WBGO Kids Jazz Concert Series and
The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation present

LOUIS ARMSTRONG & LATIN MUSIC

Performance by Multi-Grammy Nominated
BOBBY SANABRIA MULTIVERSE BIG BAND
featuring ANTOINETE MONTAGUE, JANIS SIEGEL & JENNIFER JADE LEDESNA
SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1:00 P.M.
Main Theater

FREE KIDS CONCERT
Adults must be accompanied by at least one child.

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Hailed as one of the most influential and popular musicians in modern music, trumpeter Louis Armstrong (1901-71) rose out of poverty in New Orleans and became the Prometheus of jazz*. Growing up in the Crescent City, Armstrong heard music from the Caribbean — especially Cuba — and was greatly influenced by the exceptional Cuban trumpeter Manuel Pérez. Armstrong’s own recorded version of the then-popular Cuban song "El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor)” would cement that Jazz/Latin connection.

Multi-Grammy Nominated Bobby Sanabria MULTIVERSE Big Band will honor the unique connections that New Orleans and Louis Armstrong have to Latin music in this special FREE CONCERT FOR KIDS. The band will rhythmically retrace the African footprints of Latin jazz, from The Big Apple to the Big Easy, and back to Armstrong, who lived much of his adult years in Queens, New York.

*Albert Murray, music and cultural critic

The WBGO Kids Jazz Concert Series brings world-renowned jazz musicians to concert halls and venues throughout New York and New Jersey. These concerts give young listeners the chance to discover the enjoyment of jazz, improvisation, and musical collaboration.