Sound Culture Presents
Chicago Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble (CALJE)
Friday, May 13, 2011
9pm show - 8:00pm doors
The Midwest's only Latin Jazz Big Band celebrates their debut CD, “Blueprints” with a Salsa party at Mayne Stage! Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble (CALJE) formed in an effort to fuse the musical treasures of Afro-Latin American music and Jazz with musicians from Chicago's diverse Jazz community.
Mayne Stage - 1328 W. Morse Ave. Chicago IL
Founded in 2006 by Nicaraguan pianist/composer, Darwin Noguera & Mexican trumpeter/composer Victor Garcia, these long-time musical collaborators envisioned an endeavor for Chicago that would follow in the innovative footsteps of the pioneering Cuban group Irakere, Arturo O'Farril's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, and the Dizzy Gillespie United Nations Orchestra. This dynamic group is striving to continue the legacy of Latin Jazz big band, creating new original and genre-bending works.
With a global sound and ensemble, this group uses Latin rhythms as a springboard to create aesthetic textures and sonic spaces, establishing CALJE as a new voice in the Latin Jazz genre.
