DIRECT FROM CUBA PRESENTS:
Cuban Summer Concert Series
DIRECT FROM CUBA PRESENTS: CUBAN SUMMER SERIES
Artists will present a tribute to Buena Vista Social club as well as their latin jazz originals!
GRAMMY NOMINATED CUBAN BASIST YORGIS
WITH HIS QUINTET FEATURING HIS PROJECT ELEGANCE
June 6 & 7
&
GRAMMY NOMINATED LEGEND CHEMBO CORNIEL & QUINTET
June 22nd
5:30 PM (limited/partial view seating left) and 8:00 PM (seating available)
Full Latin Dinner, Live performance by Cuban band & Roses for all ladies!
Latin Dinner includes Rice & Beans, Roasted Chicken, & Sweet Plantains
**Important please e-mail directfromcuba@yahoo.com for table reservations asap
or questions**
At Drom 85 Avenue A (bet 5th and 6th st), New York, NY 10009, $69
ALL SHOWS SELL OUT QUICKLY!!! MAKE YOUR TABLE RESERVATIONS ASAP!!
GRAMMY NOMINATED CUBAN BASIST YORGIS & PROJECT ELEGANCE
Show Dates/Times:
Friday, June 6th 6:00 pm & 8:30 pm (SOLD OUT)
Saturday, June 7th 6:00 pm & 8:30 pm (SOLD OUT)
Yorgis will bring a taste of Cuba to you with his project Elegance (see music player below). An extremely talented multi-instrumentalist, he plays the bass, piano and the flute. He also composes and arranges for himself as well as many internationally renowned and Grammy winning artists. He has been nominated for three Grammy awards for arrangement and piano with famed singer Albita. His quintet will perform Cuban traditional son, danzon, cha cha cha and latin Jazz as a tribute to the Buena Vista Social club as well as his own jazz originals!
His touring credits include tours many major artists including Rey Ruiz, Issac Delgado, Albita, Luis Enrique and many more. He has performed throughout Europe, Mexico, South America, the US and the Caribbean. This will be his second year in New York with his new project Elegance which features Paquito D’ Rivera, Osmany Paredes, and Issac Delgado on the recording. Last year these shows sold out quickly. Catch a rare glimpse of Cuba’s cutting edge talent with the best of Latin Jazz and traditional Cuban son, danzon and more.
For more info please check this link http://www.yorgismusic.com
Press for Elegance by Luis Tamargo of Latin Beat Magazine
LATIN JAZZ NIGHT WITH LEGENDARY CHEMBO CORNIEL
FEATURING MASTER CUBAN PIANIST ELIO VILLAFRANCA
SUNDAY JUNE 22nd 2014: 5:30 PM (limited/partial view seating left) and 8:00 PM (seating available)
Join us for gorgeous Latin Jazz music by Chembo Corniel, called “the bright light of latin Jazz” by Latin Beat Magazine. Chembo honed his skills at The Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts in New York and at the prestigious La Escuela Nacional de Arte in Havana, Cuba under the direction of the great Chucho Valdés.
Chembo received a GRAMMY NOMINATION by NARAS IN 2009 for “BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM” for his 2009 CD release entitled Things I Wanted To Do. This is a well-balanced Latin Jazz group that incorporates many rich traditions, such as writer Aurora Flores states: “a sprinkling of be-bop, a touch of swing with a dollop of bomba, rumba, tango and danzón topped with ‘un chin’ de charanga.”
His touring credits are as long as his performing credits. Chembo has toured with many major artists throughout Europe, Asia, North & South America, and the Caribbean. Television credits include an appearance on the “Bill Cosby Show” He will be performing with his Grammy nominated quintet
Artist Press:
“Chembo Corniel is the consummate contemporary percussionist…whose technique is like adding hot spices to a cold salad and the blend of this group of musicians can make me sing forever.”
– Grady Tate, Jazz Vocalist
“Corniel’s group wisely explores works from their musical peers, finding a balance between the past and present of New York Latin Jazz.”
– Chip Boaz, Latin Jazz Corner
“This is wonderful work from top to bottom, and I can’t remember a newly released Latin-Jazz album I’ve enjoyed this much. It’s energetic but heavily romantic and furtively old-fashioned.”
– Marc Meyers, JazzWax.com
“This CD will surely be met with critical acclaim for its ability to transcend yet incorporate so many genres and styles of Jazz and Latin music.”
– Cathy Gruenfelder, Jazz Improv Magazine
DROM is one of Manhattan's most sought after venues for world music and international sounds. Voted by Village Voice as "Best New Dance Club" last month in their Best of NYC issue, the club has a live stage for performances, a restaurant, bar and lounge. Here is an excerpt from the Voice
“The basement dancerie Drom celebrated its reopening in the spring after quietly shutting down more than a year ago. The time off did the space a service. Once just another bar hidden among the dives of the East Village, Drom has now fully embraced its original aim of bringing global dance music to NYC. The club hosts a cozy lounge that leads way into a gorgeous dance floor backlit by the warm flicker of bar lights and a Turkish chandelier that looms above.”
Full Bar Available, Drinks are available for purchase.
Please call 917-439-4331 or email directfromcuba@yahoo.com for more information.
