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La Lucha
Bio
La Lucha is a Tampa Bay based trio that consists of three best friends from three different parts of the world: Colombia (Alejandro Arenas), Mexico (John O’Leary), & United States (Mark Feinman). Their music ventures boldly into a wide variety of musical styles, offering an appealing and fun mix of genres under the jazz umbrella. The combination of their musical versatility and varied musical influences makes for compelling virtuosic performances. Through an engaging stage presence and high level of interaction, La Lucha brings the audience into their world.
La Lucha was awarded Creative Loafing’s “Best of the Bay Jazz Ensemble” in 2013, 2014 & 2015; the “Think Small to Think Big Grant,” by Creative Pinellas; featured presenters at TEDxTampa Bay (2014), TEDxUSF (2015) & TEDxDouglasville (2017); and were honored by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, to present a multi- media project raising awareness for Alzheimer’s disease.
The trio has extensive national and international performance experience, including a tour of Italy and France with performances at the “Umbria Jazz Festival” and “Jazz a Juan” in Juan Les Pins. Some highlighted festival performances include; the Clearwater Jazz Holiday, St. Petersburg Jazz Festival, Sarasota Jazz Festival, New Smyrna Beach Jazz Fest, Thin Man Watts Jazz Fest, Chestertown Jazz Festival (Maryland) along with various performances in concert halls throughout the south and mid-atlantic United States. Their debut album, A Cup of Fuzzy Water was released in 2009 and their second self-titled album was released in June 2012. Their third album, Standards, Not-Standards, featuring vocalist Jun, was released in January 2015 on Blue Line Music, and Pa’ Lante, which features all original music, was released in September 2108 on Fuzzy Water Music.
La Lucha will be releasing a new album in spring 2020 on Arbors Records, and it will be produced by world renowned clarinetist, Ken Peplowski.
Press
““The intricate arrangements here reveal imagination and attention to detail...the overall effect is energetic, eclectic and uplifting.””
““Whether closed off from outside influences or embracing big-name players, La Lucha never loses sight of the big picture, musical identity and the need to simply soak everything in. Everybody Wants To Rule The World, in its clever and enjoyable unfolding, celebrates the very notions of acceptance and receptiveness.””
““Instead of telling people about the benefits of ethnic and cultural diversity, sometimes it’s more effective to just show them. And then, all of a sudden, to paraphrase Marshall McLuhan, the medium—jazz in this case—becomes the message.”
”...featuring a guesting Houston Person; more accurately, they join forces to amplify the others’ strengths, to provide the listener with an unforgettable auditory umami.””
Press downloads
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Press Photos
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PErformance Schedule
Videos
La Lucha performs "Jublia Is Working It!" at WUCF's Studio A in Orlando, FL. Alejandro Arenas | Bass John C. O'Leary | Piano Mark Feinman | Drums Jublia Is Working It! was composed by Mark Feinman (ASCAP) IG & FB: @laluchaband www.LaLuchaMusic.com
La Lucha performs "Treaty" at WUCF's Studio A in Orlando, FL. Alejandro Arenas | Bass John C. O'Leary | Piano Mark Feinman | Drums Treaty was composed by Alejandro Arenas (ASCAP) IG & FB: @laluchaband www.LaLuchaMusic.com
La Lucha performs "El Juego" at WUCF's Studio A in Orlando, FL. Alejandro Arenas | Bass John C. O'Leary | Piano Mark Feinman | Drums El Juego was composed by Alejandro Arenas (ASCAP) IG & FB: @laluchaband www.LaLuchaMusic.com
CONTACT
Management & Booking
Mark Feinman
laluchatrio@gmail.com / (727) 458-7030
Record Label // Arbors Records
Rachel Domber
arborsrecords.com / (727) 252-0123