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Juan De Marcos & The Afro-cuban All Stars at Burlington Discover Jazz Festival at Flynn Center for The Performing Arts
Courtesy of Adam Sullivan | Posted on April 20, 2016
Where
Flynn Center for The Performing Arts
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival
153 Main Street
Burlington, VT
Map
802.652.4500
When
Sun, June 5, 2016
8:00 pm
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Musicians
About
“Shaping the future of Cuban music.”—The Sunday Times
Assembled in Havana during the legendary sessions that produced The Buena Vista Social Club, the Afro-Cuban All Stars exhumed 1950s Cuban music and elevated it to an international stage. In 1996, bandleader Juan de Marcos González summoned Cuba’s most venerable players to record the All Stars’ first album, A Toda Cuba le Gusta, immediately prior to the Ry Cooder-produced Buena Vista. Both recordings re-introduced the world to lost luminaries such as Rubén González, Orlando ”Cachaíto” López, and Ibrahim Ferrer. Though time has claimed these voices, González continues to develop his All Stars with a foundational concept: stand up on the roots for creating the future...