Several beautiful pieces brightened Wednesday’s program, starting with an Afro-Latin tone poem "Cal de Aro." (I cannot tell the spelling). Though this piece drew upon familiar dance rhythms steeped in Caribbean culture, its dissonances rendered it fresh and significantly. Marsalis played in an extended solo that won a big applause from the audience because this
Several beautiful pieces brightened Wednesday’s program, starting with an Afro-Latin tone poem "Cal de Aro." (I cannot tell the spelling). Though this piece drew upon familiar dance rhythms steeped in Caribbean culture, its dissonances rendered it fresh and significantly. Marsalis played in an extended solo that won a big applause from the audience because this