Chords and Cocktails | Yosvany Terry

Enjoy an electrifying mix of Cuban musical traditions, masterful improvisation, and contemporary jazz as the Mosesian Center for the Arts welcomes Cuban saxophonist, percussionist, and composer Yosvany Terry for his debut on the Mosesian Arts stage. Since arriving in New York in 1999, Terry has become one of contemporary jazz’s most distinctive voices, blending the music of his native Cuba with bold, forward-looking jazz.

The New York Times has credited Terry’s work with helping to “redefine Latin jazz as a complex new idiom.” A Grammy-nominated recording artist and recipient of the Doris Duke Artist Award, he has performed with artists including Chucho Valdés, Eddie Palmieri, Roy Hargrove, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and Vijay Iyer. His music draws on the deep cultural connections among Cuba, the Caribbean, West and Central Africa, and the wider jazz tradition.

Terry is also a dedicated educator and currently serves as Senior Lecturer and Director of Jazz Ensembles at Harvard University. Audiences can expect an expressive, high-energy evening of masterful musicianship, inventive rhythms, and music rooted in tradition while looking unmistakably toward the future.