Brandon Lopez's Die Dreaming at Jazz Libre! at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center

Arts for Art is pleased to announce “Jazz Libre” a three night program in partnership with the Clemente, highlighting the music of the African Diaspora in Latin America. As a special component of the series, audience members are invited to dance to the music.

Jazz Libre takes place as part of Borimix Puerto Rico Fest, a month-long celebration of Puerto Rican and Latin American art in a range of mediums and disciplines taking place at the Clemente.

Brandon Lopez is a New York-based composer and bassist working at the fringes of jazz, free improvisation, noise and new music...

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Arts for Art is pleased to announce “Jazz Libre” a three night program in partnership with the Clemente, highlighting the music of the African Diaspora in Latin America. As a special component of the series, audience members are invited to dance to the music.

Jazz Libre takes place as part of Borimix Puerto Rico Fest, a month-long celebration of Puerto Rican and Latin American art in a range of mediums and disciplines taking place at the Clemente.

Brandon Lopez is a New York-based composer and bassist working at the fringes of jazz, free improvisation, noise and new music. His music has been praised as “brutal” (Chicago Reader) and “relentless” (The New York Times). From the New York Philharmonic's David Geffen Hall to the DIY basements of Brooklyn, Lopez has worked beside many luminaries of jazz, classical, poetry, and experimental music, including Fred Moten, John Zorn, Okkyung Lee, Ingrid Laubrock, Tony Malaby, Tyshawn Sorey, Bill Nace, Chris Potter, Edwin Torres, Tom Rainey, Cecilia Lopez, Sun Ra Arkestra, Susan Alcorn, Mette Rasmussen, and many others.

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