10-01-2023, 08:43 PM
We invested in this year’s series. It’s mostly classical recitals but tonight was jazz. It’s a lovely venue, intimate and tastefully decorated, high on the hill near campus. Beautiful architecture and solid acoustics. Churches grab all the best real estate.
Jorge Luis Pacheco Cuban Jazz Trio - Pacheco was piano and vocals, Gerson Lazo Quiroja on electric bass and Reinier Mendoza Valdez on drums. Pacheco and Valdez were fierce. They both had that cool jazz style that made the impossible seem easy. We sat stage left (there wasn’t really a stage - the band was set up on the floor and chairs were arranged around them). This was behind the drummer but in the line of sight of Pacheco, which was cool because we could see him cueing the others, as well as his joy when the noodling reached its climaxes. Great show.
I’m looking forward to the rest of the series - 6 performances going into March of next year.
Jorge Luis Pacheco Cuban Jazz Trio - Pacheco was piano and vocals, Gerson Lazo Quiroja on electric bass and Reinier Mendoza Valdez on drums. Pacheco and Valdez were fierce. They both had that cool jazz style that made the impossible seem easy. We sat stage left (there wasn’t really a stage - the band was set up on the floor and chairs were arranged around them). This was behind the drummer but in the line of sight of Pacheco, which was cool because we could see him cueing the others, as well as his joy when the noodling reached its climaxes. Great show.
I’m looking forward to the rest of the series - 6 performances going into March of next year.
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