FEATURE
Alejandro
A MUSICAL JOURNEY WITH JAZZ MUSICIAN
Avilés
BASED IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, ALEJANDRO AVILÉS IS A PROFESSIONAL JAZZ MUSICIAN TAKING NEW YORK BY STORM. AS A FIRST-GENERATION CUBAN-AMERICAN, ALEJANDRO COMES FROM A LONG LINEAGE OF MUSICIANS IN HIS FAMILY. THE ORQUESTA HERMANOS AVILÉS WAS STARTED BY HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER, MANUEL AVILÉS IN 1882 IN HOLGUIN, CUBA AND REMARKABLY IS STILL IN EXISTENCE TODAY. 48
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