Jane Bunnett: Playing With Fire

Jane Bunnett

By now, the international jazz community knows the story that Maqueque emerged from a jam session at the Cohiba Hotel in Havana that brought together renowned jazz musician Jane Bunnett with young female musicians and composers who had recently graduated from the Cuban Conservatory. Over ten years, the band has created opportunities to compose and perform exceptional jazz that has taken this all-female ensemble around the world, expanding to include not only players from Cuba, but also the brilliant vocalist Joanna Majoko (from Zimbabwe) and musicians from the Dominican Republic, Latin America, Spain and Lebanon. The band has won a Juno Award, been nominated for a Grammy, and tours Europe, Latin America, the U.S. and Canada annually. Downbeat Mag has selected this group as one of the Top Ten Touring Groups of 2019. NPR has featured the band in specials and they performed a Tiny Desk Concert. ON PLAYING WITH FIRE The evolution of this all-Cuban collective continues with the addition of 19-year-old violinist Daniela Olano, sister of the band's co-founder and pianist, Danae Olano, and a very special guest guitarist, Donna Grantis. A member of 3RDEYEGIRL, Donna performed for many years with legendary artist Prince. Donna's sound and textures have continued to haunt me in my new music, and I think the end results are more than beautiful, says Jane Bunnett. The result is A God Unknown, A Human Race and Sierra. Also reinterpreted by the collective are two surprising reworkings of jazz classics Tempus Fugit by pianist Bud Powell and Jump Monk by Charles Mingus.

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