REAL ART WAYS welcomes back trombonist, composer Papo Vázquez for an annual concert and holiday Parranda.
PARRANDA is the Puerto Rican and Latino version of Christmas caroling. Parranda de aguinaldo (Christmas Folk Music), is an Afro-Indigenous musical form played during the holidays in various Caribbean and Latin American countries including Puerto Rico, Cuba, Trinidad, and the coastal area of the states Aragua and Carabobo in Venezuela.
PARRANDA es la version Puertorriqueña y latina de los villancicos. Parranda en aguinaldo (música foclórica navideña) es una forma musical Afro-Indigena que se toca en temporada de vacaciiones en varios paises del Caribe y America Latina, incluidos Puerto Rico, Cuba, Trinidad y la zona costera de los estados de Aragua y Carabobo in Venezuela.
BAND OF PIRATES
Papo Vázquez – Trombone, Leader
Ivan Renta – Sax
Rick Germanson – Piano
Ariel Robles – Bass
Willy Rodriguez – Drums
Carlos Maldonado – Perc.
Reinaldo DeJesus – Perc.
Jose Mangual – Vocals, Perc.
ATTENTION LOCAL MUSICIANS
Bring your instruments and join in! Musicians should RSVP to dvasquez@realartways.org by Dec. 1 to participate.
Músicos – Traigan su instrumento y entran gratis – por favor confirmen su asistencia a dvasquez@realartways.org antes del 1 de Diciembre.
PAPO VÁZQUEZ
Trombonist, composer, arranger has 40+ years of a career spanning Jazz, Latin, and Afro Caribbean music. National Endowment for the Arts Master Artist, Grammy Nominee. Featured in the 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll.
“Vázquez along with his Mighty Pirates Troubadours and guests present an exquisite and lilting project that is a banquet for lovers of the genre.” – EL VOCERO, 2020
“En fin, Vázquez junto a sus Mighty Pirates Troubadors e invitados exponen un proyecto exquisito y cadencioso que se transforma en banquete para lost amantes del genero.” – EL VOCERO, 2020
Born in 1958 in Philadelphia, PA, although his young formative years were in Puerto Rico. By age 17, Vazquez headed to New York City, recorded and performed with top artists in the salsa music scene like The Fania All-Stars, Ray Barretto, Willie Colón, Eddie Palmieri, Larry Harlow, and Hector La Voe. Vázquez became a key player in NYC’s burgeoning Latin jazz scene of the late 1970s.
Went on to perform and/or record with jazz luminaries Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra, Chico O’Farrill, Ray Charles, Slide Hampton’s World of Trombones, Jerry Gonzalez Fort Apache among many others. By the age of 22, Vázquez had traveled the globe.
Vázquez was deeply moved by jazz at a young age. His appreciation and knowledge of the indigenous music of the Caribbean provides him with a unique ability to fuse Afro-Caribbean rhythms with freer melodic and harmonic elements of progressive jazzSent from my iPhone
•Musical Director for the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Orchestra, (NYC/WABC) 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
•Commissioned by Wynton Marsalis to compose music for Jazz and Art series, conducted and performed with J@LC orchestra, CD release August 2019
•New York Pops Education, Board of Education certified, 2018 and 2019
•Commissioned new music for Afro Latin Jazz Alliance for “Nueva Musica” concert series
•Grammy nominated for Papo Vázquez’ Mighty Pirates, Marooned/Aíslado, 2008
PAPO VÁZQUEZ WEBSITE
PURCHASE TICKETS
$10 IN ADVANCE
$15 AT DOOR
17 & UNDER – FREE ADMISSION
