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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Los Hermanos Arango Merging West African & Cuban Tr
 aditions Makes US Debut at Berklee\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/e
 vent/detail/441555231/Los_Hermanos_Arango_Merging_West_African_Cuban_Tradi
 tions_Makes_US_Debut_at_Berklee\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-02-21\nEvent Date 
 End: 2012-02-21\n\nLos Hermanos Arango is a seven-piece ensemble from Guan
 abacoa\, Cuba\, Havana's epicenter for Afro-Cuban folkloric culture and We
 st African traditions.  Unaltered ritual voice and hand drumming is at the
  core of the band's sound - rare by most Cuban groups - which also feature
 s electric bass\, keyboards\, brass\, and wind instruments.   Los Hermanos
  Arango &ndash\; joined by Berklee College of Music students\, faculty\, a
 nd alumni -  makes its U.S. debut on Tuesday\, February 21\, 8:15 p.m.\, a
 t the Berklee Performance Center (BPC)\, 136 Massachusetts Avenue\, Boston
 .  General admission tickets are $8 in advance and $12 day of show. Purcha
 se tickets at berkleebpc.com\, call 617-747-2261\, or visit the BPC Box Of
 fice. The BPC is wheelchair accessible.  The concert's organizer is Neil L
 eonard\, professor of electronic production and design.  Leonard is also t
 he artistic director of the Interdisciplinary Arts Institute that broke gr
 ound by bringing Berklee students and faculty to Cuba starting in 2010 for
  collaborations and performances with local students and musicians.  Anoth
 er trip is being planned for the fall.  Also a saxophonist\, Leonard will 
 perform with the group.  Los Hermanos Arango leaders Feliciano and Eugenio
  Arango are the top-call bassist and percussionist in Cuba.  They have tou
 red with Chucho Valdes\, the Afro-Cuban All-Stars\, Pablo Milanes\, Buena 
 Vista Social Club\, and Emiliano Salvador.   Feliciano Arango was a studen
 t of legendary Cuban bassist Orlando 'Cachaito' Lopez.  He has toured with
  seminal pianist/bassist and composer Emiliano Salvador.  Arango was the f
 ounding bassist for N.G. La Banda when he developed a new style of Cuban d
 ance music called timba.  He was responsible for leading Cuban bassists in
 to the new melodic and percussive approach that greatly enhanced the overa
 ll sound of the instrument in Cuban music.   Joining Los Hermanos Arango o
 n stage will be Berklee alumni pianist Isaac Delgado\, percussionist Ali A
 lvarez\, trumpet player Yaure Mu&ntilde\;iz\, and saxophonist Carlos Averh
 off - all sons of important Cuban musicians. Student vocalists Gerami Groo
 ver and Nandy Lopez will perform\, as well.\n\nStart time: 8:15 p.m.
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SUMMARY:Los Hermanos Arango Merging West African & Cuban Traditions Makes U
 S Debut at Berklee
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