Afro-Cuban Heritage

Yilian Cañizares & The Maroons - El Comité « Celebrating Irakere »

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Concert

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Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique

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Duration: about 2h30 with 1 intermission

Program

Distribution

Yilian Cañizares & The Maroons

Yilian Cañizares , violin, voix

Childo Tomas , bass

Inor Sotolongo , percussion

Marque Gilmore , drum kit

Brahim Wone , guitar

Intermission

El Comité « Celebrating Irakere »

Carlos Sarduy , trumpet

Irving Acao , saxophone

Harold Lopez-Nussa , claviers, piano

Rolando Luna , claviers, piano

Gaston Joya , bass, contrebasse

Rodney Barreto , drum kit

Yaroldy Abreu Robles , percussion

Celebrating ardent musical cross-culturalism, this two-part concert reunites Yilian Cañizares, a rising star in the Cuban music scene, and the on-fire collective El Comité, paying homage here to Irakere, the seminal jazz band founded by Chucho Valdés.

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