Latin on Lex: A Latin Jazz Festival

THURSDAY MARCH 12th @ 8 PM
Eddie Palmieri Afro-Caribbean Jazz Octet: A Celebration & Retrospective
Salute the man who is Afro-Caribbean jazz!

New York’s very own piano king, NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri is celebrating the third decade of his historic octet. With its Latin rhythm section, hard-bopping horns and Palmieri piano thunder, the group changed the course of jazz. Hear its whole history come alive on one electrifying night.

FRIDAY MARCH 13th @ 8 PM
Feel the heat of Cuban jazz’s young vanguard—brought together by Grammy-winning trumpet maestro Brian Lynch.

In the last decade percussionist and 2015 Grammy Award nominee Pedrito Martinez, saxophonist Yosvany Terry and pianist Manuel Valera have carried the Cuban beat to the Big Apple, creating a bold sound for a new century. Groove to the pulse of this musical movement.

SATURDAY MARCH 14th @ 8 PM
It doesn’t get more romantic than when the Latin bolero meets the jazz ballad.

Swoon to these soulful song forms as they’re interwoven by NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods on alto sax, an all-star orchestra and—in a rare appearance—Cuban diva Xiomara Laugart. Fall in love with Cuban and American classics.