The Rialto Presents: Harold Lopez-Nussa and Pedrito Martinez Group

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• Saturday, Apr 6, 2024  8pm

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Harold Lopez-Nussa is a Havana-based Afro-Cuban and modern jazz pianist and composer Stream the new album, Timba a la Americana. Blue Note Records debut, co-produced by Snarky Puppy's founder Michael League is slated for a mid-2023 release. Timba a la Americana features Grégoire Maret, a Grammy-winning harmonica player who has previously played alongside Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, and Prince. Luques Curtis (bass) has shared the stage with legends like Gary Burton and Eddie Palmieri. The two musicians will join drummer Ruy Adrian López-Nussa, Harold's brother to fill out the band.

Pedrito Martinez …is a source of rhythmic delight and inspiration… an incomparable performer… a traditional Afro-Cuban music superstar – The New York Times

A consummate master of Afro-Cuban folkloric music and the batá drum he is also the world’s first-call rumbero—playing, singing, and dancing with dozens of Cuban rumba groups.