Gregorio Uribe is a New York Colombian vallenato jazz singer-songwriter, accordionist, and leader. He is very popular with the ladies and works a range of formats from solo to big band.
Gregorio Uribe in New York City
East Village, Manhattan
Gregorio Uribe celebrates Colombian Independence Day with vallenato jazz; at Drom night club in Manhattan’s East Village; on Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 7pm. From $25. 🇨🇴
Midtown East, Manhattan
Gregorio Uribe presents his first novela, “El Llamado” (The Call); at the Colombian Consulate New York; on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 5pm. 🇨🇴
New York City Venues
Gregorio Uribe
Uribe blends Colombian cumbia and vallenato with other Caribbean traditions such as Cuban timba, Puerto Rican bomba, and Dominican merengue. These blend together well because they are all Indigenous or African Diaspora dance party traditions.
To our ear, he is more vallenato, meaning the Indigenous Andean tradition, than cumbia, meaning the traditions of the African Diaspora on the Caribbean coast. If you don’t know the difference, it’s all cumbia.
Uribe is originally from the Colombian capital Bogotá, deep in the Andes mountains. He’s a graduate of Berklee College of Music, which is famous for producing successful jazz musicians. This guy gets people to dance. His shows are very popular with the ladies.
Albums
“Pluma y Vino” (pen and wine) from 2011, reads to us as a word play on Pablo Escobar’s famous saying “plata o plomo” (silver or lead). It’s a healthy rejection of that way of thinking.
“Cumbia Universal” was released in 2015 (Zoho Music). It features salsa and Latin jazz legend Rubén Blades.
“Hombre absurdo” (2022) was nominated for a Latin Grammy for “Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album.”
Books
“El llamado” (The Call) is Uribe’s first published novel.