Thompson Latin Jazz Ensemble

The CU Boulder Thompson Latin Jazz Ensemble studies music from the Caribbean and South America, and its integration and ties with jazz. Traditional and contemporary forms of Latin music are surveyed including Afro jazz, Afro-Cuban, danzón, salsa, calypso and cha-cha-cha—as well as Brazilian forms, such as samba and baião.

PROGRAM
Afluencia (Bill Cunliffe, USA, 1956)
The ashes of dystopia (Jack Dunning, USA)
Asunción (Joe Gallardo, USA, 1939)
Danzón Azul (Joe Gallardo, USA, 1939)
Danzón for my father (Oscar Hernández, USA, 1954)
I remember Diz (Paquito D'Rivera, Cuba, 1948)
Lee-Way (Rick Faulkner, USA, 1967)
Mofongo (Bob Mintzer, USA, 1953)
Rumba Urbana (Oscar Hernández, USA 1954)

PERFORMERS
Conductor, piano: Victor Mestas Pérez
Assistant conductor, percussion: Alejandro Castaño
Saxophone: Raleigh Eversole, Curtis Liu, Cian Krueger, Jack Rueschhoff, Ashley Sánchez
Trombone: Kyle Nakaji, Jack Dunning, Abby Burford, Melvin Casillas
Trumpet: Graeme Appel, Keegan Armsmier, Avi Bergman, Kaden Blake
Vibes, percussion, piano: Daniel Trujillo
Bass: Daniel Kaminski
Drums, percussion: Tomás Loya, Nathan Burak

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