About this Event
Join Jen-Martinez-Bre and her 7-piece band for a 90-minute performance and learning experience centered around Afro-Latin music fused with jazz.
Seeking to pay homage to her Cuban and Peruvian roots, Jen is bringing her "Ceviche con Flan" ("Ceviche with a Side of Flan") 90-minute performance and learning experience centered around Afro-Latin music fused with jazz to the Southwest Regional Library. This event will go through traditional Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Cuban tunes, as well as repurposing jazz standards through the rhythms/styles of Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Cuban music. This event is free and open to the public.
" Jen Martinez-Bre is a Peruvian/Cuban-American percussionist, disability advocate, festival curator currently based in Sunrise, FL. As a performer and advocate, she has been commended by organizations such as the Gold Coast Jazz Society and has been invited to present internationally for the Percussive Arts Society International Convention and Jazz Education Network Conference. In her handful of years of performing, Jen has been on the bandstand with and/or been mentored by luminaries such as Stefon Harris, Bria Skonberg, Tony Miceli, and NEA Jazz Masters Dee Dee Bridgewater and Regina Carter.
This programming was made possible with support from the .
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Southwest Regional Library, 16835 Sheridan Street, Fort Lauderdale, United States
