Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo: El Arte del Bolero at Arts + Literature Laboratory

The Madison Jazz Festival presents an intimate concert by Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo performing their Grammy and Latin Grammy nominated project El Arte del Bolero at Arts + Literature Laboratory on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 7:00pm. Seating is general admission. Online ticket sales end 2 hours before showtime. Tickets are also available at the door beginning at 6:30pm. Ticket sales open May 3 at 10am. $20 advance / $25 door

Multiple Grammy Nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón represents a select group of musicians who have masterfully balanced and blended the often contradictory poles of innovation and tradition. Widely considered as one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists and composers of his generation, he has also developed a unique voice as a conceptualist, concentrating his efforts on perfecting a fine mix between Jazz and his many musical influences....

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The Madison Jazz Festival presents an intimate concert by Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo performing their Grammy and Latin Grammy nominated project El Arte del Bolero at Arts + Literature Laboratory on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 7:00pm. Seating is general admission. Online ticket sales end 2 hours before showtime. Tickets are also available at the door beginning at 6:30pm. Ticket sales open May 3 at 10am. $20 advance / $25 door

Multiple Grammy Nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón represents a select group of musicians who have masterfully balanced and blended the often contradictory poles of innovation and tradition. Widely considered as one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists and composers of his generation, he has also developed a unique voice as a conceptualist, concentrating his efforts on perfecting a fine mix between Jazz and his many musical influences.

In April 2008 Zenón received a fellowship from the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Later that year he was one of 25 distinguished individuals chosen to receive the coveted MacArthur Fellowship, also known as the Genius Grant. In 2022 he received an Honorary Doctorate from La Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the highest honor bestowed by the institution.

Ever since he came to New York in 1993 from Venezuela, Luis Perdomo has emerged as one of the most in-demand sidemen as evidenced by his celebrated work with a wide array of jazz and Latin stars from Ravi Coltrane to Ray Barretto, and by his six critically- acclaimed recordings as a leader. Born in 1971 in Caracas, Perdomo, from the age of 12, was playing on Venezuelan TV and radio stations, but he eventually realized that he would have to travel to New York City to fulfill his musical destiny. Being in a more competitive and challenging environment was a big change that I welcomed, he says.

Perdomo has appeared on over two hundred records, and has become a first-class sideman. Perdomos recordings as a leader include: Focus Point (2005), Awareness (2006), Pathways (2008), the critically-acclaimed Universal Mind (2012), with Jack DeJohnnette and Drew Gress, The Infancia Project (2012) and Links (2013).

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