Jane Bunnett and Maqueque — band
Four-time JUNO Award winner, two-time Grammy nominee, and Officer of the Order of Canada, soprano saxophonist/flautist Jane Bunnett once again brings the soul of Cuba to the hearts of Canadian music-lovers. Along with her new and exquisite all-female sextet, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, she will reveal the band’s fresh sound and unveil the new self-titled CD with summer festival stops in Winnipeg, Toronto, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Stratford and more! Already a national treasure, Jane Bunnett certainly doesn’t sit on her laurels. She’s too busy creating music, touring and championing Cuban artists, and making sure visas are in order, for that. A long-time jazz musician on the scene, Bunnett began digging deep into the music of Cuba during a trip there in 1982, and falling in love with its intricate folkloric Afro-Cuban rhythms, blending them with contemporary jazz sounds. It’s an ongoing passion for her and her husband, trumpeter Larry Cramer – in spite of the hair-pulling, painstaking work that goes into arranging tours with Cuban artists. Bunnett has been credited with introducing a lot of great Cuban musicians to North American audiences over the past couple of decades, including Dafnis Prieto, Yosvanny Terry, Pedrito Martínez and David Virelles. Her latest project is an assembly of all-star Cuban musicians, a sextet which includes herself and five extraordinary young females.
Venues Jane Bunnett and Maqueque has played
- The Cutting Room — 1 show, last played 2023
Artists who have played the same stages as Jane Bunnett and Maqueque
- Steven Maglio — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- LiV Warfield — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Blue Spruce — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Ship of Fools — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Mouthy Baby — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- The Fopps — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Ivan Julian — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Burn the Ships — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- I Get Wild — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Bonerama — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Dave Revels — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- The E Street Shuffle — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Sheldon Price — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Steven Chelliah — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Joanie Leeds — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Thomas G. Waites — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- One-Eyed Jack — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- God Street Wine — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Erin Coburn — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Leilani Kilgore — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Baked Shrimp — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Hotel Ugly — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Tom Waters — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
- Ben Waters — 1 shared venue, via The Cutting Room
And 55 more acts.