BATA IRE is comprised of musicians looking to the past to bring a new music forward.

Steeped in Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian tradition and musical experience, bandleader Emilio Caruso has assembled some of the finest musicians Phoenix has to offer... Borrowing from the ancient repertoire of Bata, Rumba, Iyesa, Makuta, Arara, Abaqua, Samba, Baio, Batucada, Candomble, Plegaria, Egun and countless others.

BATA IRE makes these rhythms come alive in a marriage with the modern sounds of jazz, funk, blues, and contemporary percussion music.

BATA IRE presents an experience that not only moves the body
- it shakes the soul.