Harold Lopez Nussa in Nueva Timba with Ruy Adrian Lopez-Nussa, Luques Curtis and Gregoire Maret
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 1700 - 1900
Blending the flavors of jazz with the Afro-Cuban influences of his upbringing, pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa along with Luques Curtis, Ruy Adrian Lopez-Nussa and Gregoire Maret are bringing their eclectic playing to the Payomet tent on Sunday, October 5 at 5pm.
On Nueva Timba, their newly released album, the jazz vanguard meets multiple eras of Cuba's musical history with results that are at once accessible, life-affirming and strikingly accomplished. Featuring a core of unmatched talent - Harold's brother, Ruy Adrian Lopez-Nussa, on drums; Luques Curtis on bass; and the harmonica virtuoso Gregoire Maret - it feels like a definitive vision for the future of Latin jazz.
On "Bonito y Sabroso," Lopez-Nussa condenses the power of Benny More's big band into a small-group arrangement, then adds modern, psychedelic hues through electronics and the beat-making of Jose Angel Blanco, a.k.a. El Negro WADPRO. Other highlights include "Nina Con Violin," written by Lopez-Nussa's uncle, the acclaimed pianist Ernán Lopez-Nussa, with gorgeous melodic bass work from Curtis. An arrangement of Ernesto Lecuona's "Gitanerias" offers a master class in accenting classical virtuosity with a contemporary rhythmic thrust. The Lopez-Nussa original "Cerca y Lejos" boasts welcome shades of early fusion-era Chick Corea.
For all its overwhelming mastery, however, this album is foremost a journey - a deeply personal narrative rooted in profound, often painful life changes.
Nueva Timba tells the very real story of a man displaced: a young father finding his way in a new country while missing his homeland with heartrending intensity; all the while, he's nursing other emotional wounds including the passing of his mother, and the compounding torment brings him to a state of despair. Slowly but surely, sunshine begins to poke through the clouds, and he discovers a path forward. Something like happiness returns to the horizon. Consider NUEVA TIMBA musical tears of joy.
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Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3180055-2?pid=2874
Category: Live Music | Concert
On Nueva Timba, their newly released album, the jazz vanguard meets multiple eras of Cuba's musical history with results that are at once accessible, life-affirming and strikingly accomplished. Featuring a core of unmatched talent - Harold's brother, Ruy Adrian Lopez-Nussa, on drums; Luques Curtis on bass; and the harmonica virtuoso Gregoire Maret - it feels like a definitive vision for the future of Latin jazz.
On "Bonito y Sabroso," Lopez-Nussa condenses the power of Benny More's big band into a small-group arrangement, then adds modern, psychedelic hues through electronics and the beat-making of Jose Angel Blanco, a.k.a. El Negro WADPRO. Other highlights include "Nina Con Violin," written by Lopez-Nussa's uncle, the acclaimed pianist Ernán Lopez-Nussa, with gorgeous melodic bass work from Curtis. An arrangement of Ernesto Lecuona's "Gitanerias" offers a master class in accenting classical virtuosity with a contemporary rhythmic thrust. The Lopez-Nussa original "Cerca y Lejos" boasts welcome shades of early fusion-era Chick Corea.
For all its overwhelming mastery, however, this album is foremost a journey - a deeply personal narrative rooted in profound, often painful life changes.
Nueva Timba tells the very real story of a man displaced: a young father finding his way in a new country while missing his homeland with heartrending intensity; all the while, he's nursing other emotional wounds including the passing of his mother, and the compounding torment brings him to a state of despair. Slowly but surely, sunshine begins to poke through the clouds, and he discovers a path forward. Something like happiness returns to the horizon. Consider NUEVA TIMBA musical tears of joy.
URL:
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3180055-2?pid=2874
Category: Live Music | Concert
Starting Price Per Person
$ 35.00 USD
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Where
Payomet Performing Arts Center
29 Old Dewline Road
North Truro Massachusetts 02652
United States
( Multi-Purpose Events Venue )
29 Old Dewline Road
North Truro Massachusetts 02652
United States
( Multi-Purpose Events Venue )
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