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This Pick of the Week features the 2021 virtual performance of Daymé Arocena (2021)
Full of energy, talent, and charisma, Havana-born jazz vocalist and composer Daymé Arocena comes to the Library to enchant her audience with her rich and powerful vocals. Characterized as “one of the world’s fastest-rising jazz vocalists” by The New Yorker, Arocena brings a program that fuses jazz, Santeria chants, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and contemporary R&B that reflects her cultural and musical upbringing on the island. Compared to such luminaries as Celia Cruz, Aretha Franklin, and Nina Simone (NPR), Arocena promises a program full of color and spirit. In addition to her virtual performance, Arocena will present five short educational videos on Afro-Cuban rhythms, vocal improvisation, and Afro-Cuban influences in music. Finally, she will join a Library curator in a conversation about her life and music.
Presented in cooperation with the Revada Foundation of the Logan family.
DAYMÉ AROCENA
Daymé Arocena, vocals
Jorge Luis Lagarza, piano
Rafael Aldama, bass
Marcos Morales, drums
Pablo Dewin, videographer and video co-editor
Program:
“Nangareo”
“Trilogia: Oya, Oshun & Yemaya”
“Not for Me”
“Para el Amor: Cantar!”
“Maybe Tomorrow”
“Menuet para un Corazón”
“El Ruso”
“Mambo Na Ma”
“La Rumba Me Llamo Yo”
Conversation with Daymé Arocena
Daymé Arocena Educational Video #1: Vocal Improvisation
Daymé Arocena Educational Video #2: Afro-Cuban Rhythms
Daymé Arocena Educational Video #3: Afro-Cuban Influences in Music
Daymé Arocena Educational Video #4: Music Composition
Daymé Arocena Educational Video #5: Five Tips for Emerging Artists
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