World Music: Hugo Cruz & Caminos

City of Asylum crowd favorite Hugo Cruz and Caminos fuse rhythms and melodies of Afro-Cuban Cuban jazz funk and R&B music styles performing original contemporary expression that honors traditional Cuban form. Led by percussionist Hugo Cruz who performs and records with notable Pittsburgh artists including the Afro Yaqui Music Collective Dr. James Johnson Roger Humphries Ernest McCarty Jr Tubby Daniels Dwayne Dolphin Mark Strickland Poogie Bell Max Leake Jeff Grubbs Paul Thomson and many others the Caminos always know how to bring the party to the Alphabet City stage. Each performance by the Caminos promises to be a packed-to-the-rafters evening full of good music good people and rhythms that attendees can’t help but dance to. This December Hugo and the Caminos will share some of his original fusion compositions with Afro-Cuban jazz funk and flamenco influences.

Featured Artists:

Mark Micchelli: keys piano

Eli Namay: bass (electric and acoustic)

Frank DiDiano: electric guitar

JD Chaisson: trumpet

Hugo Cruz: drums percussion vocals

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