Sunlightsquare are a Soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 and Latin jazz

Latin jazz

Latin jazz is the general term given to jazz with Latin American rhythms.The three main categories of Latin Jazz are Brazilian, Cuban and Puerto Rican:# Brazilian Latin Jazz includes bossa nova...

 band led by Italian producer Claudio Passavanti. While the band is sometimes cited as "Sunlight Square", the name is presented as "Sunlightsquare" on their releases.

They are primarily based in London

London

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 and record music as well as hosting radio shows, club nights and concerts across Europe.

The group has collaborated with a diverse array of artists, most notably with American drummer Steve Gadd

Steve Gadd

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 and bassist Will Lee.

Recent work

Having formed in 2004, this London based Latin collective are best known for the their cover of Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...

’s “Pastime Paradise”, supported by Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson , is a DJ, record collector and record label owner from London, UK. Through his labels Acid Jazz, Talkin' Loud, and latterly Brownswood Recordings, he has been associated with the careers of well-known artists of the 1990s such as Erykah Badu, Roni Size and Jamiroquai...

 and Joey Negro

Joey Negro

Dave Lee is a British DJ and house music producer, also known by the stage name Joey Negro. Lee was born on the Isle of Wight. He has released music under a variety of pseudonyms, including the name Jakatta...

 among others.



In 2009 Claudio Passavanti recorded a live album in Havana

Havana

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 (Cuba) at Radio Rebelde

Radio Rebelde

Radio Rebelde is a Cuban Spanish-language radio station. It broadcasts 24 hours a day with a varied program of national and international music hits of the moment, news reports and live sport events...

's recording studios.
Released in February 2010 under the name of "Sunlightsquare Latin Combo" Havana Central has obtained critical acclaim. Blues & Soul

Blues & Soul

Blues & Soul is a British music magazine covering black music. Genres covered include soul, R&B, jazz, hip hop, reggae and world music. It was first published in 1966 and is known for first using the term Northern Soul....

magazine described it as "superb".

Discography

• Urban Sessions (2005)
• Mutations For Piano (2006)
• Urban Latin Soul (2008)
• Let's Groove (2009)
• Havana Central (2010)

Singles

• Pastime Paradise (2008)
• I Believe In Miracles (2010)
• Para Guarachar (2010)

External links

• Sunlightsquare — official website.
• Sunlightsquare discography at Discogs
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