Productions Nuits d’Afrique presents

Team Salsa Sextet

Team Salsa Sextet is a Montreal-based band led by Marc Knight, a New York native, who blends New York and Afro-Caribbean salsa styles, drawing from their experience accompanying international salsa artists to preserve and propagate the authentic essence of salsa. The group formed by musicians from different countries who wish to express the rich essence of the Afro-descendant rhythms of ”Salsa del Barrio” with the power of the trombones, the haunting harmonies and the energy of the percussion.

“Salsa is not a rhythm, it’s a concept” (Willie Colón, pioneer of the “New York Sound” in the 1970s). Salsa emerged organically from immigrant communities in the heart of the Big Apple, with a melting pot of rhythms propelled by the Latin American diaspora, especially Cuban and Puerto Rican, in a bursting effort to forge a distinct identity against a backdrop of social demands. Inspired by the improvisational spirit of jazz and rock, it is a fusion of genres that emphasize the African roots of the traditional rhythms that have shaped Caribbean folk music since the 16th century. Team Salsa Sextet cultivates this passion for life, for being alive and for dancing, through the fervour of percussion and power of brass vibes.

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CABARET ACOUSTIQUE NUITS D’AFRIQUE – at the Club Balattou
The legendary Club Balattou is happy to welcome you with the “Cabaret acoustique Nuits d’Afrique”.
You will be able to enjoy live performances every week, from Thursday to Sunday, at 9pm. A musical rendez-vous, which lets you travel through Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, not to be missed !

Club Balattou
4372 Boul. Saint-Laurent,
Montreal, H2W 1Z5