Pianists Hilario Durán, Melvis Santa and Alfredo Rodríguez speak with host Felix Contreras onstage at The Kennedy Middle in Washington, D.C.
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Pianists Hilario Durán, Melvis Santa and Alfredo Rodríguez speak with host Felix Contreras onstage at The Kennedy Middle in Washington, D.C.
Jati Lindsay/Courtesy of The Kennedy Middle
Palm timber and sandy seashores had been within the air on a cold December night time as we gathered for NPR’s annual A Jazz Piano Christmas live performance on the John F. Kennedy Middle for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
This 12 months, the annual vacation live performance featured an all-Cuban program with veteran Hilario Durán, vocalist/pianist Melvis Santa and former Jazz Piano Christmas younger expertise, Alfredo Rodríguez.
Whereas now residing in several elements of the world, every introduced their Cuban roots to a group of conventional vacation tunes and a few different songs that mirrored their connections to Afro-Cuban tradition and jazz.
From cha-cha-cha’s to ho-ho-ho’s, the entire live performance is a vacation deal with with a definite, danceable groove.
SET LIST
Hilario Durán
- Medley: “Carol of the Bells”https://www.npr.org/”What Little one is This?”
- “O Holy Night time”
- “O Christmas Tree”
Melvis Santa
- “Dibule oñí” (Merceditas Valdés)
- “Descarga pa’ Celeste” (Melvis Santa)
- “Santa Child” (Philip Springer, Joan Javits)
Alfredo Rodríguez
- “El Güije” (Alfredo Rodríguez)
- “Silent Night time”
- “Jingle Bells”
