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The XXX edition of the Cartagena Jazz Festival has been closed this weekend snap luxury, three actions have proved a success and left the audience wanting more.
Friday was Macy Gray, who delighted in her unique voice to the fans of classic soul, mixed with roots of old school funk and contemporary influences to create something totally original.
Ten years ago, Macy Gray has earned worldwide recognition thanks to the ballad "I try.
The heiress and renewing of the soul classic, still has a unique voice, drawing on the roots of old school funk and soul, blending them with contemporary influences to create something totally original, which clearly reveals his influences: Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin.
Gray brought to Cartagena The Sellout (The Betrayal), an album made from the heart and a lot of freedom, reflecting the experiences of the artist in recent years he has been away from studies.
On Saturday, the festival's program included another highlight, Buena Vista Social Club Omara Portu and accompanied by the bass girl, Esperanza Spalding.
The extensive training in Cuba, with trumpeter Guajiro Mirabal, Barbarito Torres the virtuoso of the lute, the trombone Aguaje Jesus Ramos, and guitarist / keyboardist Manuel Galban, front, are well known in these parts, and its companion, Omara Portuondo , an original member of Buena Vista Social Club, with its rich, sensual voice even despite the weather.
As for Spalding, the young African-American bassist Oregon, wowed the Cartagena after doing half the world, and did so with Chamber Music Society, a brilliant fusion of strings and vocal jazz trio, which combines elements of jazz, folk and world music with various chamber music traditions.
And the festival drew to a close on Sunday, which has been called the male equivalent of Amy Winehouse, Eli Paperboy Reed and his rhythm & blues elegant and muscular to Otis Redding and Sam Cooke.
The most Bilongo of Cartagena Jazz Festival was the perfect finale to a round of this tournament edition which aims to overcome year after year.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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