Photo Credit: Sean Howard
David Buchbinder’s Odessa/Havana bursts with the rich colours of Jewish and AfroCuban cultures, presenting “dazzlingly tuneful music, with powerful, swinging and lyrical playing”, that is “passionate, dancing and completely irresistible.” The JUNO Award-winning ensemble have brought their cross-cultural music magic to audiences form New York to L.A., Vancouver to Sao Paulo, and everywhere in-between, drawing people in with “a stunning display of the unlimited potential of what World Music has to offer”. Their sound is created by the writing of Grammy nominees David Buchbinder and Hilario Durán, and one killin’ ensemble of master musicians. This octet can alternately sound like an orchestra (covering brass, reeds, strings, keys, drums, percussion and voice), a tight, hot jazz ensemble, and a gritty, authentic street band, as they expertly negotiate a reimagined confluence of the historically-connected Jewish and Afro-Cuban music traditions.
DOORS open at 3:00 PM
Check out:
“Lailadance” “La Galana” “Coffee Works” “Live at the Small World Music Festival” “Nu? Normal?”
