TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS
AN EVENING OF AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ
FEATURING
JAZZ SAXOPHONIST YOSVANY TERRY’S LATEST PROJECT
YE-DÉ-GBÉ AND THE AFRO-CUBAN LEGACY

WITH OPENING ACT
THE UT HISPANIC CARIBBEAN ENSEMBLE

FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011, 8:00PM
IN HOGG MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM

Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies

“His performances always appeal to audiences, uniquely blending Afro-Cuban music with jazz structures and harmonies, and creating an organic, natural flow that swings and is proven to be intellectually challenging.” – Latin Beat Magazine

Cuban-born saxophonist Yosvany Terry brings his latest jazz project, Ye-dé-gbé and the Afro-Caribbean Legacy, to UT’s Hogg Memorial Auditorium for an evening infused with influences of the Afro-Caribbean Arará culture and the American jazz form. Balloons
Now residing in New York City, Terry is known for melding the traditional sounds of his native Cuba with avant-garde innovation and fiery post-bop, sophisticated harmonies. He sits at the forefront of a group of young Cuban musicians who have recently inspired the city’s scene with a new creative energy. In Ye-dé-gbé, Terry explores the Afro-Caribbean Arará musical tradition – a style brought to Cuba by slaves taken from West Africa – in a collection of compositions with African percussion.
Along with Terry on saxophone and chekeré, the ensemble features an all-star band with Osmany Paredes, piano; Yunior Terry, bass; Pedro Martinez, percussion/vocals; Roman Diaz, percussion; Justin Brown & Sandy Perez, drums; and Felix Pupi Insua, dancer.

Opening the evening will be the UT Hispanic Caribbean Ensemble, led by Dr. Robin Moore.

Yosvany Terry is presented by Texas Performing Arts’ ArtesAméricas program. In partnership with the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, ArtesAméricas promotes cultural dialogue in the Americas through the performing arts. For more information, please visit artesamericas.org.

CALENDAR LISTING

Friday, April 29, 2011, 8:00 pm –Texas Performing Arts presents Yosvany Terry, saxophone at Hogg Memorial Auditorium (2300 Whitis Ave). A map of the campus: TexasPerformingArts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets ($28 / Limited $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO (2386).

PRESS CONTACT:
Gene Bartholomew; 512.471.0632 gbartholomew@TexasPerformingArts.org

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