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Gonzalo Rubalcaba, solo at SFJAZZ Spring Festival at Herbst Theater
Courtesy of Marshall Lamm | Posted on March 27, 2012
Where
Herbst Theater
SFJAZZ Spring Festival
401 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA
Map
415.621.6600
When
Sat, June 9, 2012
8:00pm
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About
Few jazz pianists are better equipped to deliver a breathtaking solo recital than Havana-born Gonzalo Rubalcaba. The conservatory-trained master has integrated huge swaths of the European classical and jazz traditions, while maintaining bone-deep ties to the rhythmic currents of Cuba. Rubalcaba quickly gained fame on the American scene in the early ‘90s through the efforts of famed bassist Charlie Haden, who was blown away by the young virtuoso. At first Rubalcaba distinguished himself with his bravura technique and hair-raising rhythmic prowess, but over the past decade he’s rigorously honed his approach, delivering dazzling passages that seem to careen through the entire history of Cuban music...