{"id":6618,"date":"2015-05-09T14:38:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T18:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/?p=6618"},"modified":"2017-08-07T08:11:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T12:11:21","slug":"jane-bunnett-and-maqueque-tour-west-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2015\/05\/09\/jane-bunnett-and-maqueque-tour-west-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Bunnett and Maqueque Tour West Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian Latin Jazz artist Jane Bunnett<\/a> has a new music group (Maqueque) with a new music style and a new tour to the US west coast, which begins in Seattle’s Jazz Alley.<\/p>\n

Jane is well known, and well recognized, as a Latin Jazz artist through her approximately 20 recordings, the majority of which are directly of Afro-Cuban music. She’s has won five Juno awards and has been nominated a couple of times for Latin Grammy awards.<\/p>\n

In my exclusive conversation with Jane Bunnett for Latino Music Caf\u00e9, she recounted excitedly that her last Juno just awarded in March 2015 was for her new album with Maqueque, a formal recognition to go along all the accolades she’s received for her recording with the all-female Cuban band.<\/p>\n

Jane Bunnett’s\u00a0Collaborations with Cuban Music Stars<\/h3>\n
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Jane Bunnett and Maqueque will perform their powerful and energetic Afro-Cuban jazz music in their tour of the US west coast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After starting her recording career with a few straight jazz albums, Jane Bunnett began to get more attention after her album “Spirits of Havana”. The album began a series of collaborations with great Cuban musicians.<\/p>\n

“Spirits of Havana” (1991) featured percussionist Guillermo Barreto, three great Cuban pianist including a then young up-and-coming virtuoso Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Cuban piano legend Frank Emilio Flynn (one of the forefathers of the “Felin” musical movement), and Hilario Duran, who would continue to collaborate with Jane in subsequent projects, eventually moving to Canada.<\/p>\n

From there, Jane Bunnett has recorded with Tata Guines, Los Mu\u00f1equitos de Matanzas, Dafnis Prieto, Pancho Quinto, Jose Luis Quintana “Changuito”, Guillermo Rubalcaba Gonzalez, Bobby Carcases, and many others.<\/p>\n

In this audio clip of my conversation with Jane, she explains her collaboration with so many Cuban musicians.<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Interw_w_Jane_Bunnett-clip_1_Cuban_collaborations.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Jane Bunnett’s extensive collaborations with Cuban musicians and her numerous trips to Cuba to visit, learn, and record, have given her an unparalleled first-hand expertise in Cuban music, and particularly in its adaptation to Afro-Cuban jazz.<\/p>\n

The talent Jane brings as a performer with her soprano sax and flute almost take a backseat to her long-polished ability to weave the sounds of Afro-Cuban music into jazz melodies. I believe this is what makes her a unique performer of this music.<\/p>\n

The Birth of Maqueque – Showcase Cuban Women Talent<\/p>\n

Maqueque came together as an idea to help expose talented Cuban women, who got very few opportunities to get musical exposure in Cuba. The best thing is for you to listen to how Maqueque came together by Jane herself, in the following audio clip of our conversation:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Interw_w_Jane_Bunnett-clip_2_Maqueque_starts.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Jazz Alley and West Coast Tour<\/h3>\n
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Jane Bunnett and the all-female Cuban band Maqueque won a Juno award in 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a tour of the east coast last September, with successful stops at the legendary Blue Note club, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque are now visiting the U.S. west coast, with their second stop being at Seattle’s Demitrious Jazz Alley on May 12 and 13.<\/p>\n

For their west coast tour, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque will perform the music of their recently award-winning CD, but also new music they have been putting together since the album came out.<\/p>\n

Here’s and audio clip of Jane describing the music of Maqueque and what people can expect on the west coast shows.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Interw_w_Jane_Bunnett-clip_3_Jazz_Alley.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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This is a great opportunity for Jazz music fans in the west coast to enjoy a musical experience based on Afro-Cuban Jazz.<\/p>\n

TOUR DATES IN THE WEST COAST USA<\/p>\n

PDX Jazz @ Jimmy Mak\u2019s \u2013 Portland Oregon \u2013 Monday May 11
\nJazz Alley \u2013 Seattle Washington \u2013 Tuesday May 12, Wednesday May 13
\nPiedmont Piano Company \u2013 In-Store Concerts \u2013 Oakland CA \u2013 Thursday May 14
\nJazz Bakery Presents at Moss Theater \u2013 Santa Monica CA \u2013 Saturday May 16
\nMIM Music Theater (Musical Instrument Museum) \u2013 Phoenix AZ \u2013 Sunday May 17
\nKuumbwa Jazz Center \u2013 Santa Cruz CA \u2013 Monday May 18<\/p>\n

Video of Jane Bunnett with Maqueque<\/h3>\n

Here’s a short video that provides a sample of the music of Jane Bunnett with Maqueque.<\/p>\n