Cultural Compass
JAZZ ROOTS: CON TUMBAO
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts presents CON TUMBAO, a project conceived by international recording artist Issac Delgado, featuring an all-star band from Cuba, Peru, Puerto Rico, New York and Spain.
Con Tumbao celebrates the common ingredient in Latin music that urges hips to sway — that irresistible swing that is an essential part of the sound that Latin artists live and breathe. Featuring Grammy-Award winning singer-songwriter Issac Delgado together with all-stars that include Miami natives Mike Rodriguez on trumpet and Tony Succar on timbal; Issac Delgado Jr., piano; Alain Pérez, bass and vocals; Robby Ameen, drums; Pedrito Martínez, congas and percussion; Yunior Arronte, saxophone; Juan Munguía, trumpet; and Conrad Herwig, trombone.
Friday, April 14, 2023 at 8 p.m. Knight Concert Hall.
Issac Delgado
Delgado rose to fame in Cuba in the late 1980s as singer and front man of NG La Banda, a pioneering timba group. He developed an international following beginning in the mid-1990s, earning several Grammy and Latin Grammy nominations and winning a Latin Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Album. After recording several albums under his own name, including collaborations with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba and arranger Adalberto Alvarez, Delgado focused on an international career, touring in Europe and performing in New York, including a star-studded show at Madison Square Garden with Celia Cruz.
Opening for CON TUMBAO is Grammy-nominated Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo. Figueiredo has recorded more than two dozen albums and has toured across the globe. His expressive voice on the acoustic guitar draws inspiration from his home country’s rich musical heritage, and he has a deep sense of jazz’s quirkiness and the classic guitar tradition. George Benson said, “Diego is one of the greatest guitarists I’ve seen in my whole life.”
Tumbao
Derived from the Spanish word “tumbar,” which means to knock out or knock down, tumbao refers to the rhythm section in many Afro-Latino styles of music. It loosely translates to “swing” and “groove.”
Tickets
$45, $55, $75 and $125, may be purchased at the Adrienne Arsht Center Box Office by calling (305) 949–6722, or online at arshtcenter.org.
Arts Education Program
Jazz Roots welcomes high school students from Miami-Dade County Public Schools to the Knight Concert Hall for free sound checks, lectures and, on occasion, opportunities to perform with headline artists from the Center’s Jazz Roots concert series. Participants also receive free admission to that evening’s Jazz Roots concert, provided free of charge by the Arsht Center. Throughout the program’s history, students have participated with jazz legends such as Chris Botti, Chucho Valdés, Candy Dulfer, Branford Marsalis and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band to name a few.
JAZZ ROOTS is generously presented by EFG, with additional support from Baldwin Richardson Foods, Quint Family Foundation, Alan and Diane Lieberman and Steinway & Sons, the official piano of the Adrienne Arsht Center. WDNA 88.9 FM is a media sponsor.
