Fri Jun 27
Pedrito Martinez
7PM / $35 - $50 | $3.50 Fees Get Tickets
Pedrito Martinez
Pedrito Martinez…is a source of rhythmic delight and inspiration… an incomparable performer… a traditional Afro-Cuban music superstar – The New York Times
Percussionist Pedrito Martinez brings Havana to the US through Afro-Cuban music and the batá drum. After contributing to over 100 albums and playing with Chucho Valdez, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Palmieri, Elton John and more, Martinez plays with passion and fire that will make you get up and move.
“The Pedrito Martinez Group is the real thing. They had the club JUMPING! It made me feel like a teenager!" - Quincy Jones
Pedro Pablo “Pedrito” Martínez was born in Havana, Cuba, Sept 12, 1973 in the Cayo Hueso neighborhood, where rumba is played all day long, and began his musical career at the age of 11, with a foundation in the rumba and Afro Cuban Yoruba traditions.
Since settling in New York City in the fall of 1998, Pedrito has recorded or performed with, Paul Simon, Wynton Marsalis, Paquito D’Rivera, Bruce Springsteen, Ruben Blades, Eddie Palmieri, Dave Matthews, and Sting, and has contributed to over 75 albums.
A consummate master of Afro-Cuban folkloric music and the batá drum he is also the world’s first-call rumbero—playing, singing, and dancing with dozens of Cuban rumba groups.
7PM / $35 - $50 | $3.50 Fees Get Tickets