Pablo Sanhueza Latin Jazz Band Concert: 7pm

Open Jam Session with KC Musicians: 8:30pm

Pablo Sanhueza conducts the first Blue Monday Jam Session at the Blue Room, December 3rd. Drawing from 20 years of immersion in Latin American Music & Jazz, this dynamic evening will feature Sanhueza in his element as Master Percussionist and Bandleader.

Pablo Sanhueza is the Kansas City region’s foremost Salsa & Latin Jazz percussionist, bandleader and co-founder of the Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra. Since his arrival to Kansas City in 1996, he has distinguished himself as the avant-garde of Latin American and Caribbean music across the Midwest. 2018, marks the Fifteenth Anniversary of his artistry as a Salsa & Latin Jazz Bandleader.  His most accomplished project to date, KCLJO; blends cultural immersion, preservation, and evolution of Latin Jazz in Kansas City. Sanhueza studied with the Cuban Rumba and Folkloric ensemble, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, a during their residency at the University of New Mexico; as well as National Endowment for the Arts recognized Cuban ritual percussionist Felipe Garcia Villamill. In 2006, he toured Europe with saxophonist and composer Bobby Watson appearing at Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Red Sea Jazz Festival in Holland and Champs Elysees in Paris, France.

Sanhueza continues his community-oriented artistic development through the founding of the first nonprofit in the Midwest dedicated to Latin Music and international workshop exchange.

"Pablo Sanhueza: Kansas City's Heart & Soul of Latin Music." JAM Magazine.

www.pablosanhuezamusic.com