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Jared Bloch
 
The Pedro Martinez Group (minus one) after their Miles Davis lounge jam session

The Pedro Martinez Group (minus one) after their Miles Davis lounge jam session

MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND – If you were lucky enough to catch the Rufus Wainwright show last night, 5 July at the Montreux Jazz Festival, you could have doubled your luck by catching the Pedrito Martinez Group performing shortly afterwards in the lounge at Miles Davis Hall.

The quartet with members from Cuba, Venezuela and Peru – they are based in New York – was the perfect nightcap to a stellar evening, with their conga driven Afro-Cuban rhythms.

My only regret is missing their four other shows at the festival. If you are reading this now (5:52 pm Friday) you have exactly 1 hour eight minutes to catch them at Parc Vernex in Montreux…for free.

Otherwise you’ll have to follow them to the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy, or one of the other 20 venues they are playing in Europe.

See other MJF reviews on GenevaLunch.

Posted by :: Jared Bloch on 6 July 2012 at 18:00 | permalink
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