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Roberto Carcassés
Roberto Carcassés is a Cuban jazz pianist. He was born on May 19, 1972, in Havana, Cuba. He has collaborated with many musicians, such as Chucho Valdés, Changuito, Wynton Marsalis, George Benson, and Descemer Bueno. He is the bandleader of the Interactivo collective. Biography Also known as Robertico, Roberto Carcassés graduated in percussion from the National School of Arts in Havana in 1991. He toured as a pianist with the Grupo de Santiago Feliú in Argentina, Germany, and Spain between 1992 and 1995. He took part in a tour in Spain and the US with the group Columna B, in 1998–1999. During this period, he taught in the Jazz Workshop of Stanford University. Solo career Carcassés has been invited to perform at many international jazz festivals, including the Barcelona Jazz Festival (1997), the Havana Festival (1995, 1996, 1997) and the Utah Jazz Festival (1998). In 1997, Roberto Carcassés composed the soundtrack for the film ''Violetas'' (México), as well as some son ...
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Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,418 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with the Gua ...
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Harper Simon
Harper James Simon (born September 7, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. He is the son of Paul Simon and his first wife Peggy Harper. Simon's talents have appeared on several studio albums, and has been featured in films and television shows, including HBO's ''Girls''. In 2010, Simon released his self-titled solo album, followed by his second album ''Division Street'' released in 2013. Over the years, Simon has appeared as a musical guest on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', ''Late Night with David Letterman'', ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'', and ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,'' and has been featured in ''Rolling Stone,'' ''Paper'', '' Mojo'', ''Uncut'', '' Clash,'' ''The Independent, and London Times.'' Simon is also a journalist, and has conducted interviews with cultural and political figures. He's contributed to several publications, including '' LA Review of Books, Purple, Issue,'' and ''Hesperios Journal.'' Simon is also a producer of film, music a ...
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Cuban Jazz Pianists
Cuban may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban citizen, a person who is part of the Cuban population, see Demographics of Cuba * Cuban Spanish, the dialect of Cuba * Cuban Americans, citizens of the United States who are of Cuban descent * Cuban cigar, often referred to as "Cubans" * Cuban culture * Cuban cuisine ** Cuban sandwich * Cuban-eight, a type of aerobatic maneuver People with the surname * Brian Cuban (born 1961), American lawyer and activist * Mark Cuban (born 1958), American entrepreneur See also

* Cuban Missile Crisis * List of Cubans * * Cuban Boys, a British music act * Kuban (other) * Cubane {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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1972 Births
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, mean solar time [the legal time scale], its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908 in science#Astronomy, 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 - The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth, RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' is destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. * January 11 – Sheik ...
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Ronnie Scott
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Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Originally dedicated to recording traditional jazz and small group swing, the label began to switch its attention to modern jazz around 1947. From there, Blue Note grew to become one of the most prolific, influential and respected jazz labels of the mid-20th century, noted for its role in facilitating the development of hard bop, post-bop and avant-garde jazz, as well as for its iconic modernist art direction. History Historically, Blue Note has principally been associated with the "hard bop" style of jazz (mixing bebop with other forms of music including soul, blues, rhythm and blues and gospel), but also recorded essential albums in the avant-garde and free styles of jazz. Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Art Blake ...
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Istanbul International Jazz Festival
The Istanbul Jazz Festival, formerly Istanbul Festival, ( tr, İstanbul Caz Festivali) is a cultural event held every July in Istanbul, Turkey. It offers a selection of jazz music performances with the participations of famous artists from all over the world. The festival was first held in 1994 and is organized by the Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts. Its main sponsor is Garanti BBVA. The festival had its beginnings in a concert given by Chick Corea and Steve Kujala on July 8, 1984, as a part of Istanbul Music Festival. This concert ignited more and more jazz events during the following years. Beginning in 1986, jazz was on the program. Since 1994, the Istanbul Jazz Festival has also hosted musicians in rock, pop, blues, reggae and New-age music. The Istanbul Jazz Festival is a founding member of the International Jazz Festivals Organization (shortly IJFO), which it chaired from 1998 to 2001. Musicians who have appeared at the festival include George Benson, Jane Bi ...
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Ottawa International Jazz Festival
The Ottawa Jazz Festival is an annual music festival located in Ottawa, Canada. Lineups 2019 2019 event was held from June 21 to July 1 in Marion Dewar Plaza due to the Confederation Park's renovation. 2020 It was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 In 2021, the festival was held from August 19 to 22. It was a mix festival with live and virtual performances because of the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified ... restrictions. 2022 2022 event will be held from June 24 to July 3 at Confederation Park. The festival would be returning after the park's renovation and the COVID-19 breaks. References {{reflist External links Ottawa Jazz Festivalofficial website "Ottawa Citizen - Ottawa Jazz Festival a Wild Few Days of Music and All That Jazz" "Exclai ...
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Cubadisco Award
Cubadisco is a week-long music festival and awards event celebrating Cuban music. It is held in Havana City, Cuba and was established in 1997. There are 25 award categories. Each year the event celebrates a particular country and genre. There are also tributes to artists and personalities from the Cuban music scene. Expositions, conferences, discussions, concerts, and music release parties are part of the festivities across various theaters and other venues. In the wake of the nationalization of Cuba's music industry, EGREM EGREM (Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales, Spanish for ''Enterprise of Recordings and Musical Editions'') is the national record label of Cuba. It is headquartered in Centro Habana, where its main record studios (''Estudios Areito'' 101 ... controlled music production activities in Cuba until the late 1980s when independent labels reemerged.
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Kelvis Ochoa
Kelvis Ochoa (born in 1970) is a Cuba, Cuban author, composer, and singer. At age 3, his parents moved to Isla de la Juventud ("Isle of Youth") where he grew up. The island is situated about 100 kilometres south of the coast of Havana. He is generally considered to be very popular with young Cubans and famous worldwide for having co-composed the original soundtrack from the movie Habana Blues. He is also part of the Cuban band Habana Abierta. History Childhood Ochoa was born in Las Tunas (city), Las Tunas, Cuba, in 1970. Ochoa's father was a percussionist in his grandfather's band, and when he heard them perform it inspired him to pursue music. Ochoa started playing conga tunes in the streets with his friends, and had his first stage performance when he was 14. At the performance he sang a tune by Cuban Sucu Sucu player Mongo Rives at an inter-school festival. He started to take guitar lessons and write poetry and songs. He tended to avoid any form of classical music training. ...
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William Vivanco
William Vivanco (born October 6, 1975, in Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban composer and musician. Vivanco learned to play guitar by visiting Casa de la Trova on Calle Heredia in Santiago de Chile. He busked in the streets and performed with a professional children's choir. Vivanco first came to Havana when he was 23 years old. He made his first solo album, ''Lo Tengo To' Pensa'o'', a mix of Brazilian music, pop, and reggae, under the Bis Music label in 2002. His most well-known song is "Cimarrón" (meaning "one who lives on mountaintops"). The song refers to African slaves who ran away from their Spanish masters. In 2006, Vivanco recorded his second solo album, ''La Isla Milagrosa'', produced by Descemer Bueno and Roberto Carcassés Roberto Carcassés is a Cuban jazz pianist. He was born on May 19, 1972, in Havana, Cuba. He has collaborated with many musicians, such as Chucho Valdés, Changuito, Wynton Marsalis, George Benson, and Descemer Bueno. He is the bandleader of the I .. ...
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Francis Del Rio
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