Aguankó featuring Alberto Nacif 2018

Aguankó featuring Alberto Nacif

2018 August 3, Friday – 9:30 to 11:00 pm

Aguankó featuring Alberto Nacif

Aguankó is an Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble led by percussionist and composer Alberto Nacíf. Born in Oaxaca, México, where Cuban derived rhythms were part of the everyday music, Nacif studied and honed his percussion skills with top Cuban master drummers, and is a devoted life-long student of the drum. He has performed nationally and internationally with Dizzy Gillespie, John Faddis, Jane Bunnett, Munequitos de Matanzas, Arturo Sandoval, and Frank Emilio Flynn.

Alberto Nacif

His band is a talented group of Michigan based musicians who are steeped in the tradition of jazz infused Son-Salsa. Attentive listeners may hear shades of Conjunto Libre, Eddie Palmieri’s La Perfecta Orchestra, the Fort Apache Band, and of course Afro-Cuban folkloric rhythms. Sophisticated, but accessible in essential ways, the band’s music is graced with a driving funk and “sabor” that comes only from years of developing a musical sensibility that speaks from both the heart and soul.

Performer Website :: http://www.aguanko.com/