Roberto Fonseca -][- YO – [Jazz Village Music, 2012] –

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Arranger, Composer, Jazz Village, Piano, Roberto Fonseca

Roberto Fonseca, YO

Roberto Fonseca -][- YO – [Jazz Village, 2012] –

Roberto Fonseca accompanies his music with his whole body, even standing up in order to hammer his piano as if it were a percussion instrument. It may happen that he grabs a snare drum and thus transforms his group into a « comparsa » – a percussion ensemble, which parades down the streets during the carnival, the Cuban equivalent of the Brasilian « batucada » – compelling the following public in euphoric dance…

Justin Time Records Set To Release Cuban Pianist Roberto Fonseca’s Akokan

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Cuban Jazz, Improvised Music, Jazz, Roberto Fonseca

Available in U.S. Stores on February 16

“Music is my life and life is my music; they are both intertwined, enriching the other.“- Roberto Fonseca

Roberto Fonseca - Akokan

The world knows well the incomparable musical resources cultivated and harbored in Cuba. But with the release of Akokan, many jazz and Latin music lovers will receive enlightenment on one of the most distinctive contemporary artists to emerge from that vibrant creative community.

Roberto Fonseca has already visited the United States on several occasions, as pianist with the Buena Vista Social Club™ and the Grammy-winning group’s legendary lead singer, the late Ibrahim Ferrer. Now, recording with the quartet he has led for the past dozen years, he asserts his own voice as a pianist, composer and facilitator of emotionally deep, intellectually stimulating performance.