Alain Pérez - Superjam (live @Music Meeting 2022)

For the 36th edition of Music Meeting, a celebrity came to Park Brakkenstein in Nijmegen: Alain Pérez. This song '120 & 9', composed by Alain Pérez, is a jam with musicians present at the festival: Alain Pérez - directie, bass, voice Andy García - piano Tal Arditi - guitar Roland Satterwhite - violin Carlos Sarduy - trumpet Irving Acao - tenorsax Alex Miguel Suárez Jiménez - timbales Yandy García - drums Róbelis Arévalo Diéguez - congas Adonis 'Panter' Junior - quinto Cuban bassist and singer Alain Pérez is an eminence in the salsa, latin-jazz and flamenco scene. He was the band leader of singer Celia Cruz for years and bassist for flamenco guitarist Pace de Lucía for six years. Pérez knows the Cuban tradition like no other and brought the so-called 'descarga' to Music Meeting. 'Descarga' literally means: discharge. It is a way of communicating with each other through music and was introduced in the 1940s by Cuban bassist Israel "Cachao" López. Crew: Editors: Melchior Huurdeman, Aad van Nieuwkerk, Sakti Khedoe, Kaya Belfor Camera & lighting: Marijn Zurburg, Ramon de Boer, Wim Adam Sound: Marc Broer, Ruben Kieftenbelt Producer: Vivian Vrolijk/Joppe Fakkeldij Director/Editing Reinier Bruijne This video was recorded for Music Meeting 2022 and VPRO Vrije Geluiden: music program made by the Dutch public broadcast organization VPRO   / vrijegeluiden​​   twitter, instagram @vrijegeluiden. #musicmeeting #vrijegeluiden #alainperez #cubanmusic #superjam #descarga #salsa #latin #musicmeetingallears