Thursday Night Jazz Presents: Gina Benalcazar Lopez

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Gina Benalcázar-López is an Ecuadorian-Honduran-American low brass specialist and composer. Specializing in straight-ahead jazz, Latin-jazz, popular Latin American music, and classical musical, Gina has performed with and arranged/composed for various size bands ranging in style from small Chambers groups to Jazz Big Band and Salsa Bands. She leads her band "La Orquesta Esa", a Latin-jazz ensemble that features her original compositions as well as her creative arrangements of classic Latin-American standards, as well as jazz-standards re-imagined for Latin-jazz ensemble.

Gina’s discography is expansive, credited her as both soloist and arranger/composer as a side-person. As a band leader Gina was selected as a recipient of Chamber Music America’s Performance Plus Grant which helped her record her debut album, “The BOUNCE” featuring her original compositions. Her ensemble is now affiliated with Lincoln Center, The Williamsburg Music Center, Savannah Jazz Festival, UOJ Productions, and The Yocum Institute for Arts Education, among many others.