Roberto Villeda & The Latin Jazz All Stars 7PM & 9PM SHOWS

1325 Key Highway,Baltimore MD 21230

17 September, 2022

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This is going to be an amazing evening featuring Roberto Villeda on keyboards and an All-Star Sextet lineup including critically acclaimed, award-winning multi-percussionist, Fran Vielma and the incredible Mike Pope on bass. Roberto Villeda is a Guatemalan-born pianist, keyboardist, and composer. He is one of Baltimore’s up-and-coming, must-see musicians. His compositions and arrangements are truly genre-bending, from Jazz, Bossa, and Afro-Latin, to Neo-Soul and Classical music. Roberto Villeda | website A graduate of Towson University, Roberto studied under jazz piano masters Harry Appelman, Tim Murphy, and César Orozco. He’s shared the bandstand with some of the area’s most prominent jazz musicians, including Charles and Kris Funn, Dana Hawkins, Tarus Mateen, and Donvonte McCoy, and he’s performed at the DMV’s premiere venues such as An Die Musik, Twins, Jojo’s, Keystone Korner, and The National Portrait Gallery. "Fran Vielma's (multi-percussionist)performance and compositional esthetic integrate rhythmic elements of his native Venezuela, the nuance and variety of classical and world music styles, as well as the freedom of jazz!" Fran Vielma |website Fran Vielma is currently a Jazz Department Faculty of Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and has been World Music faculty at Salem State University, MA, artist resident at Florida University, “Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico,” Baltimore School of Arts, and Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra among others. Additionally, directs the Hidden Treasure Music Workshop. "For Mike Pope (bassist)when the people you’ve played with run the gamut from Michael Brecker, Blood Sweat and Tears, The Gil Evans Orchestra and Chick Corea to The Roche Sisters, Manhattan Transfer, Lenny Pickett and Blue Lou Marini, you’re no longer just an instrumentalist or a bass player, you’ve become a musician." Mike Pope | website Mike Pope. now living in Maryland where, as he puts it, Mike is touring, writing, arranging and practicing music as much as his schedule allows. He’s currently the Creator in Residence at Trickfish Amplification and proprietor of Vatican City Sound, designing exciting new gear and recording music that he loves. Little Havana | website About the Venue The Hemingway Room is an intimate space hidden away within Little Havana Restaurant. The 60-seat cabaret-style setting offers a private bar, a full restaurant menu and an incredible listening environment. Over 20 years after opening, Little Havana has become a landmark in South Baltimore, serving brunch, lunch and dinner 7 days a week year-round. Little Havana continues to be an important part of the fabric of Federal Hill and the surrounding neighborhoods and welcomes The Sonic Lifeline Jazz Series to the Hemingway Room. National Hispanic Heritage Month | official website Come celebrate!