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Changüí Majadero

Thu, May 18, 2017, 6:00pm7:30pm

Free
Photo of Changüí Majadero
Date:
Thu, May 18, 2017
Time:
6:00pm – 7:30pm
Venue:
Jessie Square, Yerba Buena Gardens
760 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA
Phone:
(415) 543-1718
Cost:
Free

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Facebook Event URL
https://www.facebook.com/events/340152369716072/

Playing Cuban roots music straight outta East LA, Changüí Majadero is a blazing five-piece band that has honed a deeply informed and highly personal take on changüí, a surging Afro-Cuban musical tradition that took shape in the late 19th century on the eastern side of the island around Guantanamo. It’s one of the foundational styles that gave birth to son, salsa and timba, and in the hands of Changüí Majadero the music feels as fresh and intoxicating as a stiff shot of rum. Founded by vocalist Gabriel García, an expert on Cuban tres guitar, the band features bassist Ross Schodek, Norrell Thompson on vocals and guayo (metal scraper), George Ortiz on the low pitched bongó de monte and Alfred Ortiz on maracas and vocals.

 

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