Jane Bunnett and Maqueque kicking off the SIWJF

Canadian soprano saxophonist and flautist Jane Bunnett and her Maqueque are coming to Australia for the first time and will be starting off this year’s Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival.

Maqueque (pronounced Mah-KEH-keh), is an all-female sextet that blends Afro-Cuban, Soul and Jazz. The band features Jane Bunnett on flute and soprano sax, Yissy García on the drums, vocalist Daymé Arocena, pianist Dánae Olano, Celia Jimenez on the bass, and percussionist Magdelys Savigne.

Arocena’s grandmother, who practices the Afro-Cuban Yorùbá religion, provided the band’s name. It means “the spirit of a young girl”, perfectly capturing the essence of the group. Bunnett says she imagine she was like that as a ten-year-old girl.. “I was very energetic, I could be sweet and I could be feisty. That’s Maqueque.”

“…Bunnett integrates her flute and soprano sax into the Cubans’ music, giving us the best of the past and the contemporary.” – JazzTimes

Move your soul and spirit with the rhythms of Cuba and Canada, and don’t miss out these amazing performances on the 4th Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival.

Who: Jane Bunnett and Maqueque

When: Wednesday the 4^th of Novemver at 8:30pm

Friday the 6^th of November at 8:30pm

Saturday the 7^th of November at 11:30pm

Where: Foundry606 in Ultimo

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