Pedrito Martinez — live event
Pedrito Martinez is widely regarded as the world’s leading percussionist in Afro Cuban music and a vocalist and of enormous talent. Leading his own quintet, he presents a high energy blend of Cuban timba, traditional rumba, and the sacred sounds of Yoruba in which Pedrito is a Babalawo. Bring your dancing shoes! Pedro Pablo “Pedrito” Martinez was born in Havana, Cuba, Sept 12, 1973 in the Cayo Hueso neighborhood of Old Havana, and began his musical career at the age of 11. Since settling in New York City in the fall of 1998, Pedrito has recorded or performed with Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Paquito D’Rivera, Chucho Valdez, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Palmieri, Dave Matthews, Jackson Browne, Elton John, James Taylor and Sting, and has contributed to well over 100 albums. A consummate master of Afro-Cuban folkloric music and the batá drum he is also the world’s first-call rumbero—playing, singing, and dancing with dozens of Cuban rumba groups and contributing to, or appearing in, several important films, including Calle 54 (2000) and Chico and Rita (2010). Pedrito was a founding member of the highly successful, Afro-Cuban/Afro-Beat band, Yerba Buena, with which he recorded two albums and toured the world in the mid- to late-90’s.
Starts: 2024-08-22T20:00:59Z
Ends: 2024-08-22T22:00:59Z
Where: 85 Avenue A, New York, New York 10009, United States
Price: $35.23