Fidel Morales Afro Cuban Jazz Trio at Quigley Hall

The School of Music at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will be opening the semester with the visit of the Fidel Morales Afro – Cuban Jazz Trio. The group is known for their virtuosity, dynamic and rhythmically intricate performances. This event is financed thanks to the SIU Fine Arts Fee.

The band’s leader, Fidel Morales is a drummer & percussionist from Havana, Cuba now based in Puerto Rico where he teaches drum set at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. Morales is a professor at the Jazz and Caribbean Music Area of the Conservatory. He has performed with artists such as Danilo Pérez, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Giovanni Hidalgo, Eddie Gómez, John Faddis, Mark Kramer, Mike Orta, Gary Campbell, Gary Keller and Vic Juris. He contributed as well in the CD “Bajando Gervasio”, by Amadito Valdés, nominated for 2004 GRAMMY Awards. Morales is preparing for the release of his 3rd album “Omío”....

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The School of Music at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will be opening the semester with the visit of the Fidel Morales Afro – Cuban Jazz Trio. The group is known for their virtuosity, dynamic and rhythmically intricate performances. This event is financed thanks to the SIU Fine Arts Fee.

The band’s leader, Fidel Morales is a drummer & percussionist from Havana, Cuba now based in Puerto Rico where he teaches drum set at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. Morales is a professor at the Jazz and Caribbean Music Area of the Conservatory. He has performed with artists such as Danilo Pérez, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Giovanni Hidalgo, Eddie Gómez, John Faddis, Mark Kramer, Mike Orta, Gary Campbell, Gary Keller and Vic Juris. He contributed as well in the CD “Bajando Gervasio”, by Amadito Valdés, nominated for 2004 GRAMMY Awards. Morales is preparing for the release of his 3rd album “Omío”.

Morales is joined by Gabriel Rodriguez, from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Rodriguez has 3 record releases under his name and 2 Grammy nominated projects as a member of Charlie Sepulveda’s group. He is also the jazz bass professor also at the Conservatory. The 3rd member of this group is Dr. Isaac Lausell who teaches jazz and classical guitar at the School of Music in SIUC. Dr. Lausell has led the guitar program since 2012 and will soon be releasing his 3rd CD “Homegrown Devices”.

On January 23rd the trio Fidel Morales will be teaching a master class on Afro-Cuban Music and Jazz at Altgeld Hall, room 117. This is a rare opportunity for the students and community to learn directly from one of the pioneers of the modern Cuban popular music better known as “Timba”.

On January 23rd at 7:30 the trio will present a concert at the auditorium in Quigley Hall located at 410 Quigley Hall, 875 S. Normal Avenue Carbondale, IL 62901-4303. The repertoire will feature mostly original pieces by Morales as well as arrangements of time favored jazz classics. Admission is $6.00 for the general audience and free for the students and staff SIUC’s School of Music. For more info call 618-536-8742.

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