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"Tropicale is one of Chicago's finest Latin groups."
-Howard Reich Chicago Tribune
"Folks in Chicago have been raving for years about Marshall Vente's particularly satisfying brand of Latin Americn influenced jazz."
-Arts Midwest
"Just wanted to thank you very much for an excellent performance at our summer outing on the Windy sailboat. It was a super event in terms of the weather, the catering and the band which was perfect for our party. The music was so relaxing we all wanted to stay on the boat all night and just enjoy."
-Julia C. Adams, Rreef Funds
"Thanks so much to you and Tropicale for your wonderful performance as a part of our Summer Breeze Concert Series, it was a great show and we are still receiving glowing reports from many of the 1,000+ who were in attendance that evening. It was the perfect music for a summer evening!"
-Betsy Armistead, Director, Prairie Center for the Arts
"Marshall Vente loves a party!"
-Fred Bouchard Bossa
"Folks in Chicago have been raving for years about pianist Marshall Vente's particularly satisfying brand of Latin American influenced jazz. It's authentic, it's perfected and the leader capably stretches and shapes his music, updating it and augmenting it to fit modern themes. There is never a dull moment... "
-Nancy Ann Lee, Arts Midwest Jazz
"For years, longtime Chicago jazzman Marshall Vente has infused his music with a tropical flavor that has delighted fans at local jazz clubs, like Pops for Champagne, the Green Mill and Andy's"
-Barbara Vitello, Daily Herald
"This is to declare that "Tropicale with Marshall Vente" had an excellent performance as musical entertainers at the "Brasilian Night" sponsored by General Electric Company during the Congress organized by the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago."
-Danilo Talanskas, GE Sistemes Medicos, Brasi
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Temple sang "Flor di Lis" on the Tropicale CD and appears with Marshall several times a year
Javier Gonzales, percussion, from Venezuala
Master percussionist Jose Gregorio, from Venezuela
Isi Perez, percussion of Cuban heritage
Jim Batson
Tropicale has two repetoires: one for festivals, concerts and club dates; and, another for parties, events and receptions. The first concentrate on the art and jazz side; and, the latter presents the commecial side (Hot Hot Hot, steel drum music, Jimmy Buffett, ... all dance and party music). A tropical wave breaks on the beaches of Chicago! Brazilian, Caribbean and Latin jazz presented with a festival of fun and excitement.
Featuring the stars of the CD recording "Tropicale" Tropicale plays to wildly enthusiastic audiences with its percussive rhythms, sparkling horns, steel drums and trio of vocalists. From classical Brazilian composers to Jimmy Buffett, Tropicale is a fresh mix poured straight from Marshall's blender.
Elegant tropical music for special events, theme parties, galas, fund-raisers, receptions, awards dinners, conventions, festivals, concerts, cruises, dinner dances and all gigs with palm trees and boatdrinks!
Specializing in all forms of Brasilian, Caribbean and Latin music with jazz: Brasilian bossa nova & samba. Latin salsa, songo, meringue. Caribbean soca, reggae, limbo & calypso. A young pan cultural group, featuring some of Chicago's finest artists including. Colleen Timler and Clyde Sandquist -vocals Isidiro Perez, timbales & percussion, Luiz Ewerling -drums/percussion, Jose Gregorio or Javier Gonzalez -congas & percussion, Glenn Reitsma -acoustic/electric guitars & vocals, Jim Batson -bass & vocals Marshall Vente -piano, keyboards, vocals, conductor and MC
Leo Gandleman, Brazil's top saxophonest and guest soloist on the Tropicale CD
Neville York of St. Maarten often performs with "Tropicale" (See Neville's Page)
Brasilian guitarist / vocalist, Paulinho Garcia, has made many guest appearances with Tropicale
Glenn Reitsma on acoustic classical guitar
Master drummer, Luiz Ewerling, from Brasil "The Samba School in one person!"
You may contact Marshall Vente?
by phone at: (630) 968-3339
or by e-mail at
or by mail to:
Marshall Vente?
6311 S. Fairview Avenue
PMB #215
Westmont, IL 60559
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