Rumbafrica

Camelia Latin Jazz


The Camelia Latin Jazz Ensemble is a group that exists as a trio, quartet, quintet and sextet. Its leader Roderick Camelia is well versed in all popular Latin and Caribbean styles, and has added jazz improvisation not only to the salsa rhythm (which is more common), but also to the merengue, cumbia and the bachata, creating this way a very unique type of latin jazz.

Roderick says:  We play both Latin and American covers, but we add a latin flavor to the american ones to make them more interesting and special.  We can be as soft or as lively as needed. For soft music we perform mostly bossa novas, boleros, bachatas and cha-chas; and for more lively music we do salsa, merengue, cumbia and calypso.