Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94105 USA
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Sep 7, 2016
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6-class series co-presented by MoAD, YBGF and SFJAZZ

Wednesdays, August 10 – September 14, 7PM-9PM

CLASS 5: Jazz Latino

Latin American music and musicians have played fundamental and innovative roles in the history and evolution of jazz. Jelly Roll, Louie, Duke and Diz are among the legions of jazz pioneers who acknowledged these facts. The Latin Roots of Jazz is the continuation of John Santos’ ongoing yearly series presented by the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the Museum of the African Diaspora, and SFJAZZ, featuring live musical examples (in weeks one and six) in addition to selections from his legendary collection of audio and video recordings.

Evolving organically from the Afro-Cuban Jazz roots of the 1940s, Latin Jazz is created by musicians from all over the Americas, Europe and beyond, spearheaded by myriad Latin American rhythms and forms. While Cuban rhythms continue to form the base and point of departure, composers and arrangers have incorporated cultural components from their own countries and ethnicities as well as non-traditional musical combinations such as odd meter and instrumental and harmonic experimentation.

Multi-Grammy nominee, John Santos is an internationally-recognized educator, bandleader and percussionist. He was a Latin Jazz Advisor to the Smithsonian, SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director (2013 & 2014), and is current faculty at the California Jazz Conservatory (Berkeley) and the College of San Mateo.

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