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The Varadero Jam Session 2008 Presided over by the prominent Cuban musician Chucho Valdes
This time, the event will be dedicated to the 35 anniversary of the group Irakere and its main venue will be Plaza América.

Several places will function as secondary venues to these extraordinary concerts that characterize the most brilliant performers of jazz and other genres of the Cuban music: the Anfiteatro, the Club de Jazz, the Cárdenas Theater and the Hotel Internacional.

Trying to link tourist spaces with prestigious figures of the Cuban culture as well as making them known and appreciated by foreign and national visitors is one of the most important goals of the Varadero Jam Session.

In September, important Cuban jazz players from different generations will gather in the famous holiday resort to create a real improvisation party in this musical genre: Chucho Valdés and his quartet, Irakere, Mayra Caridad Valdés, Bobby Carcassés, Bellita y su Jazztumbatá, Orlando Sánchez and Cubajazz, Jose Luis Cortés and NG la Banda, Cesar López and Havana Ensamble, and Sexto Sentido, among others.

Program

Plaza América. Plenary. 9:00 p.m.

Day 11
Opening Gala.
Chucho Valdés and his quartet and Cuban and foreign guest stars.

Day 12
César López and Havana Ensamble
Sexto Sentido
Daniel Martina (Argentina)

Day 13
Bobby Carcassés
Orlando Sánchez y Cubajazz
Youth with a Mission (Nigeria)

Day 14
Bellita y Jazztumbatá
Ensamble en Cayapa (Venezuela)
Mike del Ferro (Holland)

Jazz Club "La Dársena". 10:00 p.m.

Day 11
Youth with a Mission (Nigeria)
Jam Session with Winners of the series of the Young Jazz players contests JoJazz.

Day 12
Ensamble en Cayapa (Venezuela)
Jam Session with Winners of the series of the Young Jazz players contests JoJazz.

Day 13
Mike del Ferro (Holland)
Jam Session with Winners of the series of the Young Jazz players contests JoJazz.

Day 14
Daniel Martina (Argentina)
Jam Session with Winners of the series of the Young Jazz players contests JoJazz.

Anfiteatro. 11:00 p.m.

Day 11
Lázaro Valdés and Bamboleo

Day 12
Jose Luis Cortés and NG la Banda

Day 13
Irakere

Continental Cabaret. Hotel Internacional. 12:00 a.m.

Day 14
Jam Session Closing Ceremony. Piano, Saxo and Trumpet Party.

Cárdenas Theater. 9:00 p.m.

Day 12
Joaquín Betancourt’s Jazz Band
Youth with a Mission. (Nigeria)

Day 13
Sexto Sentido
Daniel Martina (Argentina)

Day 14
Bobby Carcassés
Orlando Sánchez and Cubajazz

This program is subject to last-minute changes.

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