This project is supported in part by an Elevate Grant from Austin Arts, Culture, Music

Continuing her Global Songbook concert series, Elena Diaz presents: Songs from Havana’s Golden Age—an evening celebrating the sones, boleros, guarachas, mambos, and early Latin jazz that defined a musical era. Featuring a live rhythm section and four-piece horn section, the program explores the music of Beny Moré, Celia Cruz, Tito Rodríguez, Tito Puente, Machito, and Omara Portuondo, tracing the evolution of Cuban popular song from intimate boleros and folkloric roots to the vibrant big-band sounds of Havana and New York.