Bernardo Monk Tango Quintet

FEATURING: Bernardo Monk- saxophones, vocals, bandoneon; Octavio Brunetti- piano, Juan Pablo Jofre- bandoneon, Paula Majerfeld- violin, Pedro Giraudo- double bass.

Buenos Aires-born Bernardo Monk began studying and playing music in 1990.On a daily basis, Monk was hearing and absorbing the haunting music of 19th Century Argentina known as the tango. In sync with this, he fell in love with American jazz, as heard on many household records and the bands in which his two older brothers played. The music of Charlie Parker, Paquito D'Rivera and Branford Marsalis enthralled him. Soon the enthusiastic young artist Bernardo Monk was becoming a skilled performer on soprano and alto saxophones.

In 2002 Bernardo Monk and tango dancer Fernanda Cajide created MassTango. This music and dance show featured Monk's Tango Quintet. A unique and electrifying ensemble which presents the distinctive musical form called tango. But Monk doesn't stop with the tango. He melds traditional tango musical figures and instruments [such as violin, piano, double bass, guitar and bandoneón] along with the not-so-traditional tango instruments and jazz sounds of the saxophone creating a wonderful and challenging, yet entertaining new artistic direction.

2nd Show 10:00pm