Poncho Sanchez & Terence Blanchard Concert

Mar 24 2012 8:00 pm

"Cubano Be! Cubano Bop!" is a tribute to the legacy of the original Conga King, Chano Pozo, and his co-conspirator in Latin Jazz, Dizzy Gillespie. In the 1940s Chano Pozo was at the top of his game. His rhythms descended from the ceremonies of his Afro-Cuban religion, Santeria. Together with Dizzie Gillespie, their 1947 Carnegie Hall concert literally changed the face of musical history and the course of American Jazz. Chano and Dizzy created Afro-Cuban Jazz, writing the standards, "Manteca" and "Tin Tin Deo," which burst the genre onto the musical map in a major way. Grammy Award-winning musicians Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard team up to lead a group of 11 musicians in an evening of Afro-Cuban music and an uplifting program of originals and standards.

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