MAY 8-10 | EXPLORATORY PIANISTS
May 10 - May 11, 2025
Joe Henderson Lab
Of the explosively talented pianists to emerge from Cuba in recent years, Jorge Luis Pacheco stands out with a staggering level of musicianship that will be clearly in evidence during this solo performance that integrates electronic loops to create counter lines, melodies, and vamps.
Described by JazzTimes as “a revelation,” the young pianist and winner of the 2014 Montreux Jazz Piano Solo Competition matches astonishing technique with deep feeling and a mastery of the Afro-Cuban, modern jazz, and classical traditions.
Pacheco has already built a lifetime of major milestones in his growing career – in addition to his Montreaux win, the Havana native won Cuba’s prestigious International Contest for Young Jazz Musicians (JoJazz Festival) in 2007 and the 2013 Best Jazz Project Award and was listed prominently among the other rising stars in Vanity Fair’s article “The Jazz Youth-Quake."
Pacheco sold out his solo piano debut at Lincoln Center in 2015, and as a composer, he premiered his A Symphony for Jazz Quartet and Symphonic Orchestra at the National Theater of Cuba in 2018.
He has collaborated with Wynton Marsalis, Arturo O’Farrill, Lenny White, Issac Delgado, Miguel Zenón, and Dave Weckl, and has released a trio of accomplished albums including his latest, the 2022 Ropeadope trio session The Lockdown Album.
Described by JazzTimes as “a revelation,” the young pianist and winner of the 2014 Montreux Jazz Piano Solo Competition matches astonishing technique with a mastery of the Afro-Cuban, modern jazz, and classical traditions. He performs solo.
...his hands a virtual blur as he led his trio through an alternately fiery and ornate display of superior technique...
jazztimes on jorge luis pacheco
...his hands a virtual blur as he led his trio through an alternately fiery and ornate display of superior technique...
jazztimes on jorge luis pacheco
Personnel
Jorge Luis Pacheco piano
A virtuoso pianist that defies genre
monty alexander on jorge luis pacheco
Personnel
Jorge Luis Pacheco piano
A virtuoso pianist that defies genre
monty alexander on jorge luis pacheco
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Jorge Luis Pacheco
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Jorge Luis Pacheco
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Jorge Luis Pacheco
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Jorge Luis Pacheco
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