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Eliades Ochoa at Blue Note New York

Courtesy of Blue Note New York | Posted on July 28, 2017

Where

Blue Note New York
131 West Third Street
New York, NY
Map
212-475-8592

When

Wed, March 28, 2018
10:30 pm

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Musicians

About

ELIADES OCHOA

In Cuba's mountainous eastern region, far from Havana's pre-revolution nightlife, Eliades Ochoa's musical roots were formed in the Cuban countryside and from the music of his family's humble farm community. Playing guitar since age 6, Eliades was raised listening to the stories of those times, playing at farmers dances, and developing his expressive, unaffected musical style.



Salsa and mambo dance rhythms are vintage Cuba, but Eliades' indigenous son style is where syncopated clave rhythms and short vocal refrains suggest the true story of Cuba's troubadour legacy and the divergence of African and Hispanic cultures. In Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, Eliades' memorable voice in the son composition Chan Chan symbolized Cuba's international musical revival and the song was the first track on the group's eponymous album of 1997....

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