LEON ALLEN, JESSE CHARBONIER & CUBA

In addition to the many Chicago-based musicians that you will encounter in connection with this year's Jazz Plaza, there are additional musicians in the windy city that have performed in Cuba and with Cuban musicians touring in the US. Here we introduce you to two of them:
1. Leon Allen has performed with several Cuban bands including Manolito Simonet y Su Trabuco, Bamboleo, Hermanos Avilés, Cimafunk and others. Here he discusses his experiences in a 2020 Skype conversation with Bill Tilford:

2. Singer and filmmaker Jesse Charbonier performed at the Teatro America in Havana during the 2020 edition of Jazz Plaza. Here his discusses that experience and future plans in a 2020 Skype conversation with Bill Tilford:

Jesse graciously shared three stills from his Jazz Plaza performance:

His video Black Is The Color is here:

Finally, a live clip from his performance in Havana:

If you are watching this year's Jazz Plaza on line (and we hope you are), you will encounter many other Chicago musicians in connection with this year's festival.

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Monday, 18 January 2021, 03:53 PM

Por primera vez se transmitirá todo el Festival (incl el Coloquio) en linea.
Además de las transmisiones por la cadena cubana, HotHouse va a llevar HotHouse Meets Havana como publicado previamente.

Toda la programación está disponible AQUÍ

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Sunday, 17 January 2021, 04:38 AM

Es la primera vez que se puede ver el Coloquio en Internet:

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Thursday, 14 January 2021, 06:18 PM

ENGLISH: The live performances in venues for the 36th Jazz Plaza (January 21-24) and the 16th International Colloquium have been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation in Havana, but prerecorded sessions of both concerts and the Colloquium will be broadcast in Cuba, and Hothouse, a Chicago-based not for profit that was a partner in events streamed from Cuba last year, will be streaming interesting events each night in its "Hothouse Meets Havana" series. This will feature prominent jazzistas from both Cuba and the United States. The daily program and additional details follow below.
ESPAÑOL: Las presentaciones en vivo en las sedes del 36 ° Jazz Plaza (21-24 de enero) y el XVI Coloquio Internacional han sido canceladas debido a la situación del COVID-19 en La Habana, pero las sesiones pregrabadas de conciertos y el Coloquio serán transmitidas en Cuba , y Hothouse, una organización sin fines de lucro con sede en Chicago que produjo y facilitó eventos transmitidos desde Cuba el año pasado, transmitirá eventos interesantes cada noche en su serie "Hothouse Meets Havana". Este evento contará con destacados jazzistas tanto de Cuba como de Estados Unidos. El programa diario y detalles adicionales se muestran a continuación.

SCHEDULE/PROGRAMA DIARIO

I. 21 January, 7pm CST (Host: Jazz Critic Larry Blumenfeld
Roscoe Mitchell (US)
Harold López-Nussa (Cuba)
Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang (US)

II. 22 January, 7pm CST (Host: Richton Thomas)
Michel Herrera (Cuba)
Ari Brown, Yosef Ben-Israel & Charles Heath (US)
Coco Elysses, Alexis Lombre & Ivan Taylor (US)
Frank Fernández (Cuba)

III. 23 January, 7pm CST (Host: Mark Ruffin)
James Sanders & Leandro López Várady (US)
Roberto Fonseca (Cuba)
Ben La Mar Gay, Mike Reed & Mayda Del Valle (US)
Orlando "Maraca" Valle (Cuba)

IV. 24 January, 7pm CST (Host: Richard Steele)
Ruy López-Nussa (Cuba)
Tomeka Reid & Junius Paul (US)
Edward Wilkerson, Jamie Kempkers & Jim Baker (US)
Alejandro Falcón (Cuba)

Tickets are free but with suggested donation $25/night or $75 all nights. For tickets and more information, visit Hothouse.net.
Entradas gratis pero con donación sugerida de $25/noche o $75 para todo.Para boletos y más información visite Hothouse.net

Hothouse precedes the presentations above with a free January 18th presentation and roundtable (Cuba: The Conversation Continues), more details on the Hothouse website.
Además, HotHouse organiza una presentación gratuita del Día de Martin Luther King y una mesa redonda (Cuba, La Conversación Continúa) el 18 de enero a partir de las 7 p.m.

More next week / más la semana que viene