Seating will be first come, first seated. No registration is required. Concerts will continue to be streamed on Hartford Public Library's Facebook Page and YouTube channel.

 

Thank you to our presenting sponsor, The Kaman Foundation, for its continuing support. Special thanks to our longtime partners The Hartford Jazz Society and WWUH 91.3 FM.

 

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Puerto Rican born master latin percussionist, Anthony Carrillo has joined with New York based pianist and midwestern import, Amy Quint-Millan in creating the latin jazz ensemble AA Team as well as the larger band, YÁMBAWA. Upon first meeting in 2015, the unlikely duo has fervently produced music of diverse styles and rhythms drawing from their extensive musical experiences including that of American jazz, Puerto Rican bomba, plena and salsa, Cuban guaracha and santeria, Colombian salsa and folkloric rhythms, Brazilian samba/bossa nova, pop, metal rock and most recently southeast Asian music. In 2018, their larger fusion band released an EP including jazz standard I Will Wait for You and pop hit Time after Time/I Can See Clearly as well as Puerto Rican reggaeton/lembon and salsa with a timba flair. AA Team is a more intimate ensemble and has recorded original music as well as standards with their own personal twist as can be heard in their interpretation of Dust in the Wind featuring tabla and Cuban percussion. Their YouTube channel contains a treasure chest of rich arrangements featuring solo piano meditations, Bata and Santeria, Rumba, Jazz and Salsa. Together they have combined their extensive experience and diverse talents to create a rich and fresh repertoire loaded with powerful musical chemistry.

 

Amy Quint Millan - piano 

Anthony Carrillo - percussion 

Ariel Robles - bass
Camilo Molina - drumset