2025 Annual Holiday Jazz & Latin Jazz Parranda: Papo Vázquez and the Mighty Pirates Troubadours!
Schedule
Sat, 06 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Black-Eyed Sally's Southern Kitchen & Bar | Hartford, CT
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🗓️ 🎺🪇🥁 Saturday, December 6, at 7 pm – Real Art Ways presents trombonist, composer and arranger Papo Vázquez for our annual concert and holiday parranda. This year, we will be hosting the event at Black Eyed Sally's. Bring an instrument and get in free!🇵🇷🇨🇺🇹🇹🇻🇪 Parranda de aguinaldo (Christmas folk music), is an Afro-Indigenous musical form played during the holidays in various Caribbean and Latin American countries including Puerto Rico, Cuba, Trinidad, and the coastal area of the states Aragua and Carabobo in Venezuela.
Real Art Ways le da la bienvenida de regreso al trombonista, compositor y arreglista Papo Vázquez a nuestro concierto anual y parranda navideña.
Parranda de aguinaldo (música folclórica navideña), es una forma musical afro-indígena que se toca en temporada de vacaciones en varios países del Caribe y América Latina, incluidos Puerto Rico, Cuba, Trinidad y la zona costera de los estados de Aragua y Carabobo en Venezuela.
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🎶 Papo Vázquez is a trombonist, composer, and arranger with 40+ years of a career spanning Jazz, Latin and Afro Caribbean music. Papo is a National Endowment for the Arts Master Artist and Grammy Nominee. He was featured in the 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll.
Vázquez was deeply moved by jazz at a young age. His appreciation and knowledge of the indigenous music of the Caribbean provides him with a unique ability to fuse Afro-Caribbean rhythms with freer melodic and harmonic elements of progressive jazz.
“En fin, Vázquez junto a sus Mighty Pirates Troubadours e invitados exponen un proyecto exquisito y cadencioso que se transforma en un banquete para los amantes del género.” – El Vocero, 2020
Vázquez along with his Mighty Pirates Troubadours and guests present an exquisite and lilting project that becomes a banquet for lovers of the genre.
•Musical Director for the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Orchestra, (NYC/WABC) 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
•Commissioned by Wynton Marsalis to compose music for Jazz and Art series, conducted and performed with J@LC orchestra, CD release August 2019
•New York Pops Education, Board of Education certified, 2018 and 2019
•Commissioned new music for Afro Latin Jazz Alliance for “Nueva Musica” concert series
•Grammy nominated for Papo Vázquez’ Mighty Pirates, Marooned/Aíslado, 2008
Band of Pirates include:
Papo Vázquez – Trombone, Leader
Jose Mangual – Vocals, Percussions
Ivan Renta – Tenor Saxophone
Silvano Monasterios – Piano
Raul Reyes Bueno – Bass
Alvester Garnett – Drums
Carlos Maldonado – Percussions
Jose Claussell – Percussions
Learn more at realartways.org/event/2025-annual-holiday-jazz-latin-jazz-parranda-papo-vazquez-and-the-mighty-pirates-troubadours/
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Where is it happening?
Black-Eyed Sally's Southern Kitchen & Bar, 350 Asylum St, Hartford, CT 06103-2003, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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