We are pleased to present to you GOZA - an engaging Latin musical ensemble comprised of Connecticut’s most seasoned and versatile musicians.
GOZA (Spanish for Joy) performs exciting music and dance rhythms from Latin America, Brazil and Spain with guitar, violin, horns, Latin percussion and beautiful, romantic vocals.
Goza rhythms include: samba, salsa, bachata, rumba, cha-cha, cumbia, flamenco, tango, and bolero.
Covers include many Latin standards plus music of Jobim, Tito Puente, Gipsy Kings, Buena Vista, Selena, Beatles, Santana, Stevie Wonder, Van Morrison, Guns & Roses and many originals.
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Pick up a copy of Goza's debut self-titled CD "Goza" which contains a mixture of Latin standards, original compositions by David Giardina as well as wonderful arrangements by Jeff Taylor. Available in hard copy CD or as digital downloads.
As the first strains of Dizzy Gillespie’s “Tanga” drifted out over a series of al fresco dinner tables at Neighborhood Music School, Brian Wallace inched toward the front of the stage, his trumpet pressed to his lips with some urgency. A trilling rang out, followed by that loping Gillespie strain that is so overwhelmingly pleasant, then impossible to tear your ears away from. Audience members shimmied — hesitantly first, then not hesitantly at all — and shook just a[...]
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