Orquesta La Moderna Tradición
partial list of past performances
2003 The Ford Theater, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Russian River Jazz Festival, Healdsburg, CA
2003 The San Francisco Jazz Festival
2003 The Aiwanee Lodge, Yosemite Valley, CA
2002 The Fillmore with Poncho Sanchez, San Francisco, CA
2002 Stern Grove Music Festival, San Francisco, CA
2001 Tour of Spain with Sexteto de la Moderna Tradición: Teatro Principal de Zamora; Antilles, Barcelona; Taller de Musics, Barcelona; Club Guajido, Boiro, Galicia; Santiago de Compostela, Galicia
2001 North Beach Jazz Festival, San Francisco, California
2001 Free Music Cuban Style: A Celebration of Cuban Arts and Culture, sponsored by Mother Jones Magazine, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
2000 The 11th Annual Eddie Moore Jazz Festival, with Cuban master trumpet player Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Yoshi's Nightclub, Oakland, California
2000 Self-produced concert series with legendary Richard Egües, founder of Orquesta Aragón
2000 Telluride Jazz Celebration, Telluride, Colorado
2000 San Jose Jazz Festival, San Jose, California
1999 San Francisco Jazz Festival, San Francisco, California
1999 Glenwood Springs True Jazz Festival, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
1999 San Francisco Film Festival, San Francisco, California
1999 Breckenridge Jazz Festival, Breckenridge, Colorado
1998 S.O.B.'s, New York City
1998 Midsummer's Night Swing Festival, Lincoln Center, New York City
1997 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
Orquesta La Moderna Tradición (founded October 3, 1996) is dedicated to the performance of classic and contemporary Cuban dance music. With a typical instrumentation of violins and flute, the 11-piece orchestra performs classics of the genre, along with original compositions designed to keep the tradition alive and kicking.
With two critically acclaimed recordings and performances at festivals across the country, La Moderna Tradición delights listeners and dancers alike with infectious grooves, lyrical melodies, and dazzling improvisations.
Orquesta La Moderna Tradición has played in some of the most prestigious festivals in the United States, including Lincoln Center’s Midsummer’s Night Swing Festival, Breckenridge Jazz Festival, Stern Grove Music Festival, Jazz on the River (a.k.a. the Russian River Jazz Festival), and the Musica de las Americas Festival at the Smithsonian Institution, among many others.
(excerpts from the Orquesta La Moderna Tradición web site)
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Jesus "Chus" Alonso
Sage Baggott
Carlos Caro
Rachel Durling
Ramon (Monchy) Estevez
Don Gardner
Eduardo Herrera
Robert Karty
Tregar Otton
Sandy Poindexter
Brian Rice
Steve Senft-Herrera
Michael Spiro