Results for "Roberto Vizcaíno"

Irakere 50 at SFJAZZ Center

by Harry S. Pariser
March 5, 2024

Irakere 50SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, California February 15, 2024 On April 25, 1973, the Santiago de Cuba stadium saw a historic event when Irakere (an eight-member band whose name means “forest" in Yoruba) debuted. Attendees had never experienced anything quite like it before. The musicians, all originally members of the ...

Roberto Jr Vizcaino

Roberto Jr Vizcaino comes from the new generation of Cuban percussionists, who preserve and respect the traditions of their culture, fusing and recreating them into both modern and classic. Born into music and global percussion – Roberto, his father Roberto Vizcaino and is also inspired and influenced by true Latin greats including Chucho Valdez, Giovanni Hidalgo,  Karl Perazzo, Horacio El Negro Hernandez, Luis Conte, Richard Bona, Cory Henry, Paquito d' Rivera, Michel Camilo and Joe Lovano, to name a few. He’s played main festivals and stages including the North Sea Jazz-Holland, Montreux Jazz Festival, Womadelaide- New Zealand, Nice Jazz Festival-France, Montreal Jazz Festival and the famous The Hollywood Bowl to name the most recent

Juan Pablo Torres: Together Again

By Juan Pablo Torres

Label: Pimienta Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: When Day Breaks; Slide Force; Salt and Pepper; Ache; Moonlight Serenade; Torres and Turre; Pennsylvania 6-5000; Yunfa; All Rhythm Ahead; Blowing Up