Imagine if, on July 13, our Marseilles Bonne Mère was renamed Catedral San Cristobal de La Habana, our Marseilles cabs were transformed into Ford convertibles and the gardens of the Palais Longchamp became the Hotel Nacional! For this tour-de-passe, Marseille Jazz invites Roberto Fonseca to plunge us into the incredible history of the “Cabane Cubaine”, one of the most fashionable Parisian cabarets of the 1930s. Founded by Eduardo Castellanos, a Cuban musician exiled in France, this “Bohio Cubana” immersed the whole of Paris in the sound of the mambo, rumba and bolero, and became a veritable phenomenon where Leopold Senghor, Buster Keaton, Cab Calloway, Rita Hayworth and Maurice Chevalier met…
For this Fiesta Cubana, come dressed in your best evening attire to sway, sway and dive into this festive, immersive journey that Roberto Fonseca has the secrets to make us dance.
Roberto Fonseca : keyboard and vocals
Ruly Herrera : drums
Yandy Martinez : piano and double bass
Jimmy Jenks : tenor saxophone
Ariel Vigo : baryton saxophone and flute
Andres Coayo : percussion
Carlos Calunga : lead vocals
Roberto Millonario Jr. : trumpet