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Orquesta Aragón at San Francisco Jazz Festival at The Palace of Fine Arts
Courtesy of Marshall Lamm | Posted on October 18, 2012
Where
The Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco Jazz Festival
3301 Lyon (at Bay)
San Francisco, CA
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When
Sun, November 4, 2012
7:00pm
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Musicians
Orquesta Aragon
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
As Cuba’s most venerable charanga band, Orquesta Aragón has been a cornerstone of Cuban culture for seven decades, prospering in the heady, profligate days before Fidel Castro came to power and then thriving after the revolution transformed the country’s music industry. Through all the personnel, stylistic and political changes, Aragón has kept its focus, spreading irresistible Cuban rhythms around the world. Always looking to make dancers happy, the band has cultivated a highly flexible approach that allows it to keep up with changing fashions while staying true to its basic sound. Founded in 1939 by bassist Orestes Aragón, the group came together in the faded colonial town of Cienfuegos...