HAVANA TIMES – Jazz Plaza 2018 kicked off Tuesday in Havana and some fifty artists from various nations are attending the festival. The 33rd edition of the event began with a concert by Bobby Carcasses, along with his new orchestra Afroswing, at the Sala Avellaneda of the National Theater of Cuba.
The National Theater venue will also be the setting for other memorable concerts featuring Chucho Valdes, in the company of family and friends; a presentation by the US singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, together with Teo Craker and Dvrk Funk; the celebration of 30 years of artistic career of Cesar Lopez and Habana Ensemble; a concert by US saxophonist Joe Lovano, with the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory Symphony and the Young Jazz Band, directed by Joaquin Betancourt for twenty years.