CD Cuban Fishes Make Good Dishes, LopLop & Random Chance Records 2004
Ariel Bridon Romeo - vocals, Mark Alban Lotz - concert flute; eric surmenian - bass; javier campos martinez, liber torrientes & jos de haas - percussion

Mark Lotz & Shango's Dance, Raga Colombiana

maarten ornstein - cl;arinet, stefan schmid - piano, jos machtel - bass, hueso - bongo

Mark Lotz & Shango's Dance, Hueso Groove (exerpt)

Jazmin Saavedra, Liesbeth Anker, Estrella Acosta, Jorge Martinez Galan, Ariel Bridon Romeo - vocals, Mark Alban Lotz - concert flute; Maarten Ornstein - clarinet, Marc van Roon - piano; Eric Surmenian - bass; Liber Torrientes - drums; Javier Campos Martinez, Jos de Haas, Jens Kerkhoff - percussion

Mark Lotz & Shango's Dance, The Road of Odua-Obatalá (exerpt)

Mark Lotz & Shango's Dance, Asoyi Track (exerpt)

Jazmin Saavedra, Liesbeth Anker, Estrella Acosta, Jorge Martinez Galan, Ariel Bridon Romeo - vocals, Mark Alban Lotz - concert flute; Maarten Ornstein - tenor sax, Marc van Roon - piano; Eric Surmenian - bass; Liber Torrientes - drums; Javier Campos Martinez, Jos de Haas, Jens Kerkhoff - percussion

Mark Lotz & Shango's Dance, Changos Cloth (exerpt)

"Shango's Dance" performs jazzy interpretations of the songs and dances from the Afro Cuban Santería religious tradition. The powerfull rhythms and chants the West African slaves use to worship their ancestors and gods. It is Eurafrican crossover music that evokes images of African rituals as well as impressions of "Big City Life".

International artists performed and recorded with "Shango's Dance" are a.o. the legendary Amelia Pedroso, Miguel 'Anga' Diaz, Martha Galarraga, soloists of the: Conjunto Folklorico National de Cuba, Conjunto Folklorico de Oriente, Raices, Yoruba Anabo and Clave y Guaguanco, Lucumi, Thelonious Monk Competition prize winner Marc van Roon.

The 'Yoruba Love Affair' started with the encounter between flutist Mark Alban Lotz and Master Bata drummer Javier Campos Martinez in 1996. The musical exchange ended up with three CD recordings - some of them at the ICAIC studios, Havana - featuring many household names among the cognoscenti of the Cuban Orisha music. Soon invitations to attend major music festivals such as The Percuba Festival in Havana and the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Netherlands followed.



Mark Lotz &Shango's Dance