Sat May 6, 2023
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents John Santos Sextet + The Afro-Peruvian Coalition
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The 23rd edition of the Festival opens with the John Santos Sextet + The Afro-Peruvian Coalition on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 1:00pm and will run through August 2023. Yerba Buena Gardens is located in downtown San Francisco between 3rd and 4th Streets and Mission and Howard Streets.
This percussion-packed double bill celebrates the extraordinary resilience and creativity of African diasporic culture in the Americas, a rhythmic and spiritual bounty that continues to offer new blooms. Bay Area percussion icon John Santos presents "Roots of Jazz Latino," a program exploring Afro-Latin musical heritage from a multi-national perspective. His sextet is joined by a dazzling cast of special guests, including Fania All-Stars timbales legend Orestes Vilató and Afro-Peruvian vocalist Marina Lavalle.
Lavalle, who spent many years touring and recording with the great folkloric ensemble Peru Negro, is also featured in the Afro-Peruvian Coalition, a collective that brings together performers known internationally as guardians of Afro-Peruvian music and dance. Led by percussionist/vocalist Pedro Rosales, a leading force on the Bay Area's Afro-Peruvian cultural scene for three decades, the Coalition includes fellow Peruvians Braulio Barrera on congas and vocals and dancer Nadia Calmet, who's worked as a choreographer and soloist for legendary Afro-Peruvian singer Eva Ayllon.
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This percussion-packed double bill celebrates the extraordinary resilience and creativity of African diasporic culture in the Americas, a rhythmic and spiritual bounty that continues to offer new blooms. Bay Area percussion icon John Santos presents "Roots of Jazz Latino," a program exploring Afro-Latin musical heritage from a multi-national perspective. His sextet is joined by a dazzling cast of special guests, including Fania All-Stars timbales legend Orestes Vilató and Afro-Peruvian vocalist Marina Lavalle.
Lavalle, who spent many years touring and recording with the great folkloric ensemble Peru Negro, is also featured in the Afro-Peruvian Coalition, a collective that brings together performers known internationally as guardians of Afro-Peruvian music and dance. Led by percussionist/vocalist Pedro Rosales, a leading force on the Bay Area's Afro-Peruvian cultural scene for three decades, the Coalition includes fellow Peruvians Braulio Barrera on congas and vocals and dancer Nadia Calmet, who's worked as a choreographer and soloist for legendary Afro-Peruvian singer Eva Ayllon.
The 23rd edition of the Festival opens with the John Santos Sextet + The Afro-Peruvian Coalition on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 1:00pm and will run through August 2023. Yerba Buena Gardens is located in downtown San Francisco between 3rd and 4th Streets and Mission and Howard Streets.
This percussion-packed double bill celebrates the extraordinary resilience and creativity of African diasporic culture in the Americas, a rhythmic and spiritual bounty that continues to offer new blooms. Bay Area percussion icon John Santos presents "Roots of Jazz Latino," a program exploring Afro-Latin musical heritage from a multi-national perspective. His sextet is joined by a dazzling cast of special guests, including Fania All-Stars timbales legend Orestes Vilató and Afro-Peruvian vocalist Marina Lavalle.
Lavalle, who spent many years touring and recording with the great folkloric ensemble Peru Negro, is also featured in the Afro-Peruvian Coalition, a collective that brings together performers known internationally as guardians of Afro-Peruvian music and dance. Led by percussionist/vocalist Pedro Rosales, a leading force on the Bay Area's Afro-Peruvian cultural scene for three decades, the Coalition includes fellow Peruvians Braulio Barrera on congas and vocals and dancer Nadia Calmet, who's worked as a choreographer and soloist for legendary Afro-Peruvian singer Eva Ayllon.
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This percussion-packed double bill celebrates the extraordinary resilience and creativity of African diasporic culture in the Americas, a rhythmic and spiritual bounty that continues to offer new blooms. Bay Area percussion icon John Santos presents "Roots of Jazz Latino," a program exploring Afro-Latin musical heritage from a multi-national perspective. His sextet is joined by a dazzling cast of special guests, including Fania All-Stars timbales legend Orestes Vilató and Afro-Peruvian vocalist Marina Lavalle.
Lavalle, who spent many years touring and recording with the great folkloric ensemble Peru Negro, is also featured in the Afro-Peruvian Coalition, a collective that brings together performers known internationally as guardians of Afro-Peruvian music and dance. Led by percussionist/vocalist Pedro Rosales, a leading force on the Bay Area's Afro-Peruvian cultural scene for three decades, the Coalition includes fellow Peruvians Braulio Barrera on congas and vocals and dancer Nadia Calmet, who's worked as a choreographer and soloist for legendary Afro-Peruvian singer Eva Ayllon.
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