UMS PRESENTS ALFREDO RODRÍGUEZ TRIO AND THE PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP

Alfredo Rodríguez Trio

Alfredo Rodríguez, Piano Peter Slavov, Bass Henry Cole, Drums

The Pedrito Martinez Group featuring Ariacne Trujillo

Pedrito Martinez, Cajón, , and Lead Vocals Ariacne Trujillo, Piano and Lead Vocals Álvaro Benavides, Bass and Vocals Jhair Sala, Cowbell, Bongos, and Vocals

Friday Evening, March 14, 2014 at 8:00 Michigan Theater • Ann Arbor

58th Performance of the 135th Annual Season 20th Annual Series Global Music Series

Photo: Havana Viejo, central market, painting for sale, Havana, Cuba; photographer: © Bruno Morandi/Corbis.

3 4 ALFREDO RODRÍGUEZ TRIO AND THE PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP WINTER 2014 UMS PROGRAM The Pedrito Martinez Group appears by arrangement withInternational Music Network, Gloucester, MA. Alfredo Rodríguez Trio appears by arrangement with IMG Artists,New York, NY. Media partnership provided by WDET101.9FMand WEMU89.1 FM. This evening’s performance issponsored by United Bank&Trust andtheUniversity of MichiganHealth System. will beoneintermission following Alfredo Rodríguez Trio’s set. This evening’s program willbeannounced by theartists from thestage. There BE PRESENT WINTER 2014 5

Photo: Alfredo Rodríguez; photographer: Miguel Elizalde refers to an annual annual an to refers The term “invasion” in the title, he’s The term “invasion” , Alfredo Rodríguez explores hisexplores , Alfredo Rodríguez of Space and the the people memories of Cuba, his — and finds behind culture he left Quincy Jones, place. Co-produced by new mentor, and Mr. Rodríguez’s champion that ensemble superb a featuring and Esperanza includes bassist and vocalist Spalding, percussionist and vocalist and and drummer Pedrito Martínez, Cole, The Invasion percussionist Henry including nine tracks comprises Parade as Mr. Rodríguez as well originals by such as “Guantanamera,” evergreens Años,” and “Veinte Vera’s Maria Teresa “Quizás, Quizás, Quizás.” The title The Parade Invasion in Santiago a carnival parade tradition, of invasion the commemorating Cuba de the end marked that Army the Liberation In this of Independence. of Cuba’s War only comparsas “not blocks-long parade, participate and dance groups) (drumming they Santiago, of people the all also but whatever and join playing come out and whatever, pots, — drums, have they Mr. lyrics,” explains singing improvised Rodríguez. of “refers to the invasion quick to note, to who come out people by the streets mind it In my and celebrate. participate of culture.also has to do with an invasion not but the music and arranged I wrote is Cuban. We in the group everybody ALFREDO ALFREDO calls up images of of calls up images

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ROOTS series. ROOTS on Larry Rosen’s record-breaking JAZZ on Larry in Miami and the AT&T Center in Dallas in Center in Miami and the AT&T to sold-out audiences at the Arsht Center Arsht the at audiences sold-out to Camilo and , he performed Alongside Latin piano legends Michel Michel piano legends Alongside Latin Standard, The Blue Note, and Jazz Alley. Jazz and Note, Blue The Standard, as Ronnie Scott’s, Sculler’s, Yoshi’s, Jazz Sculler’s, Yoshi’s, as Ronnie Scott’s, as well as in important jazz rooms such rooms jazz important in as well as Sea, Umbria, and Vienna jazz festivals; Sea, Umbria, Detroit, Newport, San Francisco, North North San Francisco, Newport, Detroit, Bowl; the Gilmore Keyboard Festival; the Festival; the Gilmore Keyboard Bowl; the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood the Hollywood at Jazz Festival the Playboy on numerous prestigious stages including prestigious on numerous arriving in the US in 2009, he has appeared arriving in the US the tutelage of the famed producer. Sincethe tutelage of the famed Rodríguez’s star has risen rapidly under Rodríguez’s star has risen rapidly Festival in 2006 by Quincy Jones, Mr. Quincy Jones, Mr. in 2006 by Festival

jazz roots. Bach and Stravinsky as by his Cuban and as by Bach and Stravinsky riveting artistry is informed as much by is informed as much artistry riveting conservatories of Havana, Mr. Rodríguez’s of Havana, conservatories Valdés. Schooled in the rigorous classical Schooled in the rigorous Valdés. Bill Evans, and his compatriot Chucho Chucho and his compatriot Bill Evans, Jarrett, Thelonious Monk, Art Tatum, Tatum, Monk, Art Thelonious Jarrett, RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ Keith jazz pianists like legendary 6 ALFREDO RODRÍGUEZ TRIO AND THE PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP WINTER 2014 UMS P to sendout.” Santiaguera. That’s themessage we want all areinvited, exactly like intheconga one,” hesays. “It’sacelebration towhich Parade isapeaceful one,andanhonest everybody contributes.” Slavov), and it’s a mixof cultures in which (Henry Cole),aBulgarian(bassistPeter as ),aPuerto Rican have Cubansbut alsoAmericans(such Photo: PedritoMartinez Group; photographer: MichaelWeintrob member ofthehighlysuccessful Afro- Gonzalo Rubalcaba, andSting. Elias, StefonHarris,, Wilson, JoeLovano, IssacDelgado,Eliane “Chico” O’Farrill,Bebo Valdés, Cassandra Simon, EddiePalmieri,Bryan Lynch,Arturo Paquito D’Rivera, , Paul over 100records)and/orperformedwith percussion playing and vocal talents to Drumming andhasrecorded(lendinghis Institute Competition forAfro-Latin Hand first placeintheannual Thelonious Monk 1998, Mr. Martinez has been awarded settling in New York City in the fall of and LosMuñequitosdeMatanzas. Since with suchCubanlegendsasTata Guines performing asavocalist andpercussionist began his musical career at the age of 11, “The invasion ofTheInvasion Mr. Martinez wasafounding Cuba, onSeptember 12,1973.He MARTINEZ wasborninHavana, EDRO PABLO “PEDRITO” Martinez Group, wasreleasedinOctober PMG’s firststudioalbum, ThePedrito released onCalle54/Sony inMarchof2013. flamenco great CamaronedelaIsla,was Rumba delaIsla,featuring themusic ofthe Standard, andJoe’sPubNYC. Festival, SFJAZZ, TheBarbican, TheJazz Festival Internationale, Playboy Jazz San Francisco, The Red Sea Festival, Festival, Yerba BuenaGardensFestival/ The Umbria JazzFestivals, Saratoga Jazz Festival, Bonnaroo,Yoshi’s/San Francisco, Festival, Montreux JazzFest, TheSydney The Montreal JazzFestival, TheRedSea & HeritageFestival, TEDConference, Festival, globalFest, New OrleansJazz the ApolloTheater, TheNewport Jazz appeared at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Mahal, tonameafew. , , and Taj , DerekTrucks, JohnScofield, to theirgigshave includedRogerWaters, called Guantanamera. Regularvisitors restaurant in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen, came together in2005at aCuban Chico andRita. the 2011Academy Award-nominated, and percussionplaying were featured in documentary, the world. Hewasfeatured inthefilm which herecordedtwo albums andtoured Cuban/Afro-Beat bandYerba Buena,with An album by Pedrito Martinez called The PedritoMartinez Group has The PedritoMartinez Group (PMG) . And his singing Calle 54.Andhissinging BE PRESENT WINTER 2014 7

Á LVA RO to the US from his native native his from US the to climax with wicked climax with wicked bomba joined The Pedrito Martinez Group, and Group, Martinez The Pedrito joined close an astoundingly developed has since Mr. Martinez. with connection musical College from Berklee A scholarship bassist brought Music of BENAVIDES he is a Trujillo, Ariacne Like Venezuela. timing unshakeable with soloist brilliant the entire him to shoulder allows that of the musicians when the rest groove the band to a or to power out, drop devastating congeal and and slides that slaps, thumps, cajón with Pedrito Martinez’s combust a and uplifting to produce as powerful and most surge as the largest rhythmic Cuban bands. aggressive York, in New and raised Born in Perú his formative spent JHAIR SALA with Pedrito studying intensively years him when he was met having Martinez, in high demand old. He is now 10 years and bandleader inas a session musician there is an uncanny but right, his own magic when he and Mr. Martinez timing, touch, Mr. Sala’s together. play and remarkable and feel are truly of of hours thousands with literally studying, performing, and jamming one. as play drummers two the together, the Alfredo Rodríguez UMS welcomes as Group Martinez Pedrito The and Trio this evening. their UMS debuts make they

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powerful and endlessly flexible voice. and endlessly flexible powerful lays down, often while singing lead in her while singing lead often down, lays believe the unstoppable groove that she that groove the unstoppable believe you have to experience it in concert to it in concert to experience have you breaks down to piano — just piano — andbreaks down clave, and kick drum, but PMG repeatedly but and kick drum, clave, Cuban practice to break down to piano, to break down Cuban practice truly relentless sense of time. It’s standardIt’s time. of sense relentless truly improvise both form and content, and her content, form and both improvise brings to the mix are her ability to to brings to the mix are her ability qualities Ms. Trujillo the most important Isaac Delgado, and Savion Glover. Glover. Isaac Delgado, and Savion Pacheco, Oscar de Leon, Luis Enrique, Pacheco, Oscar de Leon, Luis Enrique, of Music, 2008), Paquito D’Rivera, Johnny D’Rivera, of Music, 2008), Paquito ( performed or recorded with with Paul performed or recorded New York City in 2002, Ms. Trujillo has City in 2002, Ms. Trujillo York New Cabaret Tropicana. Since arriving in arriving in Since Tropicana. Cabaret a singer and dancer at the legendary the legendary at a singer and dancer ISA conservatory while working as as working while conservatory ISA honors from Cuba’s hyper-competitive hyper-competitive honors from Cuba’s pitch, she was able to graduate with with to graduate pitch, she was able concert pianist. Blessed with perfect perfect with Blessed pianist. concert began her career as a child prodigy prodigy career as a child began her Gadd, Marc Quinones, and Gary Schreiner. and Gary Quinones, Marc Gadd, TRUJILLO ARIACNE Born in Havana, Wynton Marsalis, , Steve Steve John Scofield, Marsalis, Wynton Martinez and features special guests guests special features and Martinez produced by Steve Gadd and Pedrito Pedrito and Gadd Steve by produced 2013 on Motema Music. The album was album The Music. on Motema 2013