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Orquesta Aragon at Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Courtesy of Bennett Jackson | Posted on October 10, 2012
Where
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA
Map
831-427-2227
When
Mon, November 5, 2012
7:00 PM
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Musicians
Orquesta Aragon
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
Monday, November 5, 7 & 9 PM
Orquesta Aragon
$25/Adv $28/Door
No Jazztix or Comps
Doors and dinner beginning at 6:00 PM
Since 1939, Orquesta Aragon (founded by Orestes Aragón Cantero) has been considered Cuba’s finest charanga band. Featuring a frontline of violins, flute, and one or more vocalists matched to a rhythm section of piano, bass, guiro, and timbales, charanga bands first became popular in Cuba over a century ago. Originally specializing in the Cuban danzón, Orquesta Aragón evolved to encompass the dance styles of Cha-cha-cha, Onda-cha, Pachanga, and variations of the Són...