HAVANA INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2019
The 34th edition of Havana’s International Jazz Festival is around the corner. Havana will be the place to be for jazz lovers from the United States from January 13th through January 20th, 2019!
We will be offering two unique workshops this year during the Havana Jazz Plaza Festival, one is conducted by the Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro, the Cuban group created in 1927 by Ignacio Piñeiro Martinez, which is credited with popularizing the son musical style. The septet is on its fourth generation of musicians and has never stopped performing in its almost one-hundred-year history. In the 1930’s Piñeiro added a trumpet to his sextet, and thus created the signature sound of Cuban soneros for history. The Septeto Pineiro was nominated for a Grammy in 2004 and won a Cuba Disco in 2016. They have performed in the United States on several occasions, including their most recent visit in January 2016, and have played in Chicago, Miami, New York City, Phoenix, San Francisco, and across the globe, in Japan and Russia to Colombia and Canada.
The other is a Jazz Workshop presented by world class, contemporary, Cuban musicians led by Julito Padron, and featuring Juan Carlos Marin Elosegui, Adel Gonzalez, Omar Gonzalez, Jorge Reyes, Oliver Valdes Rey, Javier Salva, and more. This is an incredible experience through which guests interact on a one to one basis with some of the best musicians in Cuba. Any visitor to the island who appreciates quality music should not miss this opportunity!
See you in at the Havana International Jazz Festival 2019!
By Frank Gonzalez