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Latin jazz played Montana style

Daily Inter-Lake | UPDATED 19 years, 6 months AGO
| July 1, 2005 1:00 AM

The Riverbend Concert series at Everit L. Sliter Memorial Park in Bigfork continues Sunday at 8 p.m. with Cocinando.

Cocinando is celebrating a decade of bringing Afro-Cuban jazz and tropical Latin dance music to audiences hroughout Montana. The group encompasses a wide range of Latin styles, with raging mambos, jazzy cha-chas, spicy salsas and romantic boleros.

The group is dedicated to the style of Latin jazz and dance music made popular in the late 1940s.

The members of Cocinando are Marcy Holston, keyboards; Angel Rosario, bongos and vocals; Grant Sorlie, vibraphone; Neil Batterson, timbales, Don Rudolph, bass; Judy Lawrence and Celia Hess, vocals; Dylan Dwyer, Dave Bailon and Jeff Groschupf, woodwinds; Dave Lawrence, trombone; Jeff Stickney and Chris Rost, trumpets; and Mark Holston, congas and trombone.

Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for children. Bring your own seating. Concerts move to the Bigfork Elementary School gym in case of rain.

On July 10 is Basement Boy Jimmy & Friends.

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