Summer Stage in Harlem – Latin Night

The Steven Kroon Latin Jazz Sextet

The Steven Kroon Latin Jazz Sextet is a high-energy, electrifying band that blends the distinct sounds of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz music. They have spent 15 years performing at popular festivals and venues. Band members include Steven Kroon on congas and percussion, Igor Atalita on keyboard, Alex “Apollo” Ayala on bass, Bryan Carrott on vibraphone, Craig Rivers on sax and flute, and Alex Garcia on drums. If you love Latin Jazz, The Steve Kroon Latin Jazz Sextet is the real deal.

Kalí Rodríguez-Peña

Kalí Rodríguez-Peña is a Latin GRAMMY-nominated trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and educator, and one of the leading voices of a new generation of Cuban musicians in NYC. Born and raised in Havana, he blends the traditional motifs of his native Cuba with the lineage of jazz masters such as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Freddie Hubbard. Rodríguez-Peña has performed at major venues and festivals across North America and collaborated with Wynton Marsalis, Arturo O’Farrill, Paquito D’Rivera, Chucho Valdés, Michel Camilo, Esperanza Spalding, Miguel Zenón, and more. His debut album, Mélange (Truth Revolution Records), was featured on Showtime’s Let The Right One In. With his band, Mélange, Rodríguez-Peña creates an energetic fusion of Afro-Cuban folkloric rhythms, jazz harmony, improvisation, and contemporary groove.

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