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Roberto Fonseca – Yesun at Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Courtesy of Bennett Jackson | Posted on November 14, 2019
Where
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA
Map
831-427-2227
When
Thu, March 5, 2020
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Roberto Fonseca
pianoAbout
Pianist, composer, and Artistic Director for Cuba’s Jazz Plaza Santiago Festival, Roberto Fonseca has toured the world’s most prestigious venues with Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club and the legendary Omara Portuondo. An artist of prowess and ideas, a musician with a questing jazz sensibility and deep roots in the Afro-Cuban tradition, the Havana-born pianist has recently released his ninth solo album, Yesun. Combining everything from jazz and classical music to rap, funk, reggaeton and electronica, Fonseca is ripping up the rule book. He celebrates the rich musical traditions of Cuba’s past, with a vision of where the island’s music is headed in the future, entwining folkloric and modern sounds...