Jane Bunnett & Maqueque at Jazz Bakery's Movable Feast Series at Moss Theater

General $30, Student $25

ONE SHOW ONLY - NO INTERMISSION!

Jane Bunnett - flute + soprano saxophone
Daymé Arocena - vocals
Magdelys Savigne - percussion
Yissy García - drums
Yusa - bass + tres guitar
Danae Olano - piano
Celia Jimenez - bass

"Jane Bunnett and Maqueque’s clave-induced set of Afro-Cuban, booty-shaking world jazz would have made Dizzy smile! " -DownBeat

Canadian flutist and saxophonist Jane Bunnett has been bridging the gulf between Cuba and North America for decades. Her latest adventure includes an all-female Cuban ensemble. Bunnett says... "There's a very happy energy about this band. Maqueque blends scintillating Afro-Cuban rhythms, folkloric influences, exhilarating jazz, and soulful vocals into an utterly intoxicating blend. What we're doing is creative and collaborative and involves a lot of the Afro-Cuban elements that stem out of traditional folkloric music."...

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General $30, Student $25

ONE SHOW ONLY - NO INTERMISSION!

Jane Bunnett - flute + soprano saxophone
Daymé Arocena - vocals
Magdelys Savigne - percussion
Yissy García - drums
Yusa - bass + tres guitar
Danae Olano - piano
Celia Jimenez - bass

"Jane Bunnett and Maqueque’s clave-induced set of Afro-Cuban, booty-shaking world jazz would have made Dizzy smile! " -DownBeat

Canadian flutist and saxophonist Jane Bunnett has been bridging the gulf between Cuba and North America for decades. Her latest adventure includes an all-female Cuban ensemble. Bunnett says... "There's a very happy energy about this band. Maqueque blends scintillating Afro-Cuban rhythms, folkloric influences, exhilarating jazz, and soulful vocals into an utterly intoxicating blend. What we're doing is creative and collaborative and involves a lot of the Afro-Cuban elements that stem out of traditional folkloric music."

The five-time JUNO Award winner (Canadian Grammy) and two-time Grammy Award-nominee has created a dynamic and hard-driving sound in Maqueque that should suffice to silent any doubts from the boys' clubs of jazz or Cuban music enthusiasts!" – The New Yorker

"Bunnett integrates her flute and soprano sax into the Cubans' music, giving us the best of both past and contemporary Cuban/jazz experience." – JazzTimes

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