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Yeisy Rojas

At the age of 7 Yeisy was accepted into one of the country’s prestigious music schools, The National Art School of Cuba, where she studied within the Western classical music traditions. After finishing 11 years of studies, she was employed as a violinist at the Opera House in Havana, while also working as an accompanying pianist in the National Ballet of Cuba. Meanwhile, she began to play traditional cuban music and  latin jazz. Not long after, she moved to Norway to study jazz violin at the Conservatory of Kristiansand. During the five years of bachelor and master in Jazz violin, she founded her own latin jazz quartet, where she sings, plays the violin and compose.

Duos, Trios, And Other Things

by Bob Osborne
August 22, 2024

The majority of the music on the show is new, with a good proportion of it provided by duos, duo lead ensembles and trios. Also, to celebrate the 700th edition of the World of Jazz show we close with a classic recording of my all-time favourite jazz artist Miles Davis, playing live with his second great ...