CUBOP – Celebrating Diz & Chano!

CUBOP –

Celebrating Diz & Chano
Friday, March 22 @ 8 PM

Celebrate the musical collaboration between bebop innovator Dizzy Gillespie—who became "the godfather of Latin jazz in the U.S." - and the great Cuban conguero Chano Pozo! This program showcases the groundbreaking body of work that these legendary artists created, pushing the boundaries to bring Afro-Cuban jazz into the jazz mainstream. The renowned Cuban multi-instrumentalist and jazz ambassador Paquito D'Rivera will headline the concert, joined by Dizzy Gillespie protégé and trumpeter extraordinaire Jon Faddis. Also sharing the bill is the esteemed percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo—a former member of Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra - vibraphone virtuoso Dave Samuels, and the FIU Jazz Big Band!

John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall

1300 Biscayne Boulevard

Miami, FL 33132

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is presented by TotalBank, a subsidiary of

Banco Popular Espanol, S.A.; WPBT Channel 2,

WLRN 91.3 FM are media sponsors of JAZZ ROOTS.

The JAZZ ROOTS series is also sponsored in part by

Steinway & Sons, the official piano of the

 Adrienne Arsht Center.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

of Miami-Dade County, Inc.

 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami FL 33132

Administrative Offices (786) 468-2000

Box Office (305) 949-6722

www.arshtcenter.org