The Checkout: Live From 92YTribeca - Featuring Alexis Cuadrado: A Lorca Soundscape / Manuel Valera & The New Cuban Express at 92YTribeca

For this installment of The Checkout: Live From 92YTribeca, presented with WBGO's Josh Jackson, 92YTribeca is proud to present the New York premier of "A Lorca Soundscape," a new work by bassist-composer Alexis Cuadrado. Commissioned by Chamber Music America, “A Lorca Soundscape” reflects on Federico Garcia Lorca's 1930 book Poeta en Nueva York with a series of jazz pieces that use the poetry as lyrics. Poeta en Nueva York connects deeply with the current socioeconomic and political climate and Cuadrado's music, in turn, is a contemporary reflection on Lorca's themes and cityscape. Also on the bill for the evening is pianist Manuel Valera and his band The New Cuban Express, which features a contemporary take on the music of Cuba as well as original compositions and arrangements from its members...

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For this installment of The Checkout: Live From 92YTribeca, presented with WBGO's Josh Jackson, 92YTribeca is proud to present the New York premier of "A Lorca Soundscape," a new work by bassist-composer Alexis Cuadrado. Commissioned by Chamber Music America, “A Lorca Soundscape” reflects on Federico Garcia Lorca's 1930 book Poeta en Nueva York with a series of jazz pieces that use the poetry as lyrics. Poeta en Nueva York connects deeply with the current socioeconomic and political climate and Cuadrado's music, in turn, is a contemporary reflection on Lorca's themes and cityscape. Also on the bill for the evening is pianist Manuel Valera and his band The New Cuban Express, which features a contemporary take on the music of Cuba as well as original compositions and arrangements from its members. Describing Valera’s sound, the New York Times says “postbop and classical romanticism are as integral to his vocabulary as Latin folk forms, and they all find natural expression in his music." The New Cuban Express is comprised of Valera (piano/bandleader), Yosvany Terry (saxophone), Eric Doob (drums), John Benitez (bass), Tom Guarna (guitar) and Mauricio Herrera (percussion). www.92YTribeca.org

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