Join us for an afternoon with world-class Latin band Jose Gonzalez and Banda Criolla! Highlighting Caribbean, Latin, Jazz, World Beat, and more, this concert will get the audience moving to the beat of Caribbean music in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month! Don’t forget your dancing shoes!<\/p>\n
Guitarist, composer and virtuoso Cuatro player, Jose Gonzalez, is one of the top performers of contemporary Latin music. Acclaimed for his original compositions featuring “the Cuatro”, (Puerto Rico’s national instrument), his eleven self-produced recordings have been featured on NBC, PBS, CNN, cable TV, as well as four “Putumayo World Music” CDs. In 2008, he was selected by BBVA as one of Puerto Rico’s Top 150 personalities and has received the Hispanic Excellence in Music Award.<\/p>\n
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