Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble

Posted on Thursday, June 25

Darwin Noguera & Victor Garcia’s
Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble

Pre-Jazz Festival

“Hype The Fest”

Join us at Andy’s Jazz Club while we help promote the Chicago Jazz Festival 2009.

Showcasing the Chicago Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble.  This band will be playing the Chicago Jazz Festival at 3:30pm on Saturday, September 5th on the Jazz On Jackson Stage.

The C.A.L.J.E. was formed in efforts to fuse the musical treasures of Afro-Latin American music and Jazz. Staying true to the Latin musical traditions, this group blends colors from all over the world. The band has a strong foundation in Afro-Cuban Jazz, Brazilian, and Jazz Fusion which then blends it with Flamenco, Central American and Peruvian folk rhythms.

Founded by Mexican born trumpeter/composer Victor Garcia, and Nicaraguan born pianist/composer Darwin Alejandro Noguera, these long-time musical collaborators envisioned an endeavour for Chicago that would follow in the innovative footsteps of the pioneering Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra, Irakere and the Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra at Lincoln Center.

Critics are raving about this new ensemble, and the energy that transpires from them is reverberating all throughout the Chicago-land area. Noguera and Garcia have formed an explosive multi-ethnic group that serve as ambassadors of Afro-Latin Jazz, assuring the audience of an unforgettable night of musical fusion

Band Performs:  9pm-1am
Admission:  $10

Andy’s Jazz Club
11 E Hubbard