New album “TOGETHER” on spotify
"a dynamic fresh new voice on the saxophone”
- All About Jazz -
“his playing is quite extraordinarily expressive and beautiful”
- Latin Jazz Network -
"Together"
by Carlos Averhoff Jr.
Album Release on May 20th, 2022
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By Carlos Averhoff Jr.
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by Carlos Averhoff Jr.
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by Carlos Averhoff Jr.
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Arr. Carlos Averhoff Jr.
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Arr. Carlos Averhoff Sr.
DATES
. Feb. 24 - Together Afro-cuban Quartet @ Granbury JAzz Fest!
Dates UpdAting**
January
January 6th: Averhoff Jr. & Iresi Jazz Quartet @ Triumphs, Dallas TX
January 12th: With LL Band @ Private Event
January 13th: With LL Band @ Private Event
January 19th: With LL Band @ Private Event
January 20th: With LL Band @ Private Event
January 25th: Averhoff Jr. & Together Quartet at The Balcony Club, Dallas TX
January 26th: With LL Band @ Private Event
February
February 2nd: With LL Band @ Private Event
February 3rd: With LL Band @ Private Event
February 9th: With IRAKERE 50 @ Adriane Arsht Center, Miami FL
February 15th: With IRAKERE 50 @ SFJAZZ, San Francisco
February 16th: With IRAKERE 50 @ SFJAZZ, San Francisco
February 17th: With IRAKERE 50 @ SFJAZZ, San Francisco
February 18th: With IRAKERE 50 @ SFJAZZ, San Francisco
February 23rd: With LL Band @ Private Event
February 24th (Daytime): Averhoff Jr. & Together Afro-Cuban Quintet @ Granbury Jazz Festival, Granbury TX
February 24th (Evening): Averhoff Jr. & Iresi Jazz Quartet @ Triumphs, Dallas TX
March
March 1st: With LL Band @ Private Event
March 2nd: With LL Band @ Private Event
March 8th: With LL Band @ Private Event
March 9th: With LL Band @ Private Event
March 10th: With LL Band @ Private Event
March 12th: With LL Band @ Private Event
March 13th: With LL Band @ Private Event
March 15th: With LL Band @ Private Event
March 16th: TBD
March 20st: With LL Band @ Private Event
March 22nd: With LL Band @ Private Event
March 23rd: Averhoff Jr. & Iresi Jazz Quintet @ Triumphs, Dallas TX
March 29th: TBD
March 30th: Averhoff Jr. & Afro-Cuban Quartet at Stoney’s Wine Lounge, Dallas TX
March 31st: Averhoff Jr. Private Event
April
April 3rd: Concert with Jon Christopher Band
April 4th: With X Factor Band
April 5th: Averhoff Jr. & Iresi Jazz Quartet @ Triumphs, Dallas TX
April 5th: Averhoff Jr. & Iresi Jazz Quartet @ Triumphs, Dallas TX
April 10th: With LL Band @ Private Event
April 12th: Averhoff Jr. Master Class at University of Texas Arlington, TX
April 12th: With LL Band @ Private Event
April 13th: With LL Band @ Private Event
April 18th: With LL Band @ Private Event
April 19th: With LL Band @ Private Event
April 24th: Concert with Jon Christopher Band
April 26th: Averhoff Jr. & Afro-Cuban Quintet at Sundance Square Concert series, Fort Worth TX
April 27th: With LL Band @ Private Event
April 28th: Averhoff Jr. & Afro-Cuban Quintet at Klyde Warren Park, Dallas TX
May
May 3rd: With LL Band @ Private Event
May 4th: With LL Band @ Private Event
May 5th: With SFT Band
May 10th: With LL Band @ Private Event
May 11th: With LL Band @ Private Event
May 17th: With LL Band @ Private Event
May 18th: With LL Band @ Private Event
May 22nd: Concert with Jon Christopher Band
May 24th: With LL Band @ Private Event
May 25th: Averhoff Jr. & Afro-Cuban Jazz Quartet @ Triumphs, Dallas TX
May 27th: With LL Band @ Private Event
May 28th to 31st: Vacation Time!
*Summer Dates SOON!*
——— 2023 Perfomance Hightlights ———
April
April 7th: Averhoff Jr. & Together CD Release Concert @ The Kitchen Cafe, Dallas TX
April 27th: Averhoff Jr. Master Class @ Greenhill School, Addison TX
April 28th: Averhoff Jr. & Together Quintet at Klyde Warren Park Concert Series, Dallas TX
May
May 12th: Averhoff Jr. Guest artist with the Greenhill School Jazz Band, Addison TX
July
July 22nd: Averhoff Jr. & Together Afro-Cuban Quartet @ Arts Polyphonic Concert series, Dallas, TX
August
Aug. 19th: Carlos Averhoff jr. Guest Artist with the Brian Lynch’s Jazz Sextet @ Saint Kate Art Theater, Milwaukee WI
September
Sept 6th: Averhoff Jr. & Afro-Cuban Sextet @ Sammons Arts Center, Dallas TX
Sept 23rd: Averhoff Jr. & Afro-Cuban Quintet @ Latinidad Music Fest.AT&T Center, Dallas TX
Sept 29th: Averhoff Jr. & Afro-Cuban Quintet @ Latino Cultural Center, Dallas TX
October
Oct. 7th: Averhoff Jr. & Afro-Cuban Sextet @ Denton Jazz Festival, Denton TX
November
Nov. 18th: Averhoff Jr. & Afro-Cuban Sextet at Denison Jazz Festival, Denison TX
Short Bio
Carlos Averhoff Jr.
Cuban Saxophonist, composer, band leader of two musical projects Iresi & iQba is a recording artist at SunnySide Records Jazz Label and a Grammy Nominee for his collaboration with Buena Vista Social Club Presenta a Omara Portuondo.
Following the legacy of his father, Carlos Averhoff Sr., Carlos Averhoff Jr has stablished his name among the new generation of Cuban musicians.
All About Jazz names Carlos "a dynamic fresh new voice on the saxophone”. Latin Jazz Network portrays his playing as “quite extraordinarily expressive and beautiful,” further adding, “Carlos Averhoff Jr. is a musician who is renowned as a virtuoso soloist.”
The music of Carlos Averhoff Jr. offers a new hybrid sound of modern Cuban Jazz, his compositions and arrangements masterfully painting a landscape of contemporary harmonies and rhythms from his native land, Cuba.
As a band leader and side man, Carlos Averhoff Jr. have performed in recognized stages and Jazz Festivals around the world such as: Carnegie Hall, Paris Philharmonic, Krakow Philharmonic, Monte-Carlo Sporting Club, Berklee Performance Center, Scullers Jazz Club, Blue Note Jazz Club, Angela Peralta Teather, Barcelona Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival, Irapuato International Jazz Festival among other.
Carlos Averhoff Jr. has collaborated and played alongside very well known artists from the Jazz and Latin Jazz scenario such as: Chucho Valdes & Irakere, Chucho Valdes & La Creacion, drummers Louis Hayes, Jimmy Cobb; Bob Moses, Cuban drummer Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez; pianists Jason Moran; Roberto Fonseca; saxophonists Dave Liebman, Greg Osby; Bill Pierce, Paquito de Rivera and the list goes on.
In US, Carlos Averhoff Jr. continued his studies in Jazz Performance at Berklee College Of Music graduated with bachelor degree, Suma Cum Laude and The New England Conservatory, Master Degree graduated with honors.
Carlos Averhoff Jr. took instruction from Jazz luminaries Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Ed Tomassi, Frank Tiberi, Greg Osby, Bill Pierce, Terri Lyne Carrington, Joe Lovano, Jason Moran, Cecil McBee, Ran Blake, John McNeil and Donny McCaslin.
Bio
Carlos Averhoff Jr is a Latin Grammy nominated Cuban tenor saxophonist, contemporary Afro-Cuban Jazz composer and educator. All About Jazz names Carlos "a dynamic fresh new voice on the saxophone” and Latin Jazz Network portrays his playing as “quite extraordinarily expressive and beautiful,” further adding, “Carlos Averhoff Jr is a musician who is renowned as a virtuoso soloist.”
Born in Havana, Cuba, Carlos first encounter with music was through his mother’s womb by the hands of his father, legendary saxophonist and member of Chucho Valdes’s Irakere, Carlos Averhoff. Classically trained in Cuba’s top music schools Manuel Saumel Conservatory of Music, Amadeo Roldan School of Music and Havana’s Superior Institute of Art, Carlos continued his education in the United States earning Suma cum Laude Honors at Berklee College of Music and a Master’s Degree with Honors from the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music.
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