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Afro Cuban Jazz Project w/special Walfredo Reyes Jr. at Blue Whale

Courtesy of Peggy Jo Oliva | Posted on January 24, 2013

Where

Blue Whale
123 Astronaut E S Onizuka St
Los Angeles, CA
Map
213-620-0908

When

Thu, February 7, 2013
9:00pm

At Door

$10-$15

Musicians

About

AC Jazz Project with special guest drummer Walfredo De Los Reyes at the Blue Whale in Little Tokyo (Downtown Los Angeles) Direct from Cuba, via the United States, the AC Jazz Project aka Afro Cuban Jazz Project is arguably one of the most versatile contemporary Cuban bands in Los Angeles. Composed of extracts from Maraca, Poncho Sanchez, Chaka Khan, Buena Vista Social Club, Grupo Afro-Cuba, and Santana, their outstanding repertoire and style is a fusion of jazz improvisations mixed with afro-cuban music genres (rumba, folklore, danzon, cha cha cha, mambo, son & timba). AC Jazz features; Josiel Perez Hernandez on trumpet Kamasi Washington on sax Fermin Sifontes on piano Sawa Perez on bass Joey De Leon on congas Walfredo del los Reyes Jr...

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