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Roberto Fonseca

Roberto Fonseca is a Cuban pianist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and bandleader. Havana-born, he has released many solo albums, collaborated across genres, been nominated for a Grammy Award and toured the world several times over. An artist of prowess and ideas, with a questing jazz sensibility and deep roots in the Afro-Cuban tradition, Fonseca continues to astound. ‘The most exciting pianist in Cuba,” avowed Britain’s Guardian newspaper. “Does something new with the old, without ever denying its origins, and opens... Read full text

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Roberto FonsecaVocal, Piano
Felipe CabreraDouble bass
Andrés CoayoPercussion
Ariel VigoBaritone sax, Flute
Jimmy JenksTenor sax
Yuri HernandezTrumpet
Ruly HerreraDrums

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