Pablo Cardenas Plays the Jazz Piano Masters & Afro-Cuban Jazz Legends

Event Description

World class Cuban pianist Pablo Cardenas performs a tribute to the Jazz piano masters and Afro-Cuban Jazz Legends, many of whom became a huge influence to his playing and an obligated reference, like Oscar Perterson, Bill Evans, Bud Powell in the traditional Jazz, or Chick Corea and Chucho Valdez in the Jazz fusion and Latin Jazz world.

Pablo will be accompanied by a lineup of top class musicians and special guests. Music by Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Chick Corea, Chucho Valdez, Paquito de Rivera and more.

Pablo Cardenas is a Cuban Jazz pianist, composer, music educator and arranger with different influences like Afro-Cuban, Latin jazz, Jazz Fusion, Modern Jazz, Classical and more. He studied classical performance at the Superior Institute of Arts in Havana, Cuba. Since the 2000s he has been performing in music festivals in Havana and internationally. He has been residing in Canada since 2011 where he created different music projects as The West Coast Cuban Orchestra, highly contributing for the development of the Afro-Cuban music and jazz scene in the area, performing at the most important venues and festivals around, and collaborating with many accomplished musicians like Canadian treasures Dee Daniel and Denzal Sinclair. Pablo has been also collaborating with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra in the last years.