Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra feat. Pablo Sanhueza: Show 1 of 2

1600 East 18th Street,Kansas City MO 64108

25 June, 2021

Description

Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra feat. Pablo Sanhueza headline two shows at the Blue Room, American Jazz Museum's jazz club Pablo Sanhueza has been deemed as "Kansas City's Heart & Soul of Latin Music" by JAM Magazine, and recognized as the region's premier Salsa & Latin Jazz percussionist and bandleader. Since his arrival to Kansas City from Santiago, Chile in 1996 Pablo has dedicated the past 20 years of his distinguished career to the music of the Latin American experience, as a percussionist, bandleader, and educator who has worked with three generations of musicians and the Historic 18th & Vine jazz district. In 2018, Sanhueza co-founded the Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra & Latin Jazz Institute which offers youth programming, education and cultural exchange programs in Kansas City, Las Vegas, and Santiago, Chile. Representing Latino leadership in the arts, Pablo is a Missouri Arts Council Touring Artist and Missouri Humanities Council Speakers Bureau Member. Sanhueza & KCLJO are endorsed by the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz/International Jazz Day for cultural & education outreach in Chile and the Midwestern United States. Sanhueza is a master artist for the Missouri Traditional Arts Apprentice program. "