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Willy Rodriguez's Exploraciones Ponceñas' at Jazz Libre! at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center

Courtesy of Arts for Art | Posted on October 22, 2021

Where

The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
Jazz Libre!

107 Suffolk Street
New York, NY
Map
212.260.4080

Willy Rodriguez's Exploraciones Ponceñas'  at Jazz Libre! at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center

When

Fri, November 12, 2021
8:00 pm

Musicians

About

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.

All Jazz Libre performances feature music at the intersection of Caribbean, Latin American, and African American traditions. As drummer Willy Rodriguez describes it, "this project will explore what it means to be a free Caribbean native. Expression without chains or colonialism. A free improvisation from the Puerto Rican perspective."...

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