The Closing Night of the XV edition of the Global Cuba Fest closes with a double bill concert featuring the fierce virtuosity and creativity of Jorge Luis Pacheco with special guest star Daymé Arocena, accompanied by Ramses Rodríguez (Drums), Yorgis Goiricelaya (Bass), and Otto Santana (Percussion); and Carlos Averhoff Jr. with Latin jazz legends Harold López-Nussa, Brian Lynch, Nestor Torres, Maggie Marquez and Ahmed Barroso premiering the new album “Together” on Saturday, March 12 at 8:00 p.m. at Miami Dade County Auditorium (2901 W Flagler St, Miami, FL 33135).
FUNDarte and Miami Light Project present 15th edition of Global Cuba Fest, featuring Alfredo Rodríguez with Special Guest Artists in Concert, on March 5th at 8:00 p.m. at North Beach Bandshell, and a double-bill concert featuring Jorge Luis Pacheco and Carlos Averhoff Jr. with Special Guest Artists on March 12th at 8:00 p.m. at Miami Dade County Auditorium.
Age Appropriateness Open to all ages
https://www.jorgeluispacheco.com
http://daymearocena.com/en
http://www.averhoffjr.com
Jorge Luis Pacheco, is a virtuoso pianist, composer, arranger, percussionist and singer. He won the Audience Award and the Jury Award at the Montreux Jazz Piano Solo Competition, Switzerland in July 2014. In 2017 Pacheco also won the best solo and performance award in the jazz contest “Made in New York” in New York City. Monty Alexander exclaims he “defies genre.”
Carlos Averhoff Jr is a Latin Grammy nominated Cuban tenor saxophonist, contemporary Afro-Cuban Jazz composer and educator. All About Jazz names Carlos “a dynamic fresh new voice on the saxophone” and Latin Jazz Network portrays his playing as “quite extraordinarily expressive and beautiful,” further adding, “Carlos Averhoff Jr is a musician who is renowned as a virtuoso soloist.”
Jorge Luis Pacheco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=816uFpWo93M
Daymé Arocena (Special Guest)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTQAGYo5hE
Carlos Averhoff Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdfUCTC8aTw&list=RDtdfUCTC8aTw&start_radio=1
Harold Lopez-Nussa (Special Guest)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pzIzOgIGyg
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