Alex Diaz & his All Star Jazz Band at South Florida Dominican Jazz Fest at Avenue D Jazz & Blues Lounge

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Alex Diaz and his All Star Jazz Band.

Since the end of last year´s Festival, not a day goes by that our fans ask: ¨When is the Maestro (Alex Diaz) coming back to Miami?¨ The Dominican Conga player has played with a ¨who´s who¨ of Jazz and Latin Music, amongst others: Tito Puente, Mario Rivera, Mario Bauzá, Dizzy Gillespie and many more. His format results in a fine and elegant marriage of jazz, latin jazz and Dominican rhythms, such as merengue, palo and gaga, amongst others. His latest album – Beyond 145th Street – was chosen as one of the best 12 World Music Albums of 2012 by worldmusic.com - An all star band of Latin Jazz players from New York, they are: bassist Ruben Rodriguez, drummer Diego Lopez, pianist Mike Eckroth and trumpeteer Nelson ¨Gazu¨ Jaime will accompany Alex and saxophone player Ivan Renta.