Ocean Drive Association + Perez Foundation / Perez CreARTE

The Betsy Live Jazz programming is supported in part by The Betsy Community Fund at The Miami Foundation, with support from the Jorge Pérez Family Foundation CreARTE Grant Program, and the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau.

6 PM TO MIDNIGHT 

EDGAR PANTOJA is a Pianist, composer, arranger, and music educator who specializes in modern and traditional Cuban genres, Latin jazz, and world music. His engaging music combines Cuban roots sources of rumba, son, and timba with international rhythms of samba, Moroccan Gnawa, jazz, and funk. Born in Santiago de Cuba, Pantoja has spent decades touring and collaborating with myriad stars, including Rubén Blades, David Murray, and Angelique Kidjo. He was also a pianist/keyboardist and arranger for Cuban conga maestro Pedrito Martinez. Pantoja graduated from the Conservatorio Esteban Salas and the Conservatorio Jose Maria Ochoa, in Cuba. @edgarpantojamusic

Reinier Guerra (drummer)
Reinier Guerra is a Cuban drummer and percussionist who was born in Camagüey, Cuba, in 1981 and grew up in Ciego de Ávila. He began studying piano as a child before moving to Havana to study percussion at Cuba's Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA). 

Guerra began performing professionally with Manolín, El Médico de la Salsa in the late 1990s. He subsequently performed with Cuban groups including Azúcar Negra, Carlos Manuel y su Clan, and Miami Dan Den, and became particularly known for his work in timba and Afro-Cuban music.