Free and Online Friday through Sunday. Function at the Junction. Afro-Cuban Spiritual and Folkloric traditions December 17, 18, 19 2021

 

 

Our end of the year special event is the multi-faceted, multi-media and collaborative project highlighting practitioners in the Afro-Cuban Spiritual and Folkloric traditions

 

 

 

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 at 7pm cst   OSAIN DEL MONTE            Panter Calderón, the long-time director of the Yoruba Andabo group, is a veritable prodigy of Afro-Cuban percussion. In 2012, he created his own group, Osain del Monte, bringing together the emerging generation of the young singers, dancers, and percussionists of Havana. They took the main stages of Havana to promote music emanating from the most “Afro” sacred rituals in the Cuban tradition (santeria, pablo, abacua, iyesa, rumba, columbia), and within a few months they became ambassadors of Afro-Cuban identity throughout the country. Spectators from around the world, including legends like Madonna and the Rolling Stones, crowded in to catch their incredible shows.   BOBI CÉSPEDES A vocalist in the Cuban son tradition, composer, band leader and educator, Bobi first won international recognition as director and lead vocalist for the award winning band, Conjunto Céspedes. She claims her rightful place as an icon in the tradition with a resonant voice and dynamic stage presence and leads audiences on a journey from Yoruba incantations to the Cuban son. with Marco Díaz Elizabeth "Lichi" Fuentes, José Roberto Hernández, Ernesto Mazar Kindelán, Robert Morris Amaya and Eric Rangel    with IVOR MILLER     programma en español

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY DECEMBER 18 at 7pm cst Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba with Alex Norris, Mike Thomas, Isaiah Collier, Chris Washburne, Gregg August, Robby Ameen, Román Díaz, Rafael Monteagudo, Mauricio Herrera and Abraham Rodriguez Francisco Mora Catlett's Afro Horn with Francisco Mora Catlett, Sam Newsome, Román Díaz, James Weidman, Rashaan Carter, and Alex Harding  Román Díaz 's Rumba Ensemble with Clemente Medina,  Rafael Monteagudo, Barry Cox, Abraham Rodriguez, Máximo Gustavo, and Onel Mulet

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY DECEMBER 19 at 7pm ROUNDTABLE & RUMBA

 

FRANK BELL  Hailing from Havana, long-time NY-based Oriate and musician, Frank Bell, is steeped in the cultural history of the Lukumi tradition. Bell’s framing remarks illuminate the key influences for the featured artists in A Function at the Junction

HABANA/HARLEM® Neyda Martinez and Onel Mulet are a music & humanities initiative that celebrates a cultural and creative nexus by supporting and presenting projects and artists that foster dialogue and cultural appreciation.  Habana/Harlem produced this historic conversation   Roundtable Michele Rosewoman, Francisco Mora Catlett, Román Díaz,Frank Bell and Ivor Miller.   read more about the series

IVOR MILLER  Ivor L. Miller, Ph.D, is a scholar focused on Cuban cultural history in the trans-Atlantic context. He has conducted research in Cuba since 1991, focusing on the continuity and impact of seminal Cuban artists, many of whom have left an indelible mark on the New York music scene.

 

 

LOS MUÑEQUITOS DE MATANZAS is a Cuban rumba ensemble from the city of Matanzas. The group was established in 1952 as Conjunto Guaguancó Matancero and released their first LP in 1956 through Puchito. Since then, Los Muñequitos have continued to perform and record, becoming one of the most successful and critically acclaimed rumba groups of all time.   YORUBA ANDABO Yoruba Andabo is a Cuban rumba ensemble founded in 1981 by master percussionist/folklorist Pancho Quinto. It evolved from an amateur group known as Guaguancó Marítimo Portuario, established in 1961 in the docks of Havana

 

 

 

 

 

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