<p style="text-align: justify;">Another side of Cuba, another side of Berklee; plus Jason Stein and the Dymaxion Quartet. By JON GARELICK. November 23, 2010. PLATFORMING: Berklee prof Neil Leonard (here with student Julia Easterlin) is bringing his class to Cuba for more than the drums. If you were to hear that a group of Berklee students were spending a week in Cuba, you probably wouldn't be too surprised. Surely they would be studying the island's long Afro-Cuban folkloric, popular, and jazz traditions — from Chano Pozo and Beny Moré to Chucho Valdés, Silvio Rodríguez, and Francisco Mela.
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