The 92nd Street Y presents Duets, Dianne Reeves, Chucho Valdés and Joe Lovano in concert on Thursday, May 16 at 7:30 PM. The show, with a preeminent vocalist and NEA Jazz Master, a leading figure in Afro-Cuban jazz and a saxophone titan, perform in pairings that showcase their artistry in new ways.
Five-time Grammy winner Reeves received the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for three consecutive recordings, a Grammy first in any vocal category. In 2018 the National Endowment for the Arts designated Reeves a Jazz Master, the highest honor the United States bestows on jazz artists.
Cuban pianist, composer and arranger Valdés is an influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz. In a career spanning more than 60 years, both as a solo artist and bandleader, Valdés has distilled elements of the Afro-Cuban music tradition, jazz, classical music, rock and more, into a personal style. Winner of seven Grammy and six Latin Grammy Awards, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Science and was inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Grammy-winning saxophonist, composer and producer Joe Lovano has a Grammy Win for his 52nd Street Themes and 14 other nomination; he has won DownBeat Magazine ’s Critics and Readers Polls countless times as Tenor Saxophonist, Musician of the Year, Jazz Album of the Year and Triple Crowns from DownBeat. He has also received numerous awards from Jazz Times and the Jazz Journalists Association for Tenor Saxophone, Album of the Year and Musician of the Year.
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92 Y is located at 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
