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Jesús Adonis Martínez

Jesús Adonis Martínez

Jazz Quartet in “Viaje de ida y vuelta” (Round trip)

Havana’s dwellers who last Saturday, August 9, at 7:00 pm, decided to go to the National Museum of Fine Arts –whether because they knew what was going on there or just because they wanted to run away from the evening torpor of the city– were able to enjoy the musical tracks, perhaps the steps over the sea of “Viaje de ida y vuelta” (2013) (Round trip) between the islands of Tenerife and Cuba. Young Cuban percussionist Javier Rodriguez, who settled in the Canary Islands more than 15 years ago, returned this time to share his first single album, which covers an ocean of Cuban sounds, contemporary-classic music, jazz, funk… and more. The musician tells us his life has taken place between two islands, which is reflected in the album. The piece takes a tour though his musical life, perhaps that’s the reason why it is to a large extent unclassifiable. In an interview with OnCuba, Javier Rodriguez explained that this album comprises “many styles” and “it is not possible to categorize it as jazz or Cuban music; I also interpret African music because I nourished from it in a trip I took to Mali; it includes music Argentinean, Croatian, Chilean...