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Tiempo Libre

“Dance Music of Sophistication and Abandon” – The New York Times “World Class Act…” – London Evening Standard “So hot and danceable that even when you talk about the group, you find yourself moving your hips.” – Richmond Times Dispatch “High-voltage, infectiously danceable Afro-Cuban rhythms with conservatory-bred classical chops.” - The Oregonian Three-time Grammy-nominated Afro-Caribbean music group Tiempo Libre is one of the hottest Latin bands today. Equally at home in concert halls, jazz clubs, festival stages and dance venues, Tiempo Libre is celebrated for its sophisticated tropical music featuring an irresistible, exhilarating mix of jazz harmonies, contemporary sonorities and seductive Latin rhythms

Panamericano

By Tiempo Libre

Label: Universal Latin Music
Released: 2015
Track listing: Quién Soy Yo; Callejero; Yo Estoy Aquí; Somebody to Love Me; Dime Que No; Rema; Monta Que Te Quedas; El Loco; Gallo Fino; Grandpa.

Tiempo Libre: Panamericano

by Chris M. Slawecki
November 23, 2015

Panamericano is more than the title of the fifth release from Afro-Cuban maestros Tiempo Libre (which loosely translates into “Free Time"); after more than a decade of blending and polishing musical styles from Latin, South, and North America, it's a great description of the smooth sound they've found. Each tune seems to literally dance ...

From Sea to Shining Sea: Music Central to South and Latin America

by Chris M. Slawecki
November 13, 2015

Aguankó Invisible Aguankó Music 2015 In 2012, conguero and composer Alberto Nacif, a Mexican native transplanted in Michigan, brought together some of the area's most skilled Afro-Cuban and Latin musicians to form Aguankó. Their small ensemble with a large Latin jazz sound herewith follows up their self-produced 2013 debut Elemental ...

Tiempo Libre: Back in Havana

by Luellen Smiley
September 21, 2013

Sometimes an interview with a musician goes deeper than a narrative history of recordings, concert calendar and early training. That happened when I met Jorge Gómez; founder, keyboardist and musical director of Tiempo Libre, an all Cuban born Timba band. We met in a modest hotel room in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he and his ...

Timba Jazz On WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat, 5/27/11

May 25, 2011

Please tune in for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Friday, May 27, 2011 With TIEMPO LIBRE Performing tunes from their new CD, My Secret Radio (Sony Masterworks), Tiempo Libre returns to SFAB after three years of touring, recording and performing with such artists ...

AAJ Readers Get Discount on Tickets to Tiempo Libre in NYC December 10

December 2, 2010

AAJ readers can get special discount pricing for tickets to see Tiempo Libre when the band returns to New York City to perform in concert on December 10th. Hot off its third Grammy nomination for “Best Tropical Latin Album" for Bach in Havana, the sizzling, dance-inducing Cuban music group Tiempo Libre will perform and generally throw ...

Tiempo Libre to Perform in Miami Beach Saturday April 3

March 23, 2010

New Miami On Stage Series Continues With Tiempo Libre Performing Bach in Havana on Saturday April 3rd at the Byron Carlyle Theater The new Miami On Stage project, which features local performing artists on a regular basis in Miami Beach's North Beach neighborhood, continues on Saturday, April 3 with the great timba band Tiempo Libre at ...

Bach in Havana

By Tiempo Libre

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Tu Conga Bach (conga); Fuga (Sonata in D Minor, BVW. 964, Fuga-Allegro, cha-cha-cha); Air on a G String (bolero); Clave in C Minor (Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, guaguanco); Gavotte from French Suite No. 5 in G Major (son); Mi Orisha (6/8 bata) (French Suite No. 2 in C Minor French); Minuet in G (guaguanco); Olas de Yemaya (C Major Prelude from WTC Book 1, bat

Tiempo Libre: Bach in Havana

by Chris M. Slawecki
June 11, 2009

This title provides a pun on the enclosed concept, through which Tiempo Libre, led by pianist and co-producer Jorge Gomez, connects the rhythms and melodies of Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz with the venerated melodies and harmonies of Johann Sebastian Bach. “What's interesting to me is that we revere Bach for his musical genius," explains Gomez. “But ...