Tropicale

A tropical wave breaks on the beaches of Chicago! Brazilian, Caribbean and Latin music presented with a festival of fun and excitement! Featuring the stars of the CD recording “Tropical,” Tropical p[lays to a wildly enthusiastic audiences with its percussive rhythms, sparkling horns, steel drums, vocalists and great piano. From classic Latin and Brazilian composers, to hot Latin dance music, a touch of Jimmy Buffet and some rock and roll for the gringos too. Tropical is a fresh mix poured straight from Marshall’s blender.

Also available with the Samba 1 Dance Ensemble: beautiful and handsome dancers direct from Brazil complete with costumes from Carnival in Rio!

“Folks have been raving for years about Marshall Vente’s particular satisfying brand of Latin-American influences jazz.”  - Arts Midwest

“Tropical is one of Chicago’s finest Latin groups.” – Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

“Marshall Vente loves a party!” – Fred Bouchard, Bossa Magazine

“Your orchestra was amazing and the tropical touch helped make the evening sizzle with excitement.”  -Du Page Children’s Museum Gala 2002

“Starting off the show were Marshall Vente and Tropical from Chicago, who captivated the audience with their music. The momentum was never lost, Tropical’s wild rhymes, fantastic solos on bongos, guitar, keyboards and drums alternated with top vocals and exciting Cuban dance performance.” - Daily Herald, St. Maarten Nertherlands Antilles

“Marshall Vente’s Tropical was a cut above many of the Brazilian-oriented releases that came out in 1996.” – Alex Henderson, www.allmusic.com

“Tropical stand out as the most electric of Marshall’s bands: in it Vente blithely incorporates jazz and world-music pop, focusing on the sounds of Brazil but making use of specifically Afro-Cuban rhythms as well.”  - Neil Tesser, Critic’s Choice, Chicago Reader

“Vente is a Chicago institution: a fluent keyboardist and an imaginative composer arranger who specializes in Latin music.” – Critic’s Choice, Isthumus, Madison, WI

“If you want to know anything about Brazilian music, Marshall Vente is the right guy to contract.” – BOSSA, Brazilian Jazz World Guide

“Tropicale had an excellent performance as musical entertainers at the ‘Brazilian Night’ sponsored by General Electric during the Congress organize by the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago.” – Danilo Talanskas, GM, GE Medical Systems, Brazil

Tropicale Audio Samples