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Direct From Cuba: Jorge Luis Pacheco at Piedmont Piano Company

Piedmont Piano Company
Oakland, CA

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Direct From Cuba: Jorge Luis Pacheco at Piedmont Piano Company

Direct from Havana, Cuba: Pianist Jorge Luis Pacheco

Saturday May 3, 2014: One night only on the west coast!
2 shows: 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm

Piedmont Piano Company-Bay Area Show
1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA 94612
(Short walk from 19th Street BART Station.)

Meet and Greet with Artist before the shows
Please email for ticket options and information at directfromcuba@yahoo.com or call 917-439-4331

Direct from Havana, Cuba, Jorge Luis Pacheco is here for his fourth US Tour and his west coast debut. Cuba's hottest up and coming young jazz pianist takes to the United States in this unforgettable concert series. In this intimate space, this extraordinary artist will showcase Cuba's traditional music with songs such as "Dos Gardenias" and "Silencio" as well as his original Cuban jazz compositions. Jorge Luis Pacheco was the winner of the first prize at the International Competition of Young Jazz musicians (Jo-Jazz) in 2007. Pacheco is currently pursuing a master's degree at the Institute of Superior Arts in Havana, and was the only Cuban jazz pianist to perform with the great Wynton Marsalis in his recent Havana concert. Pacheco has fine-tuned his craft while performing with such legendary giants as Chucho Valdés, Bobby Carcasses, Javier Zalba, Orlando Sanchez, Pablo Milanes, Rolando Luna, Stanley Clark, and many others.

A composer, pianist, percussionist, and musical director, Pacheco has also participated in festivals and concerts in Cuba, Spain, German, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, and Switzerland. He was a finalist in the International Jazz Competition at Montreaux in Switzerland in 2009. In 2010 he performed with the Jazz Orchestra at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis and Chucho Valdés during their presentation in Havana, receiving rave reviews from both audiences and press. Pachecho has just finished producing his first album "Pacheco's Blue" produced by Chucho Valdés.

This young musician has a very bright future.
- Wynton Marsalis

All about Jazz article:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=43299

We will also have the "Beyond Salsa" books for sale at both shows. Written by musician Kevin Moore, author of the popular "Tomás Cruz Conga Method and Editor-in-Chief of the world's largest Cuban music website timba.com, Beyond Salsa books are for beginners and experts alike. See a sample here: http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Salsa-Piano-Revolution-Beginning/dp/1439265844

Tour dates:
April 10, Cab Calloway School Of Music, Delaware
April 11, 17, 20 at DROM, New York City (nearly sold out)
April 19, Miami Dade Auditorium Black Box Theater with FUNDARTE
April 22, Baltimore at Towson University with the Towson Jazz Symphony
April 24 Baltimore at German's Cabaret
April 28 New Orleans Jazz Festival
May 1, Dallas Private Event
May 3, Piedmont Piano Company, Oakland CA
June 15, Blue Note Jazz festival at DROM, NYC

Web:
www.pachecopiano.com

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Piedmont Piano Company (View)
1728 San Pablo Ave
Oakland, CA 94612
United States

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Roger F.

Berkeley, CA United States

May 03, 2014 5:46 PM

Kay K.

Walnut Creek, CA United States

May 03, 2014 5:34 PM

Cyntha G.

Oakland, CA United States

May 03, 2014 2:14 PM

Name Withheld

Cupertino, CA United States

May 03, 2014 12:39 PM

Rachel V.

Piedmont, CA United States

May 03, 2014 8:59 AM

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