Join us for a night of live original music in the lounge with Hugo Cruz and Caminos with special guest, Degnis Bofill. Voice of Drums is a visionary collaboration of percussion. A fusion of old world and new world beats.
Mark Micchelli - Piano
Colter Harper - Bass
Frank DiDiano - Guitar
Special Guest Degnis Bofill - Percussion
Hugo Cruz - Drums, Percussion & Singing
The Caminos fuse rhythms and melodies of Afro-Cuban, Cuban, and American music, in an original contemporary expression that honors traditional Cuban form. Hugo Cruz and Caminos released an album this February called Punto de Partida, featuring many notable musicians from Cuba and the U.S., recording eight of Hugo’s original compositions. In May 2022 Caminos was the Jazz Band headliner for the Westsylvania Jazz and Blues Festival in Indiana PA. Caminos also have been performing a concert series called, The Voice of Drums, which brings many great drummers from the Pittsburgh area such: Roger Humphries, Poogie Bell, Tubby Daniels, Noel Quintana, Dennis Gardner, Jeff Berman, James Johnson III, to join Camino’s way of expressing music.
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About the Musicians:
Hugo Cruz-
Hugo Alexander Cruz Machado is a Cuban-born, award winning, international drummer and composer who has performed in South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, Chile, Venezuela, and the United States. Hugo is the leader of the group Caminos, who have made appearances at Pittonkatonk music festival, the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival 2019, Fábrica de Artes in Havana, Cuba, First Night Pittsburgh 2020, City of Asylum, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust events, The Frick Museum, Con Alma, Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh,Carnegie Music Hall Oakland, Pittsburgh PlayHouse, and events with Chamber Music Pittsburgh, Equity Impact, University of Pittsburgh Afro Latinidad Festival, and Pittsburgh World Affairs Council, Indiana PA Blues and Jazz festival, Three Rivers Casino, among others.
Degnis Bofill-
Degnis Bofill is a Cuban percussionist, vocalist, and composer based in Havana. Degnis is a tremendous player, well versed in an array of Latin percussion instruments and connoisseur of Cuban’s unique rhythmic tradition. A vastly experienced performer, he has toured the world, performing alongside Arturo O’Farrill, Orlando Valle “Maraca”, Néstor Torres, Bobby Carcassés, Dave Weckl, Blondie and Roberto Fonseca. Degnis’ directs his own ensemble, Golpes Libres (Free Hits), mixing Afro-Cuban traditional music and modern jazz, combining intricate textures, improvisation, and elaborate harmonic work. Moreover, Degnis is a music educator, and offers workshops for children from low-income families in different neighborhoods of Havana. He is currently working on developing an arts festival in his hometown of Manzanillo, eastern Cuba, with the goal of enabling interaction between avant-garde art and the local community, and multi-disciplinary activities focused on preserving local traditions in music, dance, visual arts, etc. Degnis is part of the band Síntesis, which recently won a Latin Grammy for their album Ancestros Sinfónico in the category of Best Folk Album.
There will be a $5 cover to support Live Music Programming.