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

Dorance Lorza and Sexteto Café perform their signature instrumental Mambos as a Quintet.

Active since 1996, Sexteto Café is a staple of London’s salsa scene, with nine albums spanning salsa dura, Latin jazz, and more. Their 2022 album Circles of Time featured 28 musicians and explored rhythms from Mambo to Cha Cha Cha and Cumbia. Their recorded music is widely played throughout the world, frequently heard on Colombian national and international latin radio.

Line-up:

Vibraphone: Dorance Lorza
Grand Piano: Anna Gillespie
Bass: John Carlos Ayarde
Timbales: Philip Kapadia
Congas: Julian Arenas

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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.