Lincoln Center Summer for the City Feat. Steve Oquendo Latin Jazz Big Band
Fri, Jul 05
|New York
The Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra Plus, Silent Disco With Cruz
Time & Location
Jul 05, 2024, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
New York, Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA
About the event
The Dance Floor opens with DJ set at 6:30 pmDance lesson at 7:00 pmLive music at 7:30 pmSilent Disco at 10:00 pm
Style: Salsa/Mambo Dance Instructor: Talia Castro-Pozo DJ: Cruz
As bandleader for his 19-person ensemble, the musician and educator Steven Oquendo’s powerful trumpet playing puts the "Big" in Big Band! At this highly danceable set of Afro-Cuban, salsa and mambo classics, Oquendo pays homage to the genre’s originators while simultaneously putting a fresh spin on tradition. Oquendo has performed on stage and in studio with legends like Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades and Eddie Palmieri. In his role as a community leader and educator, he is the music director for Pelham Preparatory Academy in the Bronx and assistant director of the All-City Latin Ensemble, where his work with students has earned him acclaim from Good Morning America as a 2022 Class Act teacher. His big band’s sophisticated use of free improvisation and creative…