MEET NEW GUMBO SQUARE BAND MEMBER……
JEAN-YVES Le GRAND-BRÉBAN
(PHOTOGRAPHIC DESIGNER-FRENCH, FRANCE)
ORIGINALLY A MUSICIAN IN A BAND RECORDING IN LONDON, JEAN-YVES HAS DEDICATED THE LAST TWO DECADES OF HIS LIFE PURSUING THE ART HE LOVES…..IN A PERSONAL ADVENTURE TOURING AROUND THE WORLD, DEFINING HIS PATH AS A PHOTOGRAPHER: CAPTURING THE COLOUR OF LANDSCAPES, THE ENERGY OF THE CITIES WITH THEIR SKYSCRAPERS, AND THE PASSION OF PEOPLE HE ENCOUNTERED EVERYWHERE. EVEN MORE SO, HIS PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AS A MUSICIAN AND AS WELL AS HIS EYE FOR THE UNIQUE, HAS ENABLED HIM TO CAPTURE THE PERFECT MOMENTS NO MATTER WHERE HE IS. THAT COMBINATION PLACED HIM IN THE IDEAL SPOT TO VISUALLY DOCUMENT THE GUMBO SQUARE BAND AS WE REACH OUT TO COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE!
MEET NEW GUMBO SQUARE BAND MEMBER……ALE RONZANI
(SOUND ENGINEER, MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, ARTISTIC PRODUCER -ITALIAN, SPAIN)
ALE RONZANI; SOUND ENGINEER, MUSICIAN / COMPOSER AND ARTISTIC PRODUCER, BORN IN BIELLA, A SMALL PROVINCE IN THE NORTH-WEST OF ITALY. SINCE HE WAS A CHILD, MUSIC WAS FOR HIM THE INSPIRATION, AS WELL AS A PASSION, WHICH PROMPTED TO UNDERTAKE, IN A VERY SHORT TIME, THE STUDIES OF PIANO AND, AT THE AGE OF 6, TO TOUCH THE FIRST KEYS OF THAT WHITE AND BLACK KEYBOARD WHICH, SUBSEQUENTLY, WOULD HAVE MADE HIM DISCOVER WHAT HIS PATH WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT AND SOUND.
TODAY HE COLLECTS A CULTURAL AND MUSICAL BACKGROUND AT 360°: THANKS TO THE STUDIES UNDERTAKEN AS SOUND ENGINEER, AND THE DEGREE IN AUDIO PRODUCTION, AND THANKS TO THE DIRECT EXPERIENCES AS A MUSICIAN IN THE ORCHESTRA AND IN THE BANDS OF WHICH HE WAS ALSO SINGER, GUITARIST AND COMPOSER, HE CREATE PARALLEL STUDIOS, AN ARTISTIC PRODUCTION STUDIO BASED IN BENIDORM (SPAIN) AND IN MILAN (ITALY) (WWW.PARALLELSTUDIOS.INFO).
WITH EXPERIENCE ON STAGE AND IN THE STUDIO, HE MET MANY PEOPLE WHO ALLOWED HIM TO WORK IN RECORDING STUDIOS, RADIO, TV PRODUCTIONS, LIVE MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, WHICH LED HIM TODAY TO WORK AS A PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELD.
JOINING FORCES WITH THE GUMBO SQUARE BAND, ALE BRINGS HIS SKILLS AND PASSION TO HELP OTHERS TO THE FOREFRONT!!
Meet New Gumbo Square Band Member…….Grazy Coral
(Drummer, Percussionist. Italy-Spain)
ITALIAN POWERHOUSE DRUMMER, GRAZY CORAL, IS A VETERAN FREELANCE SESSION MUSICIAN, ORIGINALLY FROM VENICE, ITALY, WHO HAS PLAYED WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST MUSICAL ACTS OVER THE LAST THIRTY YEARS.
NOT ONLY AS THE BONEY M DRUMMER TOURING FROM 1980-90, GRAZY IS ALSO WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS WORK WITH THE SUPREMES IN THE UNITED STATES, AS WELL AS WITH STEVE LUKATHER, LEAD GUITARIST FROM 80’S ROCK SUPERSTAR BAND, TOTO. HE’S EVEN PLAYED WITH ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST LEGENDARY ROCK DRUMMERS, STEVE GADD (WHO’S PLAYED WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY!)
NOW THAT GRAZY HAS JOINED THE LINEUP OF THE GUMBO SQUARE BAND, HE ADDS TO THE MIX HIS PASSION FOR REACHING OUT AND HELPING THOSE ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH AN ENERGETIC SMILE, POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND A DESIRE FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
MEET GUMBO SQUARE BAND VOCALIST…
GENEVIÈVE CAVA
(LEAD AND BACKING VOCALIST-FRENCH-MEXICAN, MEXICO)
CAPTURING THE ENERGY AND FIRE OF THE MUSIC SHE SINGS, GENEVIÈVE CAVA’S VOCALS ARE INSPIRED BY LATIN-TINGED BLUES, R&B AND ROCK…AND IT SHOWS! AS A LEAD VOCALIST WITH THE GUMBO SQUARE BAND, SHE IS FEATURED ON TRACKS SUCH AS:
“NOBODY BUT YOU,” “HOW DOES IT FEEL” AND “IT’S TIME TO LET YOU GO” (FROM THE ALBUM, HOW DOES IT FEEL),
AS WELL AS “LONELY HEARTS” (FROM THE LONELY HEARTS ALBUM” AND “RAIN” (FROM THE ALBUM, LE CHEMIN DE DAMAS).
NOW, SHE LENDS HER VOICE TO “ONE GOOD REASON” (FROM THE ALBUM, LE CHEMIN DE DAMAS), BRINGING THE WORDS WRITTEN FROM THE DESPERATE FEELINGS OF AN ADULT AUTISTIC MAN TO LIFE. JOINING HER IN RECORDING THIS INCREDIBLE SONG ARE THE INTERNATIONAL MUSICIANS OF THE GUMBO SQUARE BAND, ALONG WITH SPECIAL GUEST GEOFF BRITTON, FORMER DRUMMER OF PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS.
GENEVIÈVE’S COMMITMENT TO REACH BEYOND BORDERS AND DEFEND THOSE TOUCHED BY BULLYING, LONELINESS, HOMELESSNESS AND AUTISM IS TIRELESS. HER VOICE AND HEARTBEAT ARE AN INTREGAL PART OF THE GUMBO SQUARE BAND’S MISSION TO BE THERE FOR PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE.
NAYRA COSTA
Just in time for Carnival 2020 in Brazil, Latin songstress and special guest, Nayra Costa (The Voice/Brazil), have teamed up to kick off the season with Brazilian rapping sensation, Erivan Produtos do Morro, of the Gumbo Square Band, performing “Levanta e dança”. Capturing the intensity, music, dancing and atmosphere of Carnival, the native vocalists have placed their mark on the song to be remembered by everyone who wants to embrace the dance and celebrate!
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