Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Jazz Band at

Civic Music Association will conclude its 2011/12 Season with Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band on Saturday, April 7 at 7:30 pm at Drake University’s Sheslow Auditorium. A pre-concert performance featuring Salsa Des Moines will take place in Sheslow Auditorium at 6:45 pm. There will also be a reception after the concert at the Patty & Fred Turner Jazz Center, where there will be salsa dance lessons and a chance to meet Poncho Sanchez! Visit www.civicmusic.org for tickets or more information.

About Poncho Sanchez:
Poncho Sanchez is a leader in the Latin jazz world. The Mexican-American conga player, band leader, and singer has released an impressive 24 albums and won the Best Latin Jazz Album GRAMMY® in 2000. If music were about pictures, percussionist Poncho Sanchez’s music would best be described as a kaleidoscopic swirl of some of the hottest colors and brightest lights to emerge from either side of the border. At any given show, on any given record, fragments of Latin jazz, swing, bebop, salsa and other infectious grooves collide and churn in a fiery swirl, with results that are no less than dazzling....

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Civic Music Association will conclude its 2011/12 Season with Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band on Saturday, April 7 at 7:30 pm at Drake University’s Sheslow Auditorium. A pre-concert performance featuring Salsa Des Moines will take place in Sheslow Auditorium at 6:45 pm. There will also be a reception after the concert at the Patty & Fred Turner Jazz Center, where there will be salsa dance lessons and a chance to meet Poncho Sanchez! Visit www.civicmusic.org for tickets or more information.

About Poncho Sanchez:
Poncho Sanchez is a leader in the Latin jazz world. The Mexican-American conga player, band leader, and singer has released an impressive 24 albums and won the Best Latin Jazz Album GRAMMY® in 2000. If music were about pictures, percussionist Poncho Sanchez’s music would best be described as a kaleidoscopic swirl of some of the hottest colors and brightest lights to emerge from either side of the border. At any given show, on any given record, fragments of Latin jazz, swing, bebop, salsa and other infectious grooves collide and churn in a fiery swirl, with results that are no less than dazzling.

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