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Afro-Cuban All Stars
BRETT CAMPBELL
7 pm, Sunday April 10 | $20 advance, $25 day of show
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell St.
[EMBARGOED JAZZ] I wonder whether the reliably Republican Cuban Floridians still seething about the events of 1959 realized their votes, which made the 2000 U.S. presidential election close enough to steal, wound up depriving the nation of Cuban music as well? Buena Vista Social Club impresario Juan de Marcos says that subsequent politically inspired travel restrictions stymied his attempts to bring musicians from the embargoed island here. So he turned to a dozen-plus crack Cuban-born expatriate players and colleagues, who’ve performed with the original BVSC members or backed other musicians like James Brown, Dizzy Gillespie and Sting. Spanning several generations of Cubano musicians, the current lineup of this accomplished jazz orchestra performs both Cuban classics and contemporary sounds rooted in those irresistible dance rhythms. The Cuban diaspora demonstrates that the island’s rich music is too potent to keep confined or embargoed to a single place or time.
Where: Wonder Ballroom
Phone: 284-8686
Address: 128 NE Russell St. 04/10/11 >> go there
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