Vancouverites to lead tour to Cuban jazz festival
Saturday, December 15, 2007
If, like so many people, you became entranced by Cuban jazz a result of listening to the Buena Vista Social Club, now is your chance to hear the music live, in the country of its birth, at the 24th Annual Havana International Jazz Festival Feb. 14 to Feb. 17, 2008.
Join Vancouverites Cory Weeds of the Cellar Restaurant and Jazz Club and Jeff Turner of Turner Music and Events for the Havana Jazz Tour, which includes not only the Festival, but visits to many other Cuban sites and events, from Feb. 10 to Feb. 18.
Since 1984, the big names of world jazz have taken to the Havana Jazz Festival stage, including the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Charlie Haden and Chucho Valdes (2008 festival president).
The program has been designed for first-time visitors to get to know Cuba as well as experiencing Cuban and international jazz.
Tour members will stay at the Hotel Riviera, official accommodations for the festival, offering numerous opportunities, say organizers, to rub shoulders with Cuban and world jazz greats.
In addition to hearing an exciting roster of Cuba's jazz greats, participants will have a tour of Old Havana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; visit the Viņales Valley, home to interesting and varied geological formations and the heart of tobacco cultivation on the island; tour music and arts institutes, meeting up-and-coming artists; explore Afro-Cuban culture; have a dance lesson -- and much more.
Tour cost of $2092 (double occupancy) includes Jazz Festival passes, accommodation and daily breakfasts as well as activities and tours with a Cuban English-speaking guide. International airfare is not included.
For more information about the tour and the festival, including a lineup of musicians, visit visit
www.jazzcuba.com, phone 604-874-9048 or 1-877-687-3817 or e-mail
info@cubafriends.ca.
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