Downtown Tumbao

About the Artist

Downtown Tumbao, based in Baltimore, is a powerhouse Latin and Latin Jazz band. A multi-generational ensemble, Downtown Tumbao's sound is one of the borderlands that merge Afro-Caribbean and Brazilian beats, creating an original, synergistic mix of Jazz, Samba, Cumbia, Bolero, and Son. The band brings together rising talent of the DMV with seasoned skill, as they experiment at the crossroads of new and perennial themes. Downtown Tumbao grooves with vocals, sax, keyboard, bass guitar, percussion and drums and spotlights high energy rhythms, rich, driving tumbaos and sultry vocals performing the music of Latin America to preserve and reclaim it in an act of restoration and revival.