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Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band at Blue Note New York

Courtesy of Henry Grimes | Posted on June 28, 2013

Where

Blue Note New York
131 West Third Street
New York, NY
Map
212-475-8592

When

Sat, July 6, 2013
8:00, 10:30

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Musicians

Andy Gonzalez
bass, acoustic
Joe Ford
saxophone, alto
Steve Berrios
percussion

About

One of the leading figures in the world of Latin Jazz, trumpeter/conguero Jerry González is well known for his years of experience with jazz giants such as Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner and Jaco Pastorius and Latin music greats Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri, as well as founding member of “Manny Oquendo y su Conjunto Libre” and “Grupo Folklórico y Experimental Nuevayorquino”, but it is as leader of "Jerry González and the Fort Apache Band" that his status as one of the music’s most innovative voices and the greatness of his artistic vision became widely recognized. The legendary “Fort Apache Band”, has been active for over three decades, with Jerry González on trumpet and congas, his brother Andy González on bass, Larry Willis on piano, Joe Ford on saxophone and Steve Berrios on drums...

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