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John Santos Presents de Akokán Featuring Pável Urkiza and Ricardo Pons at SFJAZZ Center
Courtesy of Marshall Lamm | Posted on December 17, 2012
Where
SFJAZZ Center
201 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA
Map
866.920.5299
When
Thu, March 21, 2013
7:30pm
At Door
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Musicians
About
De Akokán, which means “from the heart” in Yoruba, is a project based on the 2011 duo album Buscando la esquina by Ukranainian-born Cuban singer-songwriter Pavel Urkiza and Puerto Rican reed expert Ricardo Pons. This collaboration explores filín, an expansive Cuban song style that draws heavily on jazz, and rhythms from West Africa, Brazil, the Mediterranean, and India.