances." - Daily Herald, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
"Marshall Vente's Tropicale was a cut above many of the Brazilian-oriented releases that came out in 1996." - Alex Henderson, www.allmusic.com
"Tropicale stands out as the most eclectic of Marshall's bands: in it Vente blithely incorporates jazz and world-music pop, focusing on the sounds of Brazil but making use of specifically Afro-Cuban rhythms as well." - Neil Tesser, Critic's Choice, Chicago Reader
"Vente is a Chicago institution: a fluent keyboardist and an imaginative composer arranger who specializes in Latin music." - Critic's Choice, Isthmus, Madison, WI
"If you want to know anything about Brazilian music, Marshall Vente is the right guy to contact." - BOSSA Brazilian Jazz World Guide
"Tropical had an excellent performance as musical entertainers at the 'Brazilian Night' sponsored by General Electric during the Congress organized by the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago." - Danilo Talankas, GM, GE Medical Systems, Brazil
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