Cuba Educational Travel, The Trombone Shorty Foundation and havana jazz plaza Present:
JANUARY 14-18, 2020
January 2020 - We Got Funky In Havana!
2021 Dates Coming Soon
Tank and the Bangas perform at La Tropical. Photo: Daniel Perez Rigual
The Soul Rebels take part in Second Line Meets Conga Parade in Old Havana. Photo: Rolando Cabrera
Image from Second Line Meets Conga. Photo: Jafar Pierre.
Tank and the Bangas, The Soul Rebels, Cimafunk perform for a large crowd in Havana. Photo: Wajiros Films
Cimafunk performs at Getting Funky Finale. Photo: Daniel Perez Rigual
The Soul Rebels in Havana. Photo: Giselle Gallego
Chief Monk Boudreaux at Second Line Meets Conga Parade. Photo: Jafar Pierre
Trombone Shorty performs at La Tropical. Photo: Danny Perez Rigual
Trombone Shorty meets with Cuban students of the Amadeo Roldan School.
“I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world, to experience this here in Cuba. The meeting of the cultures, we have the Cuban musicians jamming out with us...We’ve got the kids here from the foundation playing the second line, along with the Soul Rebels brass band helping us out and it’s just a beautiful thing. It’s unbelievable.”
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WWL: 'Us and the Cubans, our music and our people are the same'
When a group of New Orleans musicians made the trip to Cuba, there was no need for an interpreter.
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GETTING FUNKY IN HAVANA 2020:
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A Musical Exchange for the Ages
The New Orleans-Havana cultural exchange project “Getting Funky in Havana” aims to build on the strong shared musical, artistic, and historical past of New Orleans and Havana. Leading New Orleans bands, The Soul Rebels and Tank and the Bangas, will join forces with Cuba’s top musical talent Cimafunk to create an unforgettable concert series “Getting Funky in Havana.” The concerts will be accompanied by immersive VIP cultural experiences with Cuban artists, musicians and other creatives, including a private garden concert with Anders Osborne and Carlos Varela. Get behind-the-scenes, backstage, and into the homes and studios of the leaders of Havana’s music scene as you explore Cuba alongside famed New Orleans jazz bands.
The trip is a part of Jazz Plaza and coincides with the world-famous Havana International Jazz Festival 2020. Travelers will have access to jazz fest shows and activities.
The Soul Rebels
Tank and the Bangas
The exchange is organized by Cuba Educational Travel and the Trombone Shorty Foundation, organizations with long histories of cross-cultural exchange, community engagement and arts development. It is supported by the Gia Maione Prima Foundation, a foundation dedicated to fostering music and the arts at a youth and community level, as well as Horns to Havana, a New York based group that has been working with the music schools in Havana for the past 10 years.
Cimafunk, the groundbreaking Afro-Cuban funk artist, will serve as the local host and work with Havana’s booming music community to return the favor to his New Orleans guests after his magical visit to that city last year. The Havana program will include visits to local schools and community projects and be heavily focused on supporting the Cuban people and will support dozens of young New Orleans musicians from the Trombone Shorty Foundation who will travel with the bands.
Cultural exchanges by day, jazz & funk concerts by night
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Hang with Cuba’s hottest artist Cimafunk, and New Orleans legends The Soul Rebels and Tank and the Bangas. Visit with the Horns to Havana.
Nightly once-in-a-lifetime “Getting Funky In Havana” concerts
Dine under the stars at Havana House gallery. Enjoy a private concert by Anders Osborne and Carlos Varela.
Behind the scenes art studio tour. Explore religion in Cuba. Take part in a Cuban music and dance workshops.
VIP closing reception at the Fabrica de Arte Cubano.
With your trip, you support the students of the Trombone Shorty Foundation and strengthen the New Orleans-Havana cultural bridge.
the Fabrica de Arte Cubano
CARLOS VARELA PERFORMS AT HAVANA HOUSE
ANDERS OSBORNE
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Your travel to Cuba is authorized under one of the 11 legal categories which Americans can legally travel, “Support for the Cuban People.” SFCP requires travelers maintain a full-time schedule of activities that involve meaningful interaction with individuals in Cuba.
Funds secured form the travel package will be used to subsidize musician and student travel and support cultural projects in New Orleans and Havana. We’re grateful to travelers for taking part in a life-changing cultural trip that supports the arts and artists in both countries.
A New Orleans Welcome for Cimafunk. Photo: Erika Goldring
NOLA Jam Session with the Soul Rebels and Cimafunk. photo: Erika GOldring
Cimafunk sells out Tipitina’s. Photo: Erika Goldring
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“Our visit to New Orleans was one of the highlights of my musical career. I can’t wait to return the favor.”