The Cubop City Big Band celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2005. Time for a party. And because bandleader / percussionist Lucas van Merwijk likes to celebrate Cubop parties with top musicians from sunnier places, Lilian Viera and Izaline Calister were invited to make a vocal contribution to the anniversary tour. Viera is the Brazilian singer of Zuco 103 and Izaline Calister is a jazz singer from
… Curacao. Both have lived in the Netherlands for a long time. The repertoire of the Cubop City Big Band - once named after the New York jazz club Cubop - has been specially compiled for them. Viera will play Pulo Pulo by Brazilian singer Jorge Ben and Esquinas by Djavan. But it only really splashes when Calister performs the Antillean party music with a big band. Cubop City has been convincing for ten years. Also in the Caribbean by the way. (MH)more
