Maite Hontelé’s NJJO Goes Mambo

The National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NJJO) is a big band of 20 top musical talents and is also called the `Young Orange´ of jazz. Composer, band leader and trumpet player Maite Hontelé will be the artistic director and conductor of the Orchestra in 2023 and 2024. On Sunday 22 December, the tour Maite Hontelé's NJJO Goes Mambo + Cuba Special will conclude, with a number of special guests.

Maite Hontelé’s NJJO Goes Mambo

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Melkweg

Lijnbaansgracht 234A

1017 PH Amsterdam

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Ramon Valle

Ramón Valle, born in Cuba but living in the Netherlands since the 1990s, is one of the greatest contemporary pianists and composers. Wherever he performs, Cuban pianist Ramon Valle impresses critics and audiences with his expressive, virtuoso style. He brings together jazz, classical, flamenco and Cuban music. Valle frequently plays at prestigious festivals such as London Jazz, North Sea Jazz, Havana Jazz and Montreux Jazz.

Maite Hontelé

Trumpeter and bandleader Maite Hontel�� lived in Colombia between 2009 and 2018. A decade in which she released 5 CDs and gave many concerts all over the world with her own Latin (jazz) band. The albums Déjame Así

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Cuba Linda were nominated for a Latin Grammy. Cuba Linda won a Cubadisco award for best international album in 2019 and was nominated for an Edison Jazz/World in 2020.

Alain Perez

Cuban bassist, singer and Grammy winner Alain Pérez is seen as a musical genius and is an eminence in the salsa, Latin jazz and flamenco scene. That is special, for someone who is not of Spanish but of Cuban descent. There is therefore little in the musical field that Pérez cannot do. That became clear early on, because before he was thirty he became a household name through his role as bandleader of the legendary singer Celia Cruz.

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