Viva! Mariah Parker Indo Latin Jazz

Indo Latin Jazz Music Concert and Special Screening of ‘Los Hermanos’ with In-Person guests – Directors/Producers MARCIA JARMEL & KEN SCHNEIDER to introduce the film!

Mariah Parker’s Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble, with special guest Grammy winning percussionist Mark Walker, will perform a 45-minute set featuring music from Mariah’s upcoming third album.

“Parker and friends blend the rhythmic syncopations of Latin jazz music with the entrancing, asymmetrical meters of East Indian rhythms resulting in first-class world music. Intriguing melodies that draw musical inspirations from the tempos of Brazil, Cuba, India, and Spain make for an uplifting serene yet passionate musical journey into an ideal world.” — Latin Beat Magazine

Mariah Parker (composer, piano), Paul McCandless (woodwinds), Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar), Kash Killion (bass), and Mark Walker (drum set, Latin percussion)

Following intermission, we move right into our special film for the evening, LOS HERMANOS, about two Cuban brothers separated by geopolitics, united by music.

Virtuoso Afro-Cuban-born brothers—violinist Ilmar and pianist Aldo—live on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a half-century wide. Tracking their parallel lives in New York and Havana, their poignant reunion, and their momentous first performances together, Los Hermanos/The Brothers offers a nuanced, often startling view of estranged nations through the lens of music and family.

Featuring an electrifying, genre-bending score, composed by Cuban Aldo López-Gavilán, performed with his American brother, Ilmar, and with guest appearances by maestro Joshua Bell and the Harlem Quartet.