B-Side Players
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Saturday, August 13, 2011 | AT&T Main Stage | 12pm
The B-Side Players make music without boundaries. They are a San Diego based band that incorporates the sounds of Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, and Brazil with the funk, rock, jazz and hip-hop rhythms of their homeland. The band also drops a bit of Cumbia, gritty street Samba, Son Montuno and Jarocho into the mix. The B-Side Players honor the international cross-pollination that has always made music the universal language. They use any beat that catches their ear, regardless of geography or genre, to create a compelling, horn-driven, polyrhythmic groove. “The root of all pop music is African,” says Karlos Paez, the band’s lead vocalist, trumpet player and founder. “Our sound acknowledges that fact. That’s why the music is so soulful. We’re playing the ancient beats that came from Africa to create reggae, son, Afro-beat and funk and mixing ‘em all together.”
Karlos "Solrak" Paez, the man behind the B-Side Players, grew up in a musical family. His father Ezequiel Paez is a trombone player and musical arranger who spent 17 years in Los Moonlights from Tijuana and 10 years in La Banda Del Recodo. The players have expanded their sound by playing with the likes of Harper, Ozomatli, The Wailers, James Brown, War and some of Cuba's best bands. Formed in 1994, they are signed to Jazz label Concord Music Group. On Fire In The Youth is their seventh album.
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“We want our sound to continue to grow until we represent the entire range of Latin music.” —Karlos Paez, B-Side Players
Genre: rock, funk, salsa, hip-hop, reggae
Damian DeRobbio, bass percussion, vocals
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