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JUNGLE FIRE

Aug 13, Sunday - 6:45pm
200 Park Stage

The JUNGLE FIRE sound is a deep foray into Afro/Latin Funk with an approach that is authentic and highly explosive! The Los Angeles-based TropiFunk juggernaut pulls its influences from the music of legends such as Irakere, Ray Barretto, James Brown, Fela Kuti and Manu Dibango (just to name a few) while creating a melting pot of Afro-Caribbean and West African rhythms with heavy breakbeat funk.

JUNGLE FIRE’s members’ diverse musical and cultural backgrounds are a  direct reflection of the musical and cultural landscape of Los Angeles, with the city’s unique international and multicultural mix of sounds and flavors being critical components of the group’s sound. Individually and  collectively, JUNGLE FIRE’s musicians have recorded, toured and/or  played with Stevie Wonder, Breakestra, Ozomatli, Rhye, Quantic, Alice  Russell, De La Soul, La Santa Cecilia, Celia Cruz, Natalia Lafourcade, LCD Soundsystem, U2, The Greyboy Allstars and Kelis among many others.

JUNGLE FIRE’s live performances serve up a healthy dose of originals and  deep Afro/Latin Funk covers all cooked up together in a live mix-tape style, ensuring an energy that is nothing short of burning. Juno Records (UK) accurately sum up the JUNGLE FIRE live show experience: “Few bands live up to their name in the way JUNGLE FIRE do… each JUNGLE FIRE  jam blazes the floor with real power”. 

JUNGLE FIRE’s members’ diverse musical and cultural backgrounds are a  direct reflection of the musical and cultural landscape of Los Angeles, with the city’s unique international and multicultural mix of sounds and flavors being critical components of the group’s sound. Individually and  collectively, JUNGLE FIRE’s musicians have recorded, toured and/or  played with Stevie Wonder, Breakestra, Ozomatli, Rhye, Quantic, Alice  Russell, De La Soul, La Santa Cecilia, Celia Cruz, Natalia Lafourcade, LCD Soundsystem, U2, The Greyboy Allstars and Kelis among many others.

JUNGLE FIRE’s live performances serve up a healthy dose of originals and  deep Afro/Latin Funk covers all cooked up together in a live mix-tape style, ensuring an energy that is nothing short of burning. Juno Records (UK) accurately sum up the JUNGLE FIRE live show experience: “Few bands live up to their name in the way JUNGLE FIRE do… each JUNGLE FIRE  jam blazes the floor with real power”. 


Personnel

Sean Billings – trumpet
Sam Robles – baritone sax, flute
Patrick Bailey – guitar
Judson McDaniel – guitar
Joey Reina – bass
Sam Halterman – drums
Alberto Lopez – percussion
Steve Haney – percussion