The Mingotan Project is cultivating a mixture of original melodies and versions of jazz and klezmer/sefardic music, but with grooves and feels from Afro-Latino-American music like tango, milonga, candombe, chacarera, samba, baguala, huayno, says, lando, marinera, festejo, cueca, chamame, etc. The result is an intoxicating mix of unique rhythmic-melodic grooves, feels, and textures that allow an audience to travel over the Pan-American freeway.

John is a long-time Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Mingo is an experienced educator and deeply knowledgeable about South and North American, and World Music rhythms and grooves.

Together, they are adept at explaining and demonstrating the application of these authentic rhythmic grooves to standard and original tunes.

Performances at an Afro-Latino-American rhythm workshop at the Next Door Theater, Winchester MA, USA:

Carnavalito (example of Huayno-Saya feel, Bolivia)

Julieta (example of Candombe-Murga feel, Uruguay-Argentina)

Caravan (example of Chacarera feel, Argentina)

Aires Del Altoperu (example of Afro-Peruan Landó, Peru):

Have You Met Miss Jones (example of Milonga feel, Argentina)