Ninety Miles
Featuring Stefon Harris,
Nicholas Payton, and David Sánchez

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2
Schwab Auditorium

It isn’t far from Key West to Havana — just ninety miles or so. But when a trio of acclaimed American jazzmen jams with leading Latin musicians, the distance and differences between our countries seem even smaller. Vibraphonist Stefon Harris, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, and saxophonist David Sánchez headline a collaboration with pianist Edward Simon, bassist Ricky Rodriguez, percussionist Mauricio Herrera, and drummer Henry Cole that defies political boundaries. “He swings,” a New York Times reviewer writes about four-time Grammy Award nominee Harris. “And when he plays, he makes you feel good.” New Orleans-born Payton stands shoulder to shoulder with the best trumpeters from a city that has nurtured the gold standard of horn players. A native of Puerto Rico, the Grammy-winning Sánchez ranks as one of the finest, most progressive sax players of his generation.

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