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• 08 / 29 / 2008

Sponsored by the Ministries of Culture, Tourism and the Cuban Music Institute, the event will take place in Varadero Beach, in the eastern province of Matanzas, 140 km from this capital.
According to the organizers, there will assist the Argentinean musician Daniel Martina, the Dutch Mike del Ferro, the groups Ensamble en Cayapa, from Venezuela and Youth with a Missión, from Nigeria.

From Cuba, there will be jazz players from several generations such as Bobby Carcasés, Mayra Caridad Valdés, Rolando Luna and Alejandro Vargas.

There will also be the groups Iraquere; Chucho Valdés and his quartet; José Luis Cortés (El Tosco) and NG La Banda; Lázaro Valdés and Bamboleo; César López and Havana Ensamble; and the female vocal Sexto Sentido.

One of the novelties will be the performance of the award winners in the Jojazz competition, for young people in this genre.

The meeting, in its second edition, will be mainly held in La Plaza América, in Varadero Beach.

 (ACN)