This is a traditional colombian song composed by Toto La Momposina. 
Arranged by Karina Colis
Francisco D Larea- guitar
Gabriel Guerrero- Piano
Andress Root- bass
Karina Colis- drums and vocals



Cien años de soledad

original composition by Karina colis .
Gabriel Guerrero-piano
Sharel Cassity-tenor sax
Karina Colis-drums
Erick -Acoustic Bass
Pic by Grecia Palomares

ADVERSIDAD

Samuel Martinez-Keys
Ricardo Emanuel Vega-Bass

ALL BLUES Karina Colis Trio

All music programed produced and mixed by Karina Colis. Vocals recorded by Roman Rojas. New York.

Aguacero E Mayo

An original arrangement I did for this tradicional mexican song, Malagueña Salerosa. I recorded it on july 2012 in San Luis Potosi Mexico at my friend's house, Guillermo Barron. Produced by Roman Rojas 
Mixed by Hoover Lee. 
Karina Colis -drums and lead vocals
Guillermo Barron-Percussion
Samuel Martinez Herrera-Piano
Ricardo Vega-Acoustic Bass

Malagueña Salerosa

Karina's arrangement of a traditional song from Venezuela called Tonto Malembe. 
Karina Colis- Drums & vocals
Gabriel Guerrero-Piano
Luis Guzman-bass
Vocal production and background vocals- Roman Rojas

TONTO MALEMBE

Karina Colis, drummer percussionist and vocalist from San Luis Potosi, Mexico based in New York city, is a touring artist having performed extensively in Mexico, the US, South America, Europe, Asia, and the middle East with several projects that rank from Latin, jazz, world and fusion having appeared in more than one hundred radio stations, TV programs world wide. Karina's work is portrayed in more than fifteen albums including Mango "Mango Blue", Canibalismo "Chicha Libre" Jarana Beat "Despierta mi niño", 'Soñando con Quito" Alex Alvear, among others.

Some of her  highlight performances with several bands from NY and other countries include international festivals and venues such as The Kalcutta Jazz Festival in Kalccuta (Prassana Ramaswamy) International Circuit in Bahrain in the Middle East, (Calpulli Danza Mexicana) Montreal Jazz Festival in Canada, 'Vive Latiino" Mexico city "Fusion Festival" in Germany, "International folk Festival" in Argentina,“Virada Cultural” in Brazil, (an open air festival with a an audience of 300,000 people) New Morning in Paris and Babel Fest in France with the group Chicha Libre . In New York Karina has performed at renown venues such as Birdland jazz club,performing Latin Jazz award wiiner Paquito D rivera, The Zinc Bar , Fat Cat,  Eunconter of Colombian Musicias in NY,  and Zinc Bar (Gregorio Uribe Big Band) Moma Museum of Artt, Linclon Center (Pablo Mayor Quartet)  Smalls jazz club, Bar 55 (with  award winner bass player, John Benitez), Iridium jazz club among many more...

Karina was granted a scholarship from Mexico ,FONCA Fondo Estatal Para La Cultura y las Artes in support of her scholarship in Berklee College of Music, where she graduated summa cum laude in 2006. While in Boston, Karina started gaining experience and performed as a regular basis with pianist/ Berklee Faculty Rebecca Cline (Rebecca Cline jazz trio), singer/composer Mili Bermejo, and was a percussionist and vocalist of Mango Blue, led by Ecuatorian composer and singer/bass player Alex Alvear with whom she also recorded his second CD album "MANGO" and "Soñando con Quito". produced by pianist Alain Mallet (Paul Simon) recorded in Boston MA. With Mango Blue Karina participated at The Bean Town Jazz Fest, Grand Performance festival in Los Angeles, California and the New Heaven jazz festival opening act for Deede Bridge Water where she shared stage with acclaimed mexican drummer Antonio Sanchez. Karina has also shared the stage with international artist Juan Luis Guerra, Acclaimed percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo, Ralph Irrizarry, and has performed professionally with bass player and Latin/Grammy Award winner John Benitez, percussionist Luisito Quintero and saxophonist/award winner Paquito D' Rivera.

Karina's original compositions and arrangements are characterized by a diversity of rhythms and styles, combining the roots of various Latin/South American and world music with fusion and jazz. Karina has performed her music in Dehli, India, Mexico and New York. Just recently many of her compositions have been featured in Raw Channel, a syndicated television series that began production in November of 2010. The show can currently be seen in the United States in over 73 broadcast affiliates in almost 80 million U.S. homes. The series will  be available in a variety of countries internationally in early 2014.

As a music educator, Karina has been faculty Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music in Chennai, India and has also participated in workshops and clinics including the summer program and "The Latin Culture Week" at Berklee College of music. She has also taught drumset clinics at Boys Harbor Conservatory in New York City and the Latin American Jazz Seminary at Centro De las Artes (CEART) drumset clinics at Instituto Potosino de Bellas Artes in her home town San Luis Potosi . 

 


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