Wild Mango

The rhythms from the world are combined through the heavily syncopated music of Oakland, CA-based septet Crazy Mango. Performing an assortment of traditional music, including “La Bamba”; the Egyptian tune “Salem Alei”; pop classics (Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s “THE APPEARANCE of Like); and unique tracks, the group crafts a smooth blend of worldwide sounds. The people of Crazy Mango are veterans from the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Bay Region music picture. Percussionist Michaelle Goerlitz, who has specialized in Latin and Brazilian rhythms, offers played and/or documented with Adriana Moreno, Spirit Sauce, Orquesta Once, Patrick Palomo, Barbara Higbie, Rhiannon, as well as the Blazing Redheads. Electric powered bassist Jan Martinelli offers appeared on a lot more than two dozen albums and spent some time working with Holly Near, Linda Tillery, Terry Garthwaite, Robin Bloom, as well as the Blazing Redheads. Woodwind participant and vocalist Donna Viscuso continues to be equally inspired from the saxophone playing of Maceo Parker and Hank Crawford aswell as by jazz flute players Dave Valentin, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Herbie Mann. A previous person in Los Angelitos, keyboardist Bob Crawford offers toured with Michael Franti’s music group Spearhead. Electric powered violinist and vocalist Sandi Poindexter is definitely a much-respected jazz musician who toured with Dizzy Gillespie and Joe Williams. She is constantly on the balance her participation with Crazy Mango with performances with John Handy’s Course as well as the Cuban music group Orquesta La Moderna Tradición. Lead vocalist Gloria Amaral comes from a history in gospel music and Latin groupings. She spent 3 years using the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, twelve months using the organization’s ensemble, and caused salsa rings including Ra dian te, Candela, and Cadencia. An all-female group she helped type, Dulce Mambo, provides since merged with Orquesta Once. Crazy Mango’s drummer, Curt Moore, provides performed on many advertisements and jingles and spent some time working with Chuck Berry, Ray Dark brown, and Bernadette Peters. A instructor in the jazz college at School of California in Berkeley, Moore may be the co-leader from the Latin jazz music group Soul Sauce.