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March 19, 2014To: Listings/Critics/Features
From: Jazz Promo Services
Press Contact: Jim Eigo, jim@jazzpromoservices.com
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Alex García’s AfroMantra
“This Side of Mestizaje”
CD Release Party
@The New York City Business Club 
Friday, May 2nd 7-10 PMFeaturing

Ole Mathisen-soprano sax
Mike Eckroth- pianist
Ariel de la Portilla- bass,
Alex García-drums, arrangements and compositions


(Cover Photo By Eliseo Cardona)


(photo by Martin Cohen)

Music is the most intimate journey there is. And when music is good, it brings listeners together, fans are pleased and hearts are contented.Drummer and composer Alex García has made this belief the cornerstone of “This Side of Mestizaje” the latest recording of his iconic band AfroMantra. Described by many as “a gorgeous suite of intelligent details,” the album will be released May 6, 2014.

The CD release party will take place on Friday, May 2nd, 2014 in The New York City Business Club, located at 4 West 43rd St Between 5th and 6th Av in Manhattan from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. www.newyorkcitybusinessclub.com

AfroMantra is one of the most refined, sophisticated bands in New York’s Latin jazz scene. It is, as one critic described it, “a lab of rhythms crisscrossing the Americas.” Indeed, the band is the brainchild of Chilean-born, New York-based drummer Alex García, a composer who also believes that sounds celebrate many identities, not one, cultural experiences and artistic heights.

“This Side of Mestizaje” was recorded by soprano sax Ole Mathisen, pianist Mike Eckroth, bassist Ariel de la Portilla and Alex García on drums, arrangements and compositions. AfroMantra has been recording and performing for more than 13 years. Its third CD, “Uplifting Spirit-Espíritu Optimista,” garnered the attention of numerous jazz critics and radio stations around the world. The latest “This Side of Mestizaje” reaches new levels of interaction and beauty through a program of songs that celebrate the art of polyrhythms. Each is a small suite in a suite-like, larger canvas that pays tribute to many sounds of the Americas. This is what AfroMantra does best: to ride the different American sounds in an effortless way.

“Even in the beginning, we all felt that the band was like a musical family,” says Alex García. “But now, of course, the spirit of togetherness is more intimate, more tight and more telepathic. We aim for beauty and surprises, leaving spaces to learn more and enjoy the music.”

Born in Santiago, Chile, raised first in Lima, Perú and then Havana, Cuba, Alex García hails from a family of artists and musicians: his father, Fernando García Arancibia, is a prestigious contemporary composer who has seen his work performed by many important Latin American and European musicians; his mother, Hilda Riveros Wainstein, was an accomplished choreographer and dancer who after being the First Dancer at the National Ballet of Chile, worked for many years with her own modern dance company, Ballet Moderno de Camara in Lima, Perú; she then went to Cuba to become staff dancer and choreographer for Ballet Nacional de Cuba, and again to Chile to the Ballet Nacional Chileno and Ballet del Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile.

Alex graciously has dedicated this new release to her late mother as a way to say thank you for all the positive influences and impact she and his father have made on him.

“Music was not something I decided to follow,” says García; “even though I started a little late (17 years old), I believe music was always part of my DNA, part of who I am. I would say that music has been the passion that pushes me to live and create.”

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March 19, 2014To: Listings/Critics/Features
From: Jazz Promo Services
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Jazz and Cabaret vocalist
SAMANTHA CARLSON
Appearing @
The Metropolitan Room

Saturday, March 29, 2014
@ 9:30 PM
Line-up: Samantha Carlson, vocals
Keith Ingham, piano
Steve Kaiser, bass
Steve Little, drums

“I would say Samantha is certainly comparable to anyone of the so-called super stars, 
and is deserving to be heard by people who appreciate 
a singer who can truly interpret the lyrics.
 Van Alexander … arranger, band leader, composer.
The Dean Martin Show, Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby
FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION, call 212-206-0440
www.metropolitanroom.com or to buy tickets directly HERE
The Metropolitan Room is located at
34 West 22nd St. (between 5th and 6th Ave.) 
New York, NY 10010

Samantha Carlson
Upcoming Appearances

FRIDAY MARCH 21, 2014
Front Street Pub
9:00-11:00 PM

109 Front Street.
Massapequa Park, NY 11762
(516) 798-7048
SATURDAY MARCH 22, 2014
The Shrine 
6:00-8:00 PM
2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.
New York, New York (Harlem)
(212) 690-7807SATURDAY MARCH 29, 2014
The Metropolitan Room
9:30 PM

34 West 22nd St.
New York, New York 10010

Tickets available HERE
(212206-0440
FRIDAY APRIL 4, 2014
Somethin’ Jazz Club
9:00 PM

212 E. 52nd St. 3rd floor (between 2nd and 3rd Ave.)
New York, New York 10022

(212) 371-7657
SATURDAY APRIL 5, 2014
Silvana

300 West 116th St.
8:00 PM
New York, New York 10026 (Harlem)

(646) 692-4935
SUNDAY APRIL 6, 2014
Thai Rock
7:00-10:00 PM

375 Beach 92nd St.
Rockaway Beach, New York 11693

(718) 945-5111
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