*Pictured above: Bassist Michael League (center), with Pedrito Martinez, the brilliant conguero and vocalist from Havana, Cuba (left) and the Mexico City raised, New York City-based drummer Antonio Sanchez (right). These three first played a totally improvised set together at the 2018 North Sea Jazz Festival. Their new album — appropriately titled "Elipsis" — is a continuation of the musical conversation that started there. Photo by Francois Bisi.
By Matt Silver
It’s Friday, Feb. 20, and the KSDS Jazz Olympiad continues with a major Latin American tilt between Cuba AND Mexico.
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