One of the most influential figures on the current jazz scene in Peru, Gabriel Alegria leads this six-piece ensemble. Traditional Afro-Peruvian music is transformed by Alegría’s highly personal synthesis of folkloric Afro-Peruvian rhythms, jazz, and other musical strains. With this, the band creates a signature experience: a blend of deep scholarship and playfulness which conveys a vast knowledge of the music and, perhaps more importantly, transmits black music from coastal Peru as a way of life to its audiences.

David Oquendo, Legend of Cuban Music

Born in Havana, Cuba in 1958, David Oquendo absorbed the essence of the Afro Cuban rhythmic vernacular from an early age. Before moving to the United States, he was considered one of the best accompanists in Cuba and has since won a Grammy Award for the album “Tropicana’s Nights” with Paquito D’Rivera, as well as three Grammy nominations and three Latin Grammy nominations. David has performed with Compay Segundo (Buena Vista Social Club vocalist), Paquito D’Rivera, Marc Anthony, Ray Barreto, Arturo Sandoval, Israel “Cachao” Lopez, both Chico and Arturo O’Farrill, El Gran Combo, and many other musical and cultural legends. He is also founder and director of the Afro Cuban folklore group “Raices Habaneras” and was musical director and producer for “The Cuban Rumba All Stars”. Mr. Oquendo has also appeared in State of the Arts and The Cuban Americans on PBS, the Ivan Acosta films How to Create a Rumba and Candido Hands of Fire, The Heddy Honigmann film Dame la Mano, The Leon Ichazofilm El Cantante with Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez, and many other programs and stages across the world.

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Grammy Award nominated Priya Darshini has roots in Indian Classical music and a style inspired by music from all over the world. Her unconventional composition and ability to fluidly move between several musical styles, combined with a deeply present performance energy, makes for a powerful listening experience. Darshini will be accompanied by an ensemble including Grammy Award nominated, Max ZT on hammered dulcimer, Moto Fukushima, winner of Berklee College of Music’s Outstanding Performer Award, on six-string electric bass, and 3x Grammy Award winning percussionist Keita Ogawa.

India-inspired hors d’oeuvres available before the show (6 - 7pm)

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Endless Field (Biophilia Records) is an instrumental guitar and bass duo featuring guitarist Jesse Lewis and bassist Ike Sturm. They play original songs filled with intricate finger-style lines, improvisation and ambient textures. Drawing on inspiration from nature, the duo seeks to bring music to outdoor spaces, encouraging audiences to explore their own frontiers.

They will be joined by Grammy-nominated violist Sara Caswell, who has been described as a "Brilliant world-class violinist...one of the best of the present generation of emerging young jazz stars" (David Baker, former director of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra) and Australian trumpeter/composer Nadje Noordhuis, who regularly tours with Maria Scnheider Orchestra and Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, and whose tone has been described as "beyond category beauty" (All About Jazz). 

$25 admission

Wild-Foraged Hors d’oeuvres available before the show (6 - 7pm)

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