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Occidental Brothers Dance Band International 2009 Summer Tour??
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Afropop Worldwide, Occidental Brothers Dance Band International 2009 Summer Tour?? >>
Chicago's Occidental Brothers Dance Band International plays classic Central and West African dance music-specializing in soukous, Highlife, Rumba, Dry Guitar, and other delights from the great continent. The multi-racial band mixes their backgrounds in traditional African music, jazz, and underground rock to bring these classic sounds to life.
Guitarist Nathaniel Braddock leads the group. Braddock has lived and studied in Ghana and teaches African guitar at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. He's a veteran of Chicago's indie-rock scene, playing with many bands including Edith Frost, and the Zincs. Greg Ward joins Braddock on alto saxophone. Ward is a rising star of Chicago's jazz scene, playing with Hamid Drake, Ernest Dawkins, and the Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble. Handling trumpet and vocal duties is Kofi Cromwell of the much-celebrated Western Diamonds (voted Ghana's best highlife band many times). The engine is fellow Western Diamond Asamoah Rambo who brings his energetic style and spirit to the trap drums. Young Puerto Rican bass-ace Joshua Ramos plays upright. 05/20/09 >> go there
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