All compositions by Wolle Aretz,

except for "Oasis", composed by Mingo Roque

Recorded at "Stone Temple Studios", Gran Canaria

Here you can listen to the album, download the tunes and read more information about the music and the album.

 

The pianist Mingo Roque and the drummer Wolle Aretz played together for the first time in the 80´s with the Salsa-Latin-Jazz Band “La Sonora Tronera” in several concerts together with the cuban Latin Jazz Band “Irakere” around the pianist Chucho Valdez.

In 2020 they started their recent Jazz Project mainly with original compositions recorded at Wolle´s Stone Temple Studio.

 

La Iguana Blues Band is a group formed in 1991 out of a jam session in a pub in Las Palmas called “La Iguana” where the name was derived.

With the Blues/Rock style of the Canadian singer/guitarist Dave O'Connor the band plays original music and personalized versions by Blues and Rock Groups such as ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Golden Earring, Deep Purple ect. 

In August 2023 La Iguana Blues Band releases the album “ Return of the reptile” with original music recorded during the last years.

The previous album “Eversince” is not longer available.

Here information and the music of the new album:

 

Akashwani (meaning ‘Oracle’ and representing open-mindedness and free thinking as well as spiritual inspiration and freedom, in the founders’ sense; adopted from the same Sanskrit word, the literal translation being ‘Voice From The Sky’) is a music ensemble founded by Kalle Rademacker and Wolle Aretz in 2008 .

Akashwani use music as an oracle through which the spirit speaks.

The music is meditative by nature, having at times a spiritual 'healing' quality.

 

 

Jazz Haydn was founded in 2009.

It is formed by Rayko León on piano, Leandro Ojeda on double bass and Wolle Aretz on drums.

 

The Jazz Quartet "Memorandum" has recorded this album with original compositions of Rayko León, Reinaldo Rivero and Wolle Aretz in 2008.