Pablo Sanhueza Latin Jazz Orchestra at the Blue Room

All-ages, $15.00 at the door. Tickets available May 1st.

Pablo Sanhueza is “Kansas City’s Heart & Soul of Latin Music” and is the region’s premier Salsa & Latin Jazz percussionist, bandleader, and educator. Born and raised in Santiago, Chile, Pablo has been for more than two decades on the front line of Latin Jazz and Salsa music in the Midwest, leading and mentoring three generations of musicians of all backgrounds. Sanhueza is a master artist for the Missouri Traditional Arts program and was the featured jazz presenter honoring Kansas City’s jazz heritage at the Missouri Bi-Centennial Celebrations in 2021, US the Department of State, and has served as Musical Director for Tito Puente Jr. In 2021, Sanhueza’s Orchestra received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to support a commission and collaboration with NEA Jazz Master, pianist, composer, and band leader Maestro Eddie Palmieri. On April 23, 2022, Sanhueza was a featured artist at the Charles Mingus Centennial Jazz Festival in Nogales, Arizona. Since 2003, Pablo has been a Headlining Performer at the Blue Room and is an influential force bringing together the diversity of Kansas City to his stage.