2008-07-10 18:30
HarborWalk Sounds: Berklee Latin Jazz All-Stars
WHEN: Thursday, July 10, 2008
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
WHERE: Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
617-478-3100
INFO: http://www.icaboston.org/programs/performance
ADMISSION: FREE, but space is limited
DESCRIPTION:
The Berklee Latin Jazz All-Stars, six top-scholarship students at the Berklee College of Music, came to Berklee from Puerto Rico, Israel and the U.S., and coalesced around their love for the polyrhythm and joyful precision of the Latin jazz form.
The group was named this year's Best College Jazz Band in Down Beat, under the name La Timbistica, and recently performed as part of the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Next Generation Festival in Monterey, CA.
The All-Stars are led by conguero Paulo Stagnaro and include trumpeter Niv Toar, flutist Enrique Trinidad, pianist Abraham Olivo, bassist Juan Maldonado, and timbalero Marcos Lopez.
They will headline the Tito Puente Latin Music Series in Boston this summer, and also perform at the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival in Washington, D.C.