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Featuring some of the city’s brightest new musical talents, this group delivers every time:

Kalí Rodriguez-Peña ~ Trumpet
Kazemde George ~ Tenor Sax
Manuel Valera ~ Piano
Ricky Rodriguez ~ Bass
Zack O’Farrill ~ Drums

Since moving to New York City from Havana, Cuba in 2014, Cuban trumpeter-composer-arranger Kali Rodriguez-Peña has been blending traditional sounds from his native country with the influences of some of his heroes like Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard, and the compositional style of Wayne Shorter's music, along with elements of R&B and Hip Hop.

"I want to break with the concept of what 'Cuban music' is or means. Cuban music is more than what people think. I know my roots and I love them, but I also live in the 21st Century and I believe that one can add new things to what has been done before. I want to modernize Cuban music and merge everything I know and I've learned so far. I think it’s possible, and I don't have to lose my roots to do this."

Besides performing with his band, Kali has also shared the stage and recorded with world-renowned musicians such as Wynton Marsalis, Arturo O’Farrill, Paquito D’Rivera, Michel Camilo, Chucho Valdés, Anat Cohen, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Miguel Zenón, Jeff “Tain” Watts, David Murray, Cándido Camero, Pedrito Martínez, among others.