Motimba rocks Bangladesh audience
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Bangladesh looks exactly like Cuba, with the same weather and same mosquitoes, said Javier Camillo, the vocalist of the London-based Afro-Cuban funk jazz band Motimba at the concert at Radisson Hotel Friday evening.
Organised by Excalibur Entertainment, the Motimba concert rocked the Dhaka audience with their superb performances combining Latin jazz, Afro beats and Cuban rumba amidst fervent cheering and applause.
‘Motimba brings together members from different continents with a view to bridging the gap between diverse cultures’, said the band leader Kishon Khan, a Bangladesh-born British, while introducing the band members at the beginning of the concert.
In the concert, Cuban singer Javier Camillo was on vocals and percussion, Kishon Khan on Keyboard and on back-up vocals, Cuban Jimmy Martinez on bass and on back-up vocals, and Robin Banerjee, a Kolkata-born British, on guitars.
Among others, Cuban Oreste Noda was on Congas and the British nationals Graeme Flowers on trumpet, Tansay Ibrahim on drums and Justin Thurgur on trombone.
At the beginning, the band performed three back-to-back Cuban jazz numbers. Then the troupe shifted to African music featuring Nigerian beats. Back again to Cuban jazz, they performed the most appealing song ‘She’s my beautiful land’. Kishon translated the title to the audience.
After an interval, they rendered another Nigerian song ‘Freedom’. While talking about this song, Kishon said, ‘This is a song about the spirit of freedom that has always inspired us.’
Members of the audience danced to give the troupe some vibes. They danced with their favourite numbers.
Responding to the request from the audience, the band performed the Cuban jazzes even after their scheduled time. ‘You are really a wonderful audience’, Kishon concluded.
A number of Bangladeshi singers enjoyed the concert. Shaheen Samad, Jewel and Bangla Band’s Bono, among others, expressed their overwhelming joy about the concert. ‘I really liked the concert. I think more foreign bands including those that have something in common with Bangladeshi music, should perform in Bangladesh and vice versa’, said Jewel
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