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Yosvany Terry: Ye-dé-gbé and the Afro-Caribbean Legacy

Presented by Texas Performing Arts at Hogg Memorial Auditorium

April 29, 2011

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Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies Cuban-born Yosvany Terry brings his latest jazz project, Ye-dé-gbé and the Afro-Caribbean Legacy, to UT’s Hogg Memorial Auditorium for an evening infused with influences of the Afro-Caribbean Arará culture and the American jazz form. Now residing in New York City, Terry is known for melding the traditional sounds of his native Cuba with avant-garde innovation and fiery post-bop, sophisticated harmonies. He sits at the forefront of a group of young Cuban musicians who have recently inspired the city’s scene with a new creative energy. In his latest project, Ye-dé-gbé, Terry explores the Afro-Caribbean Arará musical tradition – a style brought to Cuba by slaves taken from West Africa – in a collection of compositions with African percussion. Along with Terry on saxophone and chekeré, the ensemble features an all-star band with Osmany Paredes, piano; Yunior Terry, bass; Pedro Martinez, percussion/vocals; Roman Diaz, percussion; Justin Brown & Sandy Perez, drums; and Felix Pupi Insua, dancer. THE BUTLER SCHOOL OF MUSIC’S CARIBBEAN ENSEMBLE, LED BY DR. ROBIN MOORE, WILL OPEN THE PERFORMANCE. ArtesAméricas performance “His performances always appeal to audiences, uniquely blending Afro-Cuban music with jazz structures and harmonies, and creating an organic, natural flow that swings and is proven to be intellectually challenging.” LATIN BEAT MAGAZINE