World Music Institute Presents 'El Espiritu Jibaro - Tribute to Yomo Toro,' 3/27

The World Music Institute will present EL ESPIRITU JIBARO featuring Yomo Toro and Roswell Rudd on March 27, 2010 at 8 PM. The performance will take place at Peter Norton Symphony Space (Broadway at 95th Street, NYC).

The legendary Yomo Toro, master of the cuatro (10-string miniature guitar) and a longtime member of the famed Fania All-Stars, is acknowledged for his lively and innovative approach to the driving jibaro (mountain string band) music of his native Puerto Rico.

Roswell Rudd, one of the greatest trombonists in jazz, is known for his groundbreaking cross-cultural collaborations, including Malicool and the Mongolian Buryat Band. Together with musical director/drummer Bobby Sanabria and Ascensión they create rousing and fiery music, rich in improvisation and Latin rhythms.

David Oquendo (tres), a leading name in the new generation of Cuban artists; Louis Kahn (violin) of the Fania All-Stars; tango veteran Tito Castro (bandoneon); cuatro wizard Nelson Gonzalez; Aimee Allen (vocal), an inspiring new voice in New York's jazz community, and dancers Nydia Ocasio and Jesus Tito Sandoval appear as guest artists in this joyous and riveting program which marks the first live performance of music from Toro and Rudd's critically acclaimed El Espiritu Jibaro CD (Sunnyside). In addition to music from the CD, the program includes Puerto Rican classics and cuatro duets with Toro and Gonzalez.

Yomo Toro was called the Puerto Rican Jimi Hendrix by Robert Palmer of the New York Times. And Frances Davis from the Village Voice wrote, "Yomo Toro is generally recognized as the greatest living exponent of the guitar-like Puerto Rican cuatro and I find Toro's nimble fingering so novel and refreshing...and a Roswell Rudd album is starting to amount to a one-man Nonesuch Explorer series."

For sample audio, click here. 

Tickets will cost $25 or $18 for students with college I.D. For tickets, call the box office of (212) 864-5400 or visit online at www.worldmusicinstitute.org.

 

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