Among the more than 500 jazz bands from around the world, the Changüí Guantánamo group will perform at the 47th edition of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in the United States, where the changuiseros will play for the first time the rhythm of the most authentic music of this eastern region.
Among the more than 500 jazz bands from around the world, the Changüí Guantánamo group will perform at the 47th edition of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in the United States, where the changuiseros will play for the first time the rhythm of the most authentic music of this eastern region.
"What we want the most in this tour is to reach this town and feel like being home, that this traditional music reaches the heart of the people gathered there," said José Andrés Rodríguez, the lead singer of the group during the press conference on the tour from May 2 to 8, which promotes cultural exchange between Cuba and the United States.
Changüí Guantánamo, winner of the CUBADISCO Prize in 2000 and 2004, will perform during the Jazz Festival in New Orleans twelve new songs such as "Alguien como yo", "Mi tumbaito", Se está comentando ", created by José Andrés Rodríguez, Yolexis Rodríguez and Carmelo Irve, in addition to the well-known pieces “El Guararey de Pastora.”
Other musicians of the island such as Van Van, la conga Los Hoyos, the rapper Telmarys, as well as creators of other expressions of the arts will represent Cuba at the jazz event in the United States.
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival will be held in that US city from April 28 to May 7 and more than 500 bands from around the world, representing genres such as jazz, blues, folk, rock, rap, country and bluegrass, among others will feature.
Founded on August 11, 1945, the Changüí Guantanamo group brings dance and music rhythm throughout its history to other stages of the United States, Spain, Belgium and Holland, where the public knew about the creation of predecessors such as the tres player Reyes Latamblet ( Chito), the singer and marcas player Justo Kindelán and the dance pair composed of Luis Céspedes Fournier and Josefa Moya Latamblé, artists who kept the original melodies of Guantanamo mountains.
Translation: Liubis Balart