Dorance Lorza and Sexteto Cafe at THE SPICE OF LIFE

The Event

Situated smack bang in the middle of Soho, the Spice of Life has had a blend of iconic names through its doors over its long history. Now, HOT VOX brings some of the hottest names on the scene to soundtrack your perfect night in Soho.

Dorance Lorza and Sexteto Cafe play their instrumental Mambos as a Quintet.

All original material was recorded between 1999 and 2024.

Sexteto Cafe have been well known on the London Salsa scene for many years representing the only Latin vibraphone Sextet in the UK. Their recorded music is widely played throughout the world, frequently heard on Colombian national and international latin radio. Their nine albums present a range of work from hard hitting salsa dura to latin Jazz and in 2022 they presented Circles of Time, a instrumental album featuring twenty eight musicians. Many of these instrumental works started life as instrumental mambos although their rhythms include Cha Cha Cha, Cumbia and more.
Come and enjoy and evening of foot tapping latin vibes with Dorance Lorza and his Quintet

Meet the lineup

Dorance Lorza and Sexteto Cafe

Colombian-born band leader and Vibraphone player Dorance Lorza had a very impressive record from back home as a musician, arranger, composer and producer before relocating to the UK in the 90’s; working with the biggest names in Colombian salsa music such as Los Niches, Los Del Caney, Los Titanes, Los Nemus Del Pacifico, Orquesta Canela, Santiago Ceron, La Octava Dimension, Kike Harvey, Cali Aleman and Fruko y su Orquesta. In the UK he has been three times winner at the LUKAS latin UK music awards, awarded an honorary degree from the university of San Buenaventura, Cali Colombia, and been recognised from the secretary of Culture and Tourism for his contribution to Colombian musical culture.

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The details

Key Info

DOORS OPEN

19:00

MINIMUM AGE

Strictly 18+ (I.D may be required)

TICKET PRICE

£20 ADV / £25 OTD

CAPACITY

100

The venue

A pub that has truly stood the test of time… surviving two world wars and retaining its traditional charm. As well as being a listed building, The Spice of Life also has an esteemed musical heritage.

In the 1960’s and 1970’s the venue saw many great acts of the time, such as Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Cat Stevens, Bert Jansch, The Strawbs and Sandy Denny performing here. Then in the heyday of punk in the late 70’s The Spice of Life became a regular haunt for many punk musicians and followers, including The Sex Pistols. In the late 90’s a thriving Jazz Club started up at The Spice, and has attracted many top acts, such as Jamie Cullum, Soweto Kinch, Darius Brubeck & Daryl Sherman.