Get ready to dance to the sound of live hip hop, reggae, disco, afrobeats & funk - there's no telling what direction the Freddy Fuego X-Tet will take us in any given moment.
"Music doesn't have to be in a genre to tell a story. If you're thinking of a Venn diagram of genres, I'm trying to live in the overlap." - Freddy Fuego
Freddy Fuego - trombone/flute
Mike Jedynack - sax
Ian Hughes - guitar
Joey Walbaum - keys
Dylan Hughes - bass
Davy Nefos - drums
FREDDY 'FUEGO' GONZALEZ
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Get ready to dance to the sound of live hip hop, reggae, disco, afrobeats & funk – there’s no telling what direction the Freddy Fuego X-Tet will take us in any given moment.
“Music doesn’t have to be in a genre to tell a story. If you’re thinking of a Venn diagram of genres, I’m trying to live in the overlap.” – Freddy Fuego
Freddy Fuego – trombone/flute
Mike Jedynack – sax
Ian Hughes – guitar
Joey Walbaum – keys
Dylan Hughes – bass
Davy Nefos – drums
FREDDY ‘FUEGO’ GONZALEZ
Freddy ‘Fuego’ Gonzalez was born into a Puerto Rican family in New York City and raised on the sounds of East Harlem in the 90s and 2000s — a mix of funk, salsa, jazz and hip-hop that heavily influences his music.
Music ran deep in his family: his father played the saxophone; Tio Alfred led the church choir; Tio Ray was a background singer for La India; Tio Ibrahim had a radio show in the Bronx. Freddy followed in these footsteps, picking up the trombone at the age of 13. By 18, he was performing around the city with salsa and hip-hop bands all over the city. He got his degree at Berklee School of Music and the rest is history.
Freddy has opened for Ruben Blades, Eddie Palmieri, Talib Kweli, De La Soul, and B.B. King while having performed alongside Alejandro Sanz, Juan Luis Guerra, Bootsy Collins, Arturo O’Farrill, and Melissa Aldana. Featured on Wu Tang Clan’s 20th Anniversary Album “A Better Tomorrow,” (2014). Performed at the “Tudo e Jazz” Festival in Ouro Preto, Brazil (2013). Notable venues include The Kennedy Center (D.C.), Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Yankee Stadium and The Blue Note (NYC).
SHOW SETUP
This is an in-the-round performance prioritizing room for dancing and limited seating reserved for elders, and people with injuries or disabilities.
SHOW DETAILS
Doors & Bar 7:00pm, Show 7:30pm
Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door
Kids, Teens, & People with Disabilities $10
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