Les Gwan Jupons lets the good times roll with vintage party music from the French, Spanish, and English-speaking Caribbean: biguine and mazurka from Martinique and Guadeloupe, calypso from Trinidad, cumbia from Colombia, mento from Jamaica, and habanera from Cuba. They translate music from rare Caribbean recordings of the 1930s to 1960s into the context of a contemporary acoustic jazz ensemble, with instrumentation inspired by the biguine bands of Martinique dancehalls in the 1930s.
The band, named in French Creole for the puffy skirts traditionally worn by women at Carnival celebrations, has performed at the de Young Museum, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the Berkeley World Music Festival, and many other Bay Area venues.
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The band, named in French Creole for the puffy skirts traditionally worn by women at Carnival celebrations, has performed at the de Young Museum, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the Berkeley World Music Festival, and many other Bay Area venues.
Les Gwan Jupons lets the good times roll with vintage party music from the French, Spanish, and English-speaking Caribbean: biguine and mazurka from Martinique and Guadeloupe, calypso from Trinidad, cumbia from Colombia, mento from Jamaica, and habanera from Cuba. They translate music from rare Caribbean recordings of the 1930s to 1960s into the context of a contemporary acoustic jazz ensemble, with instrumentation inspired by the biguine bands of Martinique dancehalls in the 1930s.
The band, named in French Creole for the puffy skirts traditionally worn by women at Carnival celebrations, has performed at the de Young Museum, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the Berkeley World Music Festival, and many other Bay Area venues.
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The band, named in French Creole for the puffy skirts traditionally worn by women at Carnival celebrations, has performed at the de Young Museum, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the Berkeley World Music Festival, and many other Bay Area venues.
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Presidio Officers' Club
50 Moraga Ave, San Francisco, CA 94129
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