{"id":240813,"date":"2025-08-27T08:39:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=240813"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:00:18","slug":"retro-jazz-announces-concert-to-celebrate-its-coming-15th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/08\/27\/retro-jazz-announces-concert-to-celebrate-its-coming-15th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Jazz announces concert to celebrate its coming 15th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Retro-Jazz-15-an\u0303os-N-Digital-1024x491.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240808\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Retro-Jazz-15-an\u0303os-N-Digital-1024x491.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Retro-Jazz-15-an\u0303os-N-Digital-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Retro-Jazz-15-an\u0303os-N-Digital-768x368.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Retro-Jazz-15-an\u0303os-N-Digital-1536x736.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Retro-Jazz-15-an\u0303os-N-Digital-2048x982.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominican jazz fusion band Retro Jazz will kick off celebrations for its 15th anniversary with a special concert titled \u201cAcordes del Alma\u201d on Saturday, 6 September 2025, at the M\u00e1ximo Avil\u00e9s Blonda Hall of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo, N Digital reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The performance will launch a year-long series of events commemorating the group\u2019s journey\u2014a path marked by its innovative reinterpretations of Dominican classics through jazz. Led by renowned arranger, producer, and bassist Pengbian Sang, the ensemble has become a beloved fixture in the country\u2019s contemporary music scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen we started, I never imagined we\u2019d make it this far\u2014let alone have the audience\u2019s continued support and affection for so long,\u201d said Sang. He added that, if plans proceed as expected, the anniversary tour will conclude next year with a grand finale at the Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of their milestone year, Retro Jazz recently released their first live EP, \u201cJazzeando el Cancionero Dominicano En Vivo\u201d, recorded during a December 2024 performance at Lungomare. The album captures the energy and intimacy of their live shows, adding to a discography that includes four studio albums. Their work blends jazz with a range of genres\u2014swing, bossa nova, blues, reggae, and funk\u2014breathing new life into Dominican standards and cultivating a growing fanbase over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their debut album, \u201cJazzeando el Cancionero Dominicano, Vol. 1\u201d, earned them the Soberano Award for Best Album of the Year in 2012. In 2025, the group is nominated in five categories at the Premios Indie Dominicanos, further cementing their status in the local music industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Retro Jazz\u2019s current lineup features Laura Rivera on vocals, joined by Guy Fr\u00f3meta (drums), Edgar Molina (percussion), \u00c1lvaro Dinzey (piano), Eliezer Paniagua (saxophone), and guest guitarist Melvin Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/n.com.do\/2025\/08\/26\/retro-jazz-celebra-15-anos-de-trayectoria-con-el-concierto-acordes-del-alma\/\">N Digital <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>27 August 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominican jazz fusion band Retro Jazz will kick off celebrations for its 15th anniversary with a special concert titled \u201cAcordes del Alma\u201d on Saturday, 6 September 2025, at the M\u00e1ximo Avil\u00e9s Blonda Hall of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo, N Digital reports. The performance will launch a year-long series of events commemorating &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/08\/27\/retro-jazz-announces-concert-to-celebrate-its-coming-15th-anniversary\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240813"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240838,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240813\/revisions\/240838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}