JULY 27-30 | CARIBBEAN ROOTS
Jul 30, 2023
Miner Auditorium
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Original show description below.
Please note: Dance floor is General Admission standing room only. If you would prefer seats, please select a different level for this show. Patrons with seats, please enter the auditorium through the 2nd floor entrances.
The Cuban born, Bay Area based percussionist and singer is among the most versatile and accomplished artists on the world music scene, performing with his dance-heavy, dynamic ensemble that is “one of the few groups in the United States playing timba, a new-millennium musical idea from Cuba that fuses post-revolutionary innovations like songo with funk and jazz” (SF Chronicle).
Arriving in the U.S. from Cuba in 1980, Díaz spent over a decade paying dues with Bay Area Afro-Cuban stalwarts Conjunto Céspedes before stepping out as a leader with piano great Omar Sosa in Oaktown Irawo, featuring Tower of Power drummer David Garilbaldi. Díaz was a member of Garibaldi’s influential percussion trio Talking Drums with fellow percussionist Michael Spiro, and has gone on to recordings and performances with Stevie Wonder, the Dave Matthews Band, Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Coleman, the Caribbean Jazz Project, Jane Bunnett, Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum, and more.
Dedicated to the rollicking mix of traditional Cuban forms blended with funk, pop, and jazz that has captivated the world, QBA brings an unforgettable night of groove and Cuban soul.
“One of the few groups in the United States playing timba, a new-millennium musical idea from Cuba that fuses post-revolutionary innovations like songo with funk and jazz.” (San Francisco Chronicle)
A crack ensemble
San Francisco Classical Voice
A crack ensemble
San Francisco Classical Voice
One of the few groups in the United States playing timba, a new-millennium musical idea from Cuba that fuses post-revolutionary innovations like songo with funk and jazz.
San Francisco Chronicle
One of the few groups in the United States playing timba, a new-millennium musical idea from Cuba that fuses post-revolutionary innovations like songo with funk and jazz.
San Francisco Chronicle
Watch & Listen
Jesus Díaz y su QBA
Tumbao Cubano
Jesus Díaz y su QBA
Comentario
Jesus Díaz y su QBA
Tumbao Cubano
Jesus Díaz y su QBA
Comentario
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